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Roscoe Gets a Shock

Roscoe Gets a Shock By Elton Camp Roscoe is zealous for his rights To assure ’em he willingly fights That his conscience be respected Is absolutely a right to be protected To his legislator he did say “I won’t do business with a gay” “Now pass a law to that effect If my vote again you ever expect” In his state, Roscoe gladly saw Discrimination enacted into law But a Muslin man who ran a store Said, “Christians come here no more” But that, the good Roscoe did hate “How dare he be let to discriminate” Rights that for himself he claimed In others, he indignantly defamed

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