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A fact from Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 May 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the U.S. Congress and President both had to give approval to build the Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (pictured), which memorializes two men who died in the sinking of the Titanic?

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The love of his life

Not one word of his well known relationship with Frank Millet. If President Taft obviously accepted it, surely it should not be taboo. One of many references - http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/03/20/032012-opinions-history-butt-davenport-hines-1-3/ Tiddy (talk) 05:21, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the fountain -- not about Archibald Butt. The article on Butt has a large section on Butt's alleged homosexuality. Which, by the way, the author of that The Daily article says cannot be proven. And you are ignoring David Millet's bisexuality, which is a known fact. We can't just focus on Butt, you know. (I also don't think that Taft "accepted" Butt's sexuality. What he accepted was Butt keeping it private and never being out of the closet about it. Taft acknowledged Butt's closet, and reaffirmed society's homophobia. He did not accept any homosexuality!) - Tim1965 (talk) 14:23, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We can't just focus on Butt, you know. Perish the thought! E Eng 00:09, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Not one word of his well known relationship with Frank Millet. If President Taft obviously accepted it, surely it should not be taboo. One of many references -
 http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/03/20/032012-opinions-history-butt-davenport-hines-1-3/ [[User:Tiddy|Tiddy]] ([[User talk:Tiddy|talk]]) 05:21, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
+:This article is about the fountain -- not about Archibald Butt.  The article on Butt has a large section on Butt's alleged homosexuality.  Which, by the way, the author of that ''The Daily'' article says cannot be proven. And you are ignoring David Millet's bisexuality, which is a known fact. We can't just focus on Butt, you know. (I also don't think that Taft "accepted" Butt's sexuality. What he accepted was Butt keeping it private and never being out of the closet about it. Taft acknowledged Butt's closet, and reaffirmed society's homophobia.  He did not accept any homosexuality!) - [[User:Tim1965|Tim1965]] ([[User talk:Tim1965|talk]]) 14:23, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
+::{{tq|We can't just focus on Butt, you know.}}  Perish the thought! [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color:red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color:blue;">Eng</b>]] 00:09, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
-:*This article is about the fountain -- not about Archibald Butt.  The article on Butt has a large section on Butt's alleged homosexuality.  Which, by the way, the author of that ''The Daily'' article says cannot be proven. And you are ignoring David Millet's bisexuality, which is a known fact. We can't just focus on Butt, you know. (I also don't think that Taft "accepted" Butt's sexuality. What he accepted was Butt keeping it private and never being out of the closet about it. Taft acknowledged Butt's closet, and reaffirmed society's homophobia.  He did not accept any homosexuality!) - [[User:Tim1965|Tim1965]] ([[User talk:Tim1965|talk]]) 14:23, 27 May 2012 (UTC)