Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult?
Contents:
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- A DAD’S ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS: DON’T E GAY AS AN SULT
- AMERIN SULTS/ ROGATORY NAM FOR GAY PEOPLE
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
* gay insult *
There was a recent high profile story the news about an 11-year-old boy who mted suici, apparently bee he uld no longer tolerate beg lled “gay. The most mon sult among kids today is “gay. " Kids get mad when they are lled gay and they sometim get to fights.
I have great passn for gays. What is one to do when lled gay?
Many anti-bully activists sist that anti-bully laws should specifilly mentn sults agast gays and those of non-heterosexual orientns. If be a crime to sult people, then, is hoped, no one will be attacked wh the “gay” sult, and the associated vlence will disappear. One of the problems wh makg illegal to ll someone “gay” is that vlat the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech.
A DAD’S ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS: DON’T E GAY AS AN SULT
Impartg life lsons to your own kids is part and parcel of parentg, but what about dog that for other people’s children? Aaron Gouveia wrtled wh that qutn when his young son me to him cryg bee an olr kid kept llg him gay. * gay insult *
The tth is that society has e a long way recent s toward rcg hatred and discrimatn agast gays. However, will be a while–if ever–before anti-gay sentiment disappears pletely.
AMERIN SULTS/ ROGATORY NAM FOR GAY PEOPLE
Sh straight people say to gay guys. * gay insult *
So what is one to do when lled gay? Usg laws to punish people for g “gay” as an sult is not likely to solve the problem, eher. If people get punished for sultg gays, do you thk they are gog to thk, “Now I rpect gays so much bee I was punished”?
We n al wh gay sults all by ourselv, and at the same time help rce prejudice society. Scenar Number One: I am not gay, but you ll me gay.