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UAB E-mail Contained Hate Speech?
12/10/08 9:39 pm   |   reporter: Ebony Hall   producer: Ebony Hall
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Birmingham, Alabama - "It's actually shocking in this day and time," says Jonathan Quinn, who is presidnet of Central Alabama Pride. He is talking about an e-mail, sent from a UAB employee using a government-owned e-mail account. The author called homosexuals "freaks.. the scourge of the earth.. And responsible for everything wrong in this sorry world."

"That's taxpayers' dollars paying for that e-mail account for such negative jargon against our community to be sent out," Quinn says.

UAB officials sent ABC3340 a statement regarding the incident saying, "We have just learned of this matter and we are looking into it. If such conduct occurred it would violate our acceptable use policy. We will follow-up appropriately."

We tried to follow-up with the e-mail's writer. "I have nothing else to say," she said and then hung up. It should be noted that she did not deny writing the letter. The writer does have a right to free speech, says Central Alabama Pride attorney David Gespass.

"The fact that apparently a University employee decided to use his or her email to send out this sort of nonsense, is to me a matter for UAB to address."

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posted by: bhamkaren on 2:29 pm on 12/18/08
whatsright wrote:
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