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6. She denied having said about AIDS and gays that so who knows?

Fri May 18, 2012, 12:52 PM

May 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer#Controversy
However, she denied that she had ever made any such comment and, in a letter to the AIDS campaign group ACT UP in 1989, she said that it was "a terrible misunderstanding. I was unknowingly protected by those around me from the bad press and hate letters... If I have caused you pain, forgive me." She went on to apologize for the delay in refuting the rumours and closed her letter with Bible quotes (from Chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians)

She goes on to say in a later interview
"A couple of the people I write with are gay, and they have been ever since I met them. What people want to do with their bodies is their personal preferenc

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Rush Limbaugh: Donna Summer was 'right-winger' and 'not a fan' of rap [View all] Pale Blue Dot May 2012 OP

This is Rush's version of baptizing the dead Union Scribe May 2012 #1

well Limbaugh never lies rurallib May 2012 #2

She had a "come to Jesus" period after her big hits and claimed she was embarassed by them... rfranklin May 2012 #3

I read this once Horse with no Name May 2012 #4

She denied having said about AIDS and gays that so who knows? RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #6

Which is why I said allegedly Horse with no Name May 2012 #7

She was sure not a liberal Bluenorthwest May 2012 #5

My local Naples, Florida, News said she lived here HockeyMom May 2012 #8

I'm not a fan of rap aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #9

Not that this says anything about her political affiliations RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #10

I'm a liberal and don't like Rap. love Jazz and Big Band...thats music! demosincebirth May 2012 #11

So because she was a Christian and didn't like rap and was cordial to Rush on an airplane... Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #12

If limbaugh said it sadbear May 2012 #13