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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 12:59 AM
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Congratulations Transgendered people -- you have finally arrived!
CWA has taken aim straight at transgendered people -- and not breathed a word about gays in the entire "story."

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=1466437

{i} To pose "this transgender question at little girls, they've really crossed the line," Knight said, who added that "bisexuality gender confusion" is the Web site's agenda, which is "very dangerous."

The concern comes after a conservative boycott of Mattel's American Girls dolls. The American Family Association and the Pro-Life Action League protested that some American Girls dolls were wearing "I Can" wristbands, which support Girls Inc. Girls Inc. is a national, nonprofit organization that promotes education and self-esteem programs, as well as sex education, and supports abortion rights and the acceptance of gays and lesbians. The Mattel-Girls Inc. partnership ended on Dec. 26.

But Mattel, which also manufactures Barbie, said the Barbie incident is much ado about nothing.

"This was just an innocent oversight," says Lauren Bruksch, a spokeswoman for Mattel. As a rule of thumb, Bruksch said, the questionnaires at barbie.com always try to have a neutral answer or nonresponse option. For gender, this third option should have been "I don't want to say," rather than "I don't know." The Web site has since been fixed.

I love how the tone of the article and the tone of the Mattel spokeswoman are both all but saying "duhhhhh, idiots." ;)
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RedXIII Donating Member (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 01:04 AM
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1. why is Rob Knight working at the
Edited on Wed Jan-04-06 01:05 AM by RedXIII
CWFA i think he has issues with his sexual orientation or something like that{sarcasm}.
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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 01:06 AM
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2. Hehehehe!
He has the wrong pee pee for the job.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 12:40 PM
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3. Thanks - you just made me spill my water on my keyboard!
:rofl:

If Robert Knight doesn't have 'issues,' I don't know who does.
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UncleSepp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 09:33 PM
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4. Did someone say arrived?
:: points at new username :: Well, now the party can really start! And I owe it all to Barbie...

The DU User Formerly Known As AuntJen
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