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And in today's issue of "What was [she or he] thinking?" we have conservative pundit Ann Coulter demonstrating that she has no sense of decency by her use of a gay slur describing presidential candidate John Edwards.

Her callous disrespect for both Edwards and gays is telling of her inability to espouse the Christian ideals that she regularly attempts to trumpet as conservative values.

Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Coulter said: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot.'"

At that point, the audience gave out a collective "Ohhh" and then started to cheer, to which Coulture continued, "Kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."

So why use such a disparaging term for anyone? Is it impossible to debate Edwards on the merits of his political positions? Why use such a pejorative term?

It's because Coulter is filled with hate and disdain for people unlike her. Such a hateful outlook on people who are different being spoken from a bully pulplit destroys respect and understanding among communitites throughout the nation.

Coulter is a popular right-wing icon who received her law degree from the University of Michigan and founded the university's chapter of the conservative Federalist Society. A staunch affirmative-action foe, Coulter worked for the Center for Individual Rights, which litigated the 2003 University of Michigan anti-affirmative-action cases.

Coulter's first national media appearance came after she was hired in 1996 by MSNBC as a legal correspondent. According to Time magazine, the network dismissed her at least twice--first in February 1997, after she insulted the late Pamela Harriman, the U.S. Ambassador to France, as the network was covering her memorial service.

Coulter contracted with USA Today to cover the 2004 Democratic National Convention. She wrote one article that began "Here at the Spawn of Satan convention in Boston" and referred to some unspecified female attendees as "corn-fed, no make-up, natural fiber, no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, hirsute, somewhat fragrant hippie chick pie wagons." The newspaper declined to print the article citing an editing dispute over "basic weaknesses in clarity and readability that we found unacceptable."

Coulter proclaims Christian religious beliefs. At one public lecture, she proclaimed her faith in Jesus Christ, saying: "I don't care about anything else: Christ died for my sins and nothing else matters."

Well, whatever happened to "Love thy neighbor?"

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