Should GLBT History Be Taught In Public Schools (K-12)? (Iraq, against, American)
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And really, why should gays be treated any differently than anyone else, JC?
They shouldn't be treated any differently. But because of the politics of exclusion, they are treated differently. So, efforts to include them and acknowledge them are seen as controversial, when in reality it is about addressing a wider and more severe issue.
Don't make me laugh! We're going from the silly to the ridiculous now.
It's a valid question/concern. You just can't answer it because your status as a heterosexual has never been questioned. I just as easily laugh off your ponderings on homosexuality as silly and ridiculous.
They shouldn't be treated any differently. But because of the politics of exclusion, they are treated differently. So, efforts to include them and acknowledge them are seen as controversial, when in reality it is about addressing a wider and more severe issue.
If you'll read back, I said I agree with expanding civil rights classes to include the fight for civil rights for the GLBT community, and like racial civil rights eladers, gay civil rights leaders should be included as well.
You, on the other hand, and I may be mistaken in which case I apologize, appear to advocate special, seperate classes for a GLBT history that not only includes civil rights issues, but notable gays throughout history just because they were gay.
This is a case of more-than-equal-rights in my opinion.
"George Washington Carver, the heterosexual Africa-American inventor of peanut butter".
IMHO, the African-American designation is absolutely asanine and doesn't need to be added, it detracts from the accomplishments made by Mr. Carver. And you can see how silly the hetero addition is.
But the above is no different than...
"Joe Q. Gay, the homosexual White Anglo Saxon American inventor of some gadget".
Is there any reason to teach the civil rights movement, then?
That'd be about the size of teaching the GLBT movement, in my opinion.
Teach it, but don't make a whole subject out of it just yet. Not enough to go on.
Black people had no rights. They couldn't vote! They had to drink out of separate water fountains! They couldn't eat with white people! They were fighting for their rights to be treated as people.
Tell me how exactly does this compare to being gay?
How many gay people do you know that can not vote?
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