Thomas Franks, white courtesy phone.

By Chris Clarke on 2005 03 02 at 1:00:55 am

TOPEKA, Kan. — Voters on Tuesday upheld an ordinance that prohibits discrimination against homosexuals in municipal hiring, turning back a repeal movement led by a minister known for picketing the funerals of AIDS (news — web sites) victims.
One of the minister’s granddaughters, meanwhile, fell far short in her efforts to unseat an openly gay member of the City Council.

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2 comments on "Thomas Franks, white courtesy phone."

Desert Donkey 2005 03 02 at 5:04:31 pm

It is nice to know there is some intelligence left in Kansas. Now if they could just beat back those anti-evolution science textbooks they may have a future as part of reality based civilization.
Jean Sirius 2005 03 03 at 1:34:38 pm

i’m from there, and i don’t have much hope. this is the place that once legislated pi to be 3.14.

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