Why Do I Bother?

I read about this over at “Southern Expressions” and I had to make a stink over here too.

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) – The crown prince rejects a bevy of beautiful princesses, rebuffing each suitor until falling in love with a prince. The two marry, sealing the union with a kiss, and live happily ever after.

That fairy tale about [tag]gay marriage[/tag] has sparked a [tag]civil rights[/tag] debate in Massachusetts, the only U.S. state where gays and lesbians can legally wed, after a teacher read the story to a classroom of seven year olds without warning parents first.

A parents’ rights group said on Monday it may sue the public school in the affluent suburb of Lexington, about 12 miles west of Boston, where a teacher used the book “[tag]King & King[/tag]” in a lesson about different types of weddings.

“It’s just so heinous and objectionable that they would do this,” said Brian Camenker, president of the Parents Rights Coalition, a conservative Massachusetts-based advocacy group.

Camenker said he believes the school, Joseph Estabrook Elementary, broke a 1996 Massachusetts law requiring schools to notify parents of [tag]sex-education[/tag] lessons. “There is no question in my mind that the law is being abused here,” he said.

This article from Reuters is worth a read. I try to avoid political topics here, but this kind of thing just gets to me. Read it for yourself.

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My first [tag]class[/tag] starts on Monday. It’s just an orientation class that basically teaches you how to take classes online, but I’m still excited to get started. Every day that I go to work I get more and more motivated to get this [tag]degree[/tag] finished so I can move on. I’m looking forward to bigger and better things … like a starting salary about one and a half times what I’m making now. Wish me luck.

(aside …) Mel and I are getting bikes tomorrow morning. Whee.

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