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George Takei rocks like three geology conventions and a moderate moutain range

posted by [personal profile] janetmiles at 02:53pm on 25/04/2011
With thanks to [livejournal.com profile] filkertom for the link.

As you may know, my current state of residence is plagued with a General Assembly member by the name of Stacey Campfield, whose current inanity is the "Don't Say Gay" bill. This would prevent teachers in kindergarten through eighth grade from even mentioning that homosexuality exists.

George Takei, who rocks like three geology conventions and a moderate mountain range, has tweeted to offer a solution to teachers:

TN bill will prevent teachers from using the word "gay" in class. In response, I'm lending them my name: "It's okay to be Takei."


I am almost inclined to get a Twitter account for the sole purpose of retweeting this.
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posted by [identity profile] fatfred.livejournal.com at 07:24pm on 25/04/2011

He is a hoot!

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posted by [identity profile] fatfred.livejournal.com at 08:02pm on 25/04/2011

... and of course, silence means it will all go away.

Yea. Right.
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 11:19pm on 25/04/2011
Of course it will. And no one will be bullied for maybe being not manly enough or not feminine enough, because if it's never mentioned, none of the school children will notice any difference.
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posted by [identity profile] fatfred.livejournal.com at 11:51pm on 25/04/2011

And they think sex ed works that way too.

Sigh. Humans.
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posted by [identity profile] browngirl.livejournal.com at 07:27pm on 25/04/2011
Oh, that is BEAUTIFUL.
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posted by [identity profile] sweh.livejournal.com at 07:56pm on 25/04/2011
I don't know if "plagued" is the right work. I followed some links from the one you posted and quickly found http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/apr/07/letters-campfield-embarrasses-state-and-residents/

The comments in that make me sick to be human. I think the state has got the senator it deserves.
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 08:55pm on 25/04/2011
From my point of view, he's a plague.
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posted by [personal profile] redbird at 12:35am on 26/04/2011
The problem is that senators, bad as well as good, affect all of us. Some Tenneseeans may deserve him, but what has Michigan done to you?
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posted by [identity profile] carlyinrome.livejournal.com at 08:51pm on 25/04/2011

Hee!

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posted by [identity profile] madshutterbug.livejournal.com at 09:37pm on 25/04/2011
The Man is awesome!
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posted by [identity profile] jilara.livejournal.com at 10:26pm on 25/04/2011
I want to use that term, just because! George T. is awesome!
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posted by [identity profile] jilara.livejournal.com at 10:29pm on 25/04/2011
BTW, just think of how much classic poetry that will outlaw. "Along there came a Lady gay..." And let's not forget Greensleeve's "gay garters." Oops, just have to use "What Child Is This" for the tune... Chuckle...
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 11:17pm on 25/04/2011
Well, technically, it would prohibit K-8 teachers from admitting that any sexual orientation other than heterosexual exists, or providing or making available any materials that might suggest the existence of sexual orientations other than heterosexual; it's being called the "don't say gay" bill for convenience.
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posted by [identity profile] apel.livejournal.com at 01:20am on 26/04/2011
Don't nuisance bills like that just end up costing the state lots of money for endless court cases?

Kind of like the town of Catskills in NY that's trying not to grant tax exemption to a Pagan group that's an IRS-registered religious charity. The town has already spent more than they can ever hope to collect.
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 09:39pm on 27/04/2011
Don't nuisance bills like that just end up costing the state lots of money for endless court cases?

Yes, if they pass.
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posted by [identity profile] sillymagpie.livejournal.com at 11:51pm on 25/04/2011
George Takei is fantastic, and his tweets are funny and to the point. I admire him. Awesome guy.
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posted by [identity profile] wren08.livejournal.com at 01:44am on 26/04/2011
I love that man!

Alternitively, the TV show Firefly used the term "sly"- nobody could have possibly mistaken the meaning in context and it worked quite well.

The specific word does not matter. And if we as teachers and parents do not inform our children, they will never hear about it, right? Because there's no such thing as books, tv, movies, the internet or the child's greatest and most reliable resource- each other.
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