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Article: Dissing Dr. Laura.(Canadian Broadcast Standards Council condemns antigay comments)(Brief Article)

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June 20, 2000
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Canada's official broadcast watchdog on May 10 issued a damning indictment of radio talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger, ordering radio stations to stop broadcasting her antigay comments.

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council condemned Schlessinger for referring to gay people as "abnormal," "aberrant," "deviant," "disordered," "dysfunctional," and the results of "a biological error."

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