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heed_the_warning 'adams, finally, told us to watch closely what the christian right did to homosexuals. the nazis used 'values' to launch state repression of opponents. hitler, days after he took power in 1933, imposed a ban on all homosexual and lesbian organizations. he ordered raids on places where homosexuals gathered, culminating in the ransacking of the institute for sexual science in berlin and the permanent exile of its director, magnus hirschfeld. thousand of volumes from the institute's library were tossed into a bonfire. the stripping of gay and lesbian germans of their civil rights was largely cheered by the german churches. but this campaign legitimized tactics, outside the law, that would soon be employed against others. adams said that homosexuals would also be the first 'social deviants' singled out and disempowered by the christian right. we would be next.' - chris hedges |
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