McGarry said she doesn’t approve of any political events in schools: “Whether it’s Christian stuff or Muslim stuff or homosexual stuff, it doesn’t matter.”

Since when are religious and sexual preferences “political”? They sound pretty personal to me.

That’s the problem with these right-wing assholes… they’re trying to force their agendas on US by saying we’re forcing OUR agendas on THEM. I’m sorry, but I don’t see how standing up for yourself or your friends/family constitutes forcing agendas on anyone.

*bangs head on stuff*

Yeah, let’s go with that!! (ie, OOPS…)

In all seriousness, as a result of the disgusting propaganda spread by fundamentalists like Commissioners Blair and James, just the appearance of the words “Day of Silence” on my high school’s activities calendar has caused a backlash from protesting parents who think their delicate children will be lured to the dark side by a few lesbians and gays remaining quiet throughout the day.
(Disregarding the fact that, most of the time, it’s their similarly close-minded children instigating the bullying and harassment that gave rise to the event.)
Because of the parents’ intolerance, the GSA club I belong to has been forced to de-homosexualize a day all about gays, making it more “inclusive” for the masses. In fact, if the bitching continues, we may not even be officially allowed to attend the event.

Thanks, fundies!

In all seriousness, as a result of the disgusting propaganda spread by fundamentalists like Commissioners Blair and James, just the appearance of the words “Day of Silence” on my high school’s activities calendar has caused a backlash from protesting parents who think their delicate children will be lured to the dark side by a few lesbians and gays remaining quiet throughout the day.
(Disregarding the fact that, most of the time, it’s their similarly close-minded children instigating the bullying and harassment that gave rise to the event.)
Because of the parents’ intolerance, the GSA club I belong to has been forced to de-homosexualize a day all about gays, making it more “inclusive” for the masses. In fact, if the bitching continues, we may not even be officially allowed to attend the event.

Thanks, fundies!

The difference is that the school is not making EVERYONE be silent for gay rights. Individual students can have their own Minutes of Silence for God if they want to. They can pray in their heads at any point (although it might be problematic in the middle of a presentation). They can pray out loud in the cafeteria or the hallway in between classes. Public schools have NOT in any way kept individual students from praying. They simply haven’t forced all students to recognize the religious beliefs of some. The comparison is bad and offensive both to gay rights supporters and to non-Christians.

And I’m fairly certain felching isn’t small-mammal play (which I do, actually, think is pretty cruel to the small mammals), although I could be wrong.

Crushing is real, but it’s not really homoerotic or heteroerotic — it’s a different thing altogether. And that’s not what he’s talking about, anyway.

Gerbil- or hamster-stuffing is one of those urban legends designed to gross you out about “those people.” I don’t think anyone’s ever found any real stuffing incidents, no matter the stupid jokes and emails and fake x-rays and “doctor reports” circulated about it.

I live a few blocks south of Crescent Lake, near downtown. My neighborhood used to be a pretty crack-infested part of town, but it’s cleaned up a *lot* over the last 6 or 7 years.

My experience moving down here - when I was 12, from Detroit - was similar, only my parents dragged me and my brother to Brandon, which in the mid-1980s was nowhere near the bedroom community of Tampa that it is today. Back then it was like a lot of places you’d still find today in Polk or Marion counties. Hated it then; hate it still today.

Fuck Hillsborough County. That place did give the rest of the state Ronda Storms (for the rest of you, you can Google her little stealth attack on Gay Pride Day in Hillsborough from a few years back, if you’re interested), which is in my opinion an unforgivable political sin.

…Felching is the act of sucking ejaculated semen out of an orifice….

(Raps desk with ruler, looks sternly over top of glasses)

People! We previously discussed and decided this! When that gooey ickiness comes from an anus, the resulting composition is called Santorum.

Please, write this down in your dictionaries under “S” so we do not have to review this again… hmph!