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Old 07-04-2005, 04:17 AM
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Re: What's so "liberal" about the setting?

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Originally Posted by Michael Hopcroft
The thing is, though, that there is a lot of Blue Rose that would upset many conservatvies. The book is practically an apologietic for the social benefits of same-sex marriage.

In fact, Aldean attitudes towards sexuality in general would be galling to religious conservatives -- not to mention that at least one of the "bad guy" nations is clearly modeled on what America would suppsedly be like if run by Fundmanetalist Christians.
Well, it will be interesting to see the reactions to my review of Blue Rose - which should appear this Friday and does explicitly mention these issues...
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