June 24, 2006
First Grade Student Beaten Up
This story infuriates me. I can’t even tell you how angry I am about it. We’re taught to be tolerant of the rights of others. I cannot agree more, but why should a 7-year-old be beaten because his parents are against homosexuality? I have nothing against gays or lesbians. I don’t think they should be treated any differently than any other human being on this planet. But what makes me mad is that their rights seem to be more important than mine or those of David Parker.
David Parker simply wished to have a say in his child’s education. And if he chooses to be notified of homosexual teachings in order to remove his son from the classroom, that is HIS RIGHT. Why can’t people (in general) understand that? And why do these 8 or 10 children who are responsible for the beating go unpunished? Regardless of why he was beaten, it’s a crime. These children obviously need to be expelled from school or need to be seen by a psychologist to figure out why they started beating someone up and more importantly, need to face the consequences of their actions!! I’m so angry I’m shaking. I can guarantee if the child who was beaten up was gay or had gay parents, it would be front page news and action would be taken. But no — not in this case. In this instance it goes unnoticed. I have two words for this: Fuck That!
Posted by Dana @ 12:53 pm • Uncategorized
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June 25th, 2006 at 6:22 am, Guru Says:
Well said. You are right about what the news coverage would be if he had been a gay child or had gay parents. I really think that people in media don’t really care about causes. They care about sensationalism and what makes a great story.
June 25th, 2006 at 9:39 am, Dana Says:
guru — you are right, they only report what sells. It just pisses me off! Thanks for visiting my blog!
July 8th, 2006 at 12:12 pm, Mike Airhart Says:
David Parker admitted to The Boston Globe this week that the story spread in his name by MassResistance (a Massachusetts antigay group) is false. There was no conspiracy to beat up his kid. The fight was over lunchroom seating, not his father’s activism.
Parker is still upset at the community for not supporting him, but frankly, the community was lied about for a month by MassResistance. I don’t blame the parents and school officials of Lexington, Mass., for being upset that Parker allowed lies about the schoolyard fight to be spread on for a month.
July 25th, 2006 at 2:32 am, Bacchus Says:
Thanks for the comment on my blog. Your blog is a lot to read, lots of contradictions in blogs you read. i.e Ann Coulter and Gay Family blogs. I’m intrigued. Of course as a Gay Republican I don’t shy away from what others see as obvious contradictions.
I’ll keep reading.