Ummm....
I was reading an article today about how educational policy is being used as a central argument in Prop 8, despite Prop 8 having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with education. At the end of the article was this little easter egg:
"Gary Marksbury, a history teacher at Lakewood High School in Long Beach, plans to let his students debate Proposition 8 during a mock election, but he is so strongly opposed to gay marriage that he donated $1,000 to support the measure.
Marksbury said California should give parents more latitude to pull their children out of courses that offend their religious beliefs. "In today's world," he said, said, "it seems like tolerance is a one-way street for some people, so if you don't like the idea of same-gender marriage you are immediately labeled a bigot."
Bigot: -noun
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
I weep that a teacher doesn't know the definition of the word bigot, and that a blatant homophobe is passing on his detestable opinions to young minds. What the fuck is wrong with these idiots? God, if you're going to be evil, at least own it. I waste water all the time. There, I said it. I might as well go shoot a polar bear. I own that I'm doing something other people think I shouldn't and that I don't recycle nearly enough. I don't call myself an environmentalist, you know?
Sigh.
"Gary Marksbury, a history teacher at Lakewood High School in Long Beach, plans to let his students debate Proposition 8 during a mock election, but he is so strongly opposed to gay marriage that he donated $1,000 to support the measure.
Marksbury said California should give parents more latitude to pull their children out of courses that offend their religious beliefs. "In today's world," he said, said, "it seems like tolerance is a one-way street for some people, so if you don't like the idea of same-gender marriage you are immediately labeled a bigot."
Bigot: -noun
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
I weep that a teacher doesn't know the definition of the word bigot, and that a blatant homophobe is passing on his detestable opinions to young minds. What the fuck is wrong with these idiots? God, if you're going to be evil, at least own it. I waste water all the time. There, I said it. I might as well go shoot a polar bear. I own that I'm doing something other people think I shouldn't and that I don't recycle nearly enough. I don't call myself an environmentalist, you know?
Sigh.