Terminalcoffee discussion

It took several years for Gay/Straight Alliance groups to be allowed in Utah schools. Opposition came from our stone-age legislature and from the Eagle Forum, an ultra right-wing organization dedicated to telling others how to live. They said the clubs would be gay recruiting centers and would lead to horrible things.

This article is from the January 2 edition of the NYT.

The views expressed by Utah officials and Eagle Fuckwad reps do not reflect those of all Utahns.

She’s certainly princess to Phyllis Schlafly’s Queen of Douchebags.

Sad when kids are old enough to join the army, fight and die, but still need their parents' permission to join any school club.

Gay recruiting centers. Cause once you go in, you've caught the disease, oh noooooooooooooo!

People suck.

Well, I'm glad the groups are finally there. They need to tackle the muzzle, of course. Not sure how they're getting away with it, considering I'm sure there are organizations in Utah discussing sex for the purpose of trying to get kids NOT to have it. In fact, I'm pretty sure there are organizations who try to recruit kids to be straight. You can talk about providing support, but they're a big straight recruitment tool.

Rebecca wrote: "You can talk about providing support, but they're a big straight recruitment tool. "

It's not straight recruiting, it's straight brainwashing. Ugh. These kids are so brave and I'm so proud of so many of our young people who are supposed to be so apathetic. Any parent worth the name would look at that permission form and write, in big bold letters, in red magic marker, "Hell, yes, my kid can attend. And if you ban the group, they can meet at our house!"

I agree that these kids, and others, are brave. It's so messed and ridiculous that after they're forced to receive parental permission to join they're prohibited BY LAW from talking about sexuality, contraception or disease prevention. I imagine similar youth groups can gather and talk all they want about getting drunk and having children they can't afford and aren't ready for and will abandon to others.

I just don't understand this mindset, that somehow you can be recruited into a sexuality. Yes, being gay is so fun in this country, how could any kid hearing about it resist the lure? No, this is just fear and hatred in disguise.

I loved the book Geography Club, and I'd put in the link but GR is glitching right now, by Hartinger, about a group of gay and straight teens who want to have a support club, under the radar, and they call it the Geography Club to avert unwanted attention. Because who would want to join that?

The Mormon view of homosexuality is quite bizarre.

The Mormon view of many things is quite bizarre.

Amen.

Lawrence Wright is coming out with an expose of Scientology which should be good.

OH, a Scientologist marrying a Mormon, that would be fun wedding.

The Mormon/Scientology connections are spooky.

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