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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 3, 1993                   TAG: 9303030393
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: METRO 
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BLACKS ARE DUE AN APOLOGY

YOU OWE an apology to blacks for your insulting Feb. 12 editorial, "Powell misses echoes from '40s." Homosexuals and blacks are not on a parallel.

Men are homosexual by choice. It is true that the choice sometimes comes early in life without their realizing the full implications. However, too many have been cured by psychiatrists (or through their own choice) to allow your view to be valid.

One former homosexual is giving lectures to young people telling them that they have a choice, but the media generally ignores such news. It is not P.C. JOHN WISE WARM SPRINGS

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