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The Dangers of Auto Replace: "Tyson Gay" becomes "Tyson Homosexual"
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2008/06/30 - 1:17pm

For some reason, the American Family Association's OneNewsNow site uses an auto-filter that changes every instance of the word “gay” to “homosexual,” which resulted in sprinter Tyson Gay being referred to as “Tyson Homosexual.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/06/the_dangers_of_1.html

I sure hope that the OneNewsNow site doesn't run any stories about the Enola Gay or performances of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay. 🙂

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