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Well, LGBT history is the same as other history, so why would people have a problem with it? They already teach black history and Native American history, so what's the big deal with teaching LGBT history?
Unless you are a bigot who can't stand the thought of your kid even learning about gay people, it shouldn't be an issue.
Totally agree.
Suicide rates are MUCH higher among gay youth; they are at greater risk of being bullied etc. God forbid anyone be taught that they are actually HUMAN.
Because that is part of the history. Would you teach about the civil rights era without talking about Emmett Till, or MLK, or the Birmingham campaign or Selma? I think not. It isn't a different class, as you keep saying, but part of the history itself. You could not teach the history without talking about the discrimination.
There you go misrepresenting what someone said. Again. I never said anyone who disagrees with me is a bigot. My husband disagrees with me on a lot of things, but that doesn't mean he's a bigot.
What I said, was that being against any sort of LGBT history being taught would likely make one a bigot, scared, or ignorant. Why else would one oppose it? Could you give me a reason that wouldn't put them in one of those categories?
So you're sticking with your notion that kids need a class on "all the terrible things that 'good Christians' have done to them". lol
Naturally I'm pointing out that you're accusing people who disagree with you on this issue of being bigots, not every issue. I'm pretty sure you knew that. It isn't going to work though. You can't pressure people in to staying silent with that overused label anymore.
Suicide rates are MUCH higher among gay youth; they are at greater risk of being bullied etc. God forbid anyone be taught that they are actually HUMAN.
Good lord some of these people are awful.
Yes, yes they are.
Personally, I just don't understand people who hate gay people SOOOOO much, that they can't even bear the thought of their kids even knowing they exist, much less learning about them. OH! THE HORROR!
I can understand if it was some class teaching revisionist history or something, but why the outrage over simply detailing the horrors that gay people have been through, and the steps we have made to advance ourselves forward? I don't know, I'm not a mouth breather, so maybe you have to be in order to understand the so called logic.
So you're sticking with your notion that kids need a class on "all the terrible things that 'good Christians' have done to them". lol
So you're sticking with misrepresenting and lying about what others post?
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Naturally I'm pointing out that you're accusing people who disagree with you on this issue of being bigots, not every issue. I'm pretty sure you knew that. It isn't going to work though. You can't pressure people in to staying silent with that overused label anymore.
Still misrepresenting... Sad...
No, I am not saying everyone that disagrees with me on this particular issue is a bigot. They could also be ignorant or scared. Or all 3. Can you prove otherwise? Give me one good reason to oppose this, other than being a bigot, scared, or ignorant. I see you didn't try in your last post, only a poor job of trolling for a reaction.
So you're sticking with misrepresenting and lying about what others post?
Still misrepresenting... Sad...
No, I am not saying everyone that disagrees with me on this particular issue is a bigot. They could also be ignorant or scared. Or all 3. Can you prove otherwise? Give me one good reason to oppose this, other than being a bigot, scared, or ignorant. I see you didn't try in your last post, only a poor job of trolling for a reaction.
LOL adding more demeaning adjectives isn't going to work either...and is quite ironic in a post where you say I'm just trying to get a reaction. Now go back and find where I said I'm against including gay civil rights in a class about civil rights, and while you're at it look at what part of your argument I did actually object too.
LOL adding more demeaning adjectives isn't going to work either...and is quite ironic in a post where you say I'm just trying to get a reaction. Now go back and find where I said I'm against including gay civil rights in a class about civil rights, and while you're at it look at what part of your argument I did actually object too.
Those weren't added. They have been in every post you have responded to, you have just ignored them. So, the answer is, "No ImissThe90's, I can't give a reason to oppose it that doesn't put a person in one of those categories,". Got it!
Those weren't added. They have been in every post you have responded to, you have just ignored them. So, the answer is, "No ImissThe90's, I can't give a reason to oppose it that doesn't put a person in one of those categories,". Got it!
Looks like you're still sticking to your notion that kids need a class about "all the terrible things that 'good Christians' have done" to gay people.
So you're sticking with your notion that kids need a class on "all the terrible things that 'good Christians' have done to them". lol
I'm playing the devil's advocate here but could everyone imagine the uproar and other reactions if someone mentionned that kids need a class on "all the terrible things that 'good Muslims' have done to them" instead of "need a class on "all the terrible things that 'good Christians' have done to them"?
Let's imagine and replace Birmingham, UK with New Jersey,....let's see if that could give us more food for thoughts.
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It isn't going to work though. You can't pressure people in to staying silent with that overused label anymore.
Now go back and find where I said I'm against including gay civil rights in a class about civil rights, and while you're at it look at what part of your argument I did actually object too.
