tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post5472564793152387092..comments2024-03-28T08:03:32.297-07:00Comments on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Is Senator Jim DeMint attacking gay teachers and unmarried women again?BlackTsunamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349560427762283170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post-30010413375496829862010-11-16T18:44:54.438-08:002010-11-16T18:44:54.438-08:00Below is a protest letter I faxed today to DeMint....Below is a protest letter I faxed today to DeMint. <br /><br />November 16, 2010<br /><br />Senator Jim DeMint<br />340 Russell Senate Office Building<br />United States Senate<br />Washington, DC 20510<br /><br />Senator DeMint:<br /><br />This regards your repeated remarks that gay people should not be allowed to teach school. I object to them because that kind of discrimination against a minority violates the Pledge of Allegiance’s promise of liberty and justice for all.<br /><br />I hereby challenge you to face me on national television and explain why I shouldn’t be allowed to teach. I studied at Master’s level at Harvard University and speak German, French, Spanish and Italian. I have published two novels. The phrase “By Scott Rose” has appeared in over 1,000 venues including Strings, (a publication for *students* of string instruments), The World Scholar (a publication for *students*), Bon Appétit, The Journal for the Study of Anti-Semitism, ShowBoats International, Decanter, Opera News, the New York Blade, Girlfriends, Caviar Affair, the Advocate, Relish’s The American Table and Mia/Enas, a magazine for Greek Americans. I have taught with conspicuously positive results. I have for example guest lectured on the arts in journalism at Brooklyn College. The students loved me. I gave them pointers on how to break into journalism and subsequently learned that some of them have done so.<br /><br />When you demonize minority members of American society, saying they should not be allowed to teach school, you contribute to the terroristic atmosphere of hatred that results in gay students and teachers living in angst and in some cases even committing suicide. It is therefore most ironic that you of all people have served on a U.S. Senate Subcommittee for human rights. Recently in Tennessee, a lesbian couple found their house burned to the ground and the word “Queer” spray-painted on a remaining adjacent structure. Your demonizing of gay Americans contributes to the ongoing occurrence of such hate crimes. Do you intend to behave responsibly to stop the hate?<br /><br />In addition to facing you on national television, I intend to organize a group of GLBT teachers from around the country to meet with you in Washington. I will not rest in my campaign to reverse your bigotry until you 1) retract your statement; 2) apologize for it and 3) commit to fostering atmospheres of diversity and acceptance in U.S. schools nationwide.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br /><br />CC: Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Charlie Rose, Keith Olbermann, Kenneth B. Mehlman. R. Clarke Cooper, Tony Ortega, Steven Thrasher, Matt Taibbi, other community membersScott Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post-48075206445291670042010-10-03T17:52:11.359-07:002010-10-03T17:52:11.359-07:00Well, I'd be up a creek as a teacher under his...Well, I'd be up a creek as a teacher under his rules (except I don't have a boyfriend at the moment, sad day) but strangely, I'm really good at what I do, and to imply that someone can't be a good teacher because of their life outside of their job pisses me off! I honestly only know the marital relationships of maybe 5-7 of my teachers until college. It really didn't matter, what mattered was if they were teaching me something.Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post-35575327598621777452010-10-02T19:31:49.238-07:002010-10-02T19:31:49.238-07:00How exactly does this fit in with his "small ...How exactly does this fit in with his "small government" mantra? He's advocating less freedom (look back at the name of that rally) and more government interference in people's lives. He's clueless.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12281197568640350498noreply@blogger.com