Tag Archives: Montgomery County

Clueless

Posted on January 16, 2009 by David

This has got to break some sort of record for stupid. Yesterday, I heard a man equate the sacrifices made by Thomas Beatie so that he and his wife could have children, with the crowd of idiots who trampled a … Continue reading →

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These showerheads are not adjustable

Posted on September 16, 2008 by David

“There are people who react in an unthinking way to transgender people.” That’s certainly an understatement. However, to paraphrase the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Laws cannot force people to think, but they can restrain the thoughtless. Such laws, unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Bigotry loses big in Montgomery

Posted on September 9, 2008 by David

A referendum that was designed by the anti-gay industry as a template for overturning legal protections for transgender people across the nation has been thrown out and will not appear on the ballot in Montgomery County in November. The county’s … Continue reading →

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End of the line for special rights seekers, Part 1

Posted on February 6, 2008 by David

On January 31, Maryland Circuit Court Judge William J. Rowan, III ruled on the last chance for PFOX, Lynn Chapman’s Family Leader Network, and other assorted anti-gay obsessives to derail the progressive human sexuality curriculum in Montgomery County. Assisted in … Continue reading →

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File under Hoaxes, poorly executed

Posted on January 23, 2008 by David

Update: Autumn from Pam’s House Blend would like an apology from all involved in this pitiful stunt. I’m not holding my breath, either. Well, it seems that the story of “the man wearing a blue ruffled skirt” in the ladies’ … Continue reading →

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Conversations we need to have

Posted on January 16, 2008 by David

Update: Pam’s House Blend has picked up the story of the hoax perpetrated by the Montgomery County anti-transgender group. There’s been a lot of chatter about race and gender in the last week amongst the chattering class, hasn’t there? Has … Continue reading →

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Oh, now we get it…

Posted on December 13, 2007 by David

I could never understand why the anti-gay ideologues trying to prevent the honest, humane discussion of sexual orientation in Montgomery County schools fought tooth and nail to keep this statement out of the curriculum: Children who have fleeting same-sex attractions … Continue reading →

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