is “gay” gay, II
This caught my eye after my post on the use of the word “gay” as a synonym for “lame”, “silly”, or “stupid” (rather than for “someone in a same-sex romantic relationship”):
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — When a few classmates razzed Rebeka Rice about her Mormon upbringing with questions such as, “Do you have 10 moms?” she shot back: “That’s so gay.”
The girl was hauled into the principal’s office and a letter was added to her file, which resulted in her parents suing the district on First Amendment grounds.
As I said, this turn of phrase is pretty juvenile. And, it seems no one was really worried about harassment based on religious grounds, as it seems to be open season on Christians (and particularly Mormons) these days.
It seems a shame for such a storm to descend on a young person for simply having shot off her mouth.
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