Re: Boy Punished For Mentioning Gay Mother

And so upon Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:39:32 +0000 didst MarkA speak thusly:

> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 11:45:04 +1000, "Clayton Driving His Temple Into The Money 
> Changers" wrote:
> 
>> http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/02/1070127391021.html
>> 
>> 
>> Boy, 7, 'punished' for speaking of gay mum December 2, 2003 - 10:45AM
>> 
>> 
> 
> Wow.  When I saw this post, I immediately suspected that it was an urban
> legend in the making, especially with the link to a web site in Australia
> regarding a situation in the USA.  I went to the ACLU web site, and the
> story is right there.
> 
> We have a long fight ahead, folks.

I'll repeat: I wouldn't make too much of it. I know Lafayette. One
incident of stupidity does not a crisis make.

Lafayette, for example, has had a gay krewe in the city's Mardi Gras--very
public, very "out," very much in the parades in front of everybody--for
some 30 years now.

Louisiana will surprise you. Here, for example, is what the New Orleans
paper had to say about gay marriage:

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1070000863312950.xml