With what little money they managed to raise, opponents crafted an ad to air during the Nebraska-Oklahoma football game. Because it featured a swastika, TV stations refused to let it run, thereby adding censorship to the list of legal discriminations gays in Nebraska share with Jews (and gays) in Nazi Germany. The spot opened with the state's motto, "Equality before the law."
All this comes at a time when the Greater Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau is planning a $750,000 advertising campaign to define the city's national image. No need to do that now. Nebraskans have done it for themselves,.
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Christopher M. Kirchhoff '01 is a history and science concentrator in Winthop House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays.