Just before Thanksgiving, when a fifth-grade boy in Utah shared in class that he was thankful he was going to be adopted by his two dads, the substitute teacher went on a 10-minute tirade against “homosexuality.” She has now been fired.
Education takes the spotlight this week, along with a number of family profiles. Read on and see what’s new.
Jackie Biskupski, mayor of Salt Lake City and a lesbian mom, got married yesterday to her fiancée, Betty Iverson. Both women were mothers prior to their relationship.
This week saw one prominent mayor and lesbian mom leave office while another one began her term.
It’s time to round up some of the stories I haven’t covered here already. There’s lots going on, so have a read while you’re in between holiday preparations.
In an appalling move, Utah Juvenile Court Judge Scott Johansen ordered a foster child removed from the home of a married two-woman couple, saying the child would be better off with heterosexual parent.
A social-media specialist for a Utah-based English language learning center was fired after he wrote a blog post about homophones — words that sound the same but differ in meaning and often spelling — because the school owner thought it implied that the school was “associated with homosexuality.” (I’m guessing the fact that a language school is full of cunning linguists probably never occurred to them — though one probably can’t get homogenized milk in the cafeteria there.) Lucky for us, however, a new electronics company has come out with the Homophoneâ„¢, a device specifically designed for communicating the Gay Agenda.
Yesterday, Colorado became the latest in a string of states to rule in favor of marriage equality. As in every other state that has seen a marriage equality ruling lately, parents were among the plaintiffs, and once again, the judge rejected the argument that marriage should be limited to different-sex couples because they can procreate.
It just keeps getting better. Yesterday saw marriage equality victories in Indiana and Utah (and hopeful news out of Louisiana). Once again, the well-being of children played a large part in the rulings.
Here are a few items I haven’t mentioned elsewhere, including a blended family profile, the perspective of the teen daughter of plaintiffs in a marriage equality lawsuit, two happenings in New Zealand, and the Argentinian president honoring a lesbian couple at their child’s Roman Catholic baptism.
