The LGBTU and Graeme Taylor

The LGBTU and Graeme Taylor

I learned a new acronym today. Well, I had heard it a while back but then it had a different context. Now “LGBTU” stands for the familiar Lesbians Gays Bi-sexuals Transgenders plus “U” for Unsure. The “U” used to represent “Union,” as in an LGBT Union or organization, but Unsure seems to be the more popular meaning today, referring to those unsure as to the nature of their sexuality.

A valid question in response to all that, if one is not of the “gay” persuasion, would be, Who cares? However, if one is not a lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgendered individual or, especially, the parent of a young adult, that “U” for “unsure” is very significant.

It seems a simple, thinly-veiled recruitment tool for homosexuals to draw into their lifestyle some teenaged boy who was just dumped by the love of his life and now, usually very temporarily, thinks all girls are meanies or that teen girl who found out her beau cheated on her and now believes, also very temporarily, that all males are unrepentant rotters.

Far fetched? Maybe yes and maybe no.

All this came to mind as a result of a story out of Michigan concerning an incident in the classroom of Mr. Jay McDowell, a male, economics teacher at Howell High School in Howell, MI. It involves the rights of free speech and free expression as well as the issues of rights under the First Amendment, bullying, and homosexuality in America’s schools.

If not for that last issue–if it’s not considered bullying to refer to homosexuality as an issue–the story probably wouldn’t have garnered the national attention that it has. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=2715)