Comments on: Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom

By: Alexander Fisher-levesque

Alexander Fisher-levesque — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:10:49 +0000

These religious Nazis want us dead clearly so what are we doing about it? I love my life how about ya’ll?http://www.change.org/actions/view/sex_is_private_even_gay_sex

By: hot501s

hot501s — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:23:16 +0000

> Southside Baptist Church Pastor
> Bobby Crenshaw said he’s seen
> the South portrayed as
> “backwards” on Web sites
> discussing the issue, “but a lot
> more people here have biblically
> based values.”

And that, Bobby,is precisely WHY we view your region as “backward.” Civilized people don’t take the Bible as the end-all and be-all on any particular issue. We’ve progressed a bit in two thousand years!

By: Jay Grandis

Jay Grandis — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:39:47 +0000

Any religion, or sect or cult of said religion, that preaches hatred and discrimination towards anyone needs to be listed by the federal government as a hate group alongside the likes of the KKK. They also need to lose their tax exempt status. Period. Otherwise, we as taxpayers are literally funding their bigoted efforts.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:29:20 +0000

I just read on another site that the ACLU is asking for only $1 for damages (plus legal fees and court costs). That is ridiculous. They should ask for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The bigots in Mississippi may not give it to them, but it doesn’t hurt to ask. They are filing suit in federal court. Since the law is so clear on this point, one would think it would be a slam-dunk case, but considering the yahoos appointed to the Courts by George W. Bush, you never know.

By: Jay Grandis

Jay Grandis — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:23:48 +0000

These bible-thumping, radical, extremist religious zealots need to be stopped. They simply say “If my religion hates you…HEY it’s my religion and i can preach it to the world in public without consequences.” Since when does Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression protect these WACKJOBS and allow and encourage them to not only preach hatred in public but also to use this cloak of darkness and evil to watch their actions and words promote hate crimes and violence against a minority??? They get all the protections while they can sit back and pleasurably watch the evening news reports on the latest gay person to be attacked or tortured or beat to death….the whole time relishing in the fact that there’s one less homosexual on the face of THEIR god’s earth, and relishing in the fact that they caused someone to do it by making them believe their god would justify it…They can claim religious diplomatic immunity and zero responsibility. that’s the most anti-American thing I’ve ever heard. Where does the government draw the line? They don’t.

By: Wendell Cochran

Wendell Cochran — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:34:33 +0000

The KKK is alive and growing bolder. Now that the black issue has been taken off the front burner, they are using gays to fuel their hate. And, the Southern Baptist fundemenatalist preachers are the spokesmen spewing hate under the protection of relegious freedom. They are little more than a cruel bunch of ignorant snake handlers!

By: Sharon Denice Morgan

Sharon Denice Morgan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:21:00 +0000

Growing up in the south and being gay is hard enough. More homophobia is the last thing we need. Let them have a prom and her wear a tux. Wish I could do my promo again and take my wife/partner that would be amazing

By: James Withers

James Withers — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:19:53 +0000

“Educated people capable of critical thinking have long realized biblical based value systems have very specific goals and those that hold them are simply pawns.”

Do you says this type of stuff to Jesuits? Or people like Cornel West?

James

By: DaveW

DaveW — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:16 +0000

Any value system that demands respect needs to earn it and “biblical based value systems” have earned nothing but contempt and rightly so.

If people on blogs are saying this makes the south look backwards, it really is stupid to counter with the argument that people there have biblical based values. That is why we think they are backwards, duh!

Educated people capable of critical thinking have long realized biblical based value systems have very specific goals and those that hold them are simply pawns.

I realized this at a very young age, myself.

By: Bob Paiva

Bob Paiva — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:25:42 +0000

I understand bobby Crenshaw’s comment. However respect for biblical values does mean restricting others who wish to follow a different path. Allowing a gay student her rights in no way diminishes your rights but restricting the rights of others does infact diminish your values.