The PINK FOLDER

[Danno 1,228]

Since a number of folks (including myself) like to kick around these topics, I thought I would start an on-going one.

I'll post a story and other can enjoy it... and comment if they care to.

As the Gay events seem to get farther and farther into the absurd, there should be no shortage of material and no doubt most of it will come from wacked Straight people like this first story.

In fairness, the posting of Homophobe stories or new events would be fitting as well as there are no doubt some out there.

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British Put Children on 'Hate Register' for Playground Taunts

British schools are creating ‘hate registers’ to monitor boys and girls who might be accused of what used to be called schoolyard banter but is now considered “homophobic.” And the British government could soon make such lists mandatory.

Consider the case of Peter Drury. The 10-year-old was messing around with a friend and allegedly called him a “gay boy.” Peter’s mother was called to the school and was told her child would be placed on a registry and his behavior would be monitored throughout his academic career.

“He doesn’t even understand about the birds and the bees, so how can he be a homophobic?” Penny Drury told The Daily Express. “Peter is a very naïve boy who didn’t know what he was doing and is now very upset that he is in trouble.”

While a number of British school keep records of racist, homophobic or anti-disability bullying, it isn’t mandatory – but that could change later this year. The government is considering a plan to make it a “statutory duty” for all schools to register incidents and for local police to maintain a database.

One British civil liberties group said as many as 40,000 children have had racist charges added to their school records.

http://www.thefoxnation.com/international/...ayground-taunts

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It is hard to believe these same people actually built (and lost) and empire which touched every corner of the world.

Edited March 5, 2010 by Danno

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

It is hard to believe these same people actually built (and lost) and empire which touched every corner of the world.

actually, it's stories like this that make it quite plausible.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

actually, it's stories like this that make it quite plausible.

I was thinking the same thing, and also, that it's happening now to us.

[Danno 1,228]

actually, it's stories like this that make it quite plausible.

Yeah, I see your point.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Danno, the European "Empires" fell apart after WW2 for the single reason that the war was so ruinous that the home countries couldn't afford to administrate their colonial territories.

As to the story - its would seem to be a typical example of the way the government (When I say "the government" I do not mean a partisan thing) likes to dictate policy from the top-down without much regard for the practicality of implementation.

That said, bullying is a perennial issue, a lot of which goes unreported. It makes at least some kind of sense for schools to monitor troublemakers, if only to direct them to specialized classes to deal with kids who exhibit aberrant behaviour.

Edited March 5, 2010 by Gene Hunt

[Sofiyya 1,687]

As to the story - its would seem to be a typical example of the way the government (When I say "the government" I do not mean a partisan thing) likes to dictate policy from the top-down without much regard for the practicality of implementation.

Kinda like the top down dictation, against the popular will, to legalize gay marriage despite the impracticality of implementation.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

No, not really like that.

[Danno 1,228]

Virginia attorney general to colleges: End gay protections

By Rosalind S. Helderman

Washington Post Staff Writer

Saturday, March 6, 2010; A01

RICHMOND -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has urged the state's public colleges and universities to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, arguing in a letter sent to each school that their boards of visitors had no legal authority to adopt such statements.

In his most aggressive initiative on conservative social issues since taking office in January, Cuccinelli ® wrote in the letter sent Thursday that only the General Assembly can extend legal protections to gay state employees, students and others -- a move the legislature has repeatedly declined to take as recently as this week.

The letter demonstrates an increasing split in the region's policies on issues related to sexual orientation. It comes in the same week that the District began issuing marriage licenses for gay couples and a week after Maryland's attorney general announced that his state will recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Cuccinelli's move has dismayed students and faculty members. It suggests that Cuccinelli intends to take a harder line with the state's university system, where liberal academics have long coexisted uneasily with state leaders in Richmond.

"It is my advice that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including 'sexual orientation,' 'gender identity,' 'gender expression,' or like classification as a protected class within its non-discrimination policy absent specific authorization from the General Assembly," he wrote in the letter.

Colleges that have included such language in policies that govern university hiring and admissions -- which include all of Virginia's largest schools -- have done so "without proper authority" and should "take appropriate actions to bring their policies in conformance with the law and public policy of Virginia," Cuccinelli wrote.

Official representatives of several universities, including the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, the College of William and Mary and George Mason University, reacted cautiously to the letter, declining to comment and indicating that their governing boards would examine the issue.

But some individual college board members and others said Cuccinelli's action would be highly controversial on campuses, where many argue that such policies are necessary to attract top students and faculty.

"What he's saying is reprehensible," said Vincent F. Callahan Jr., a former Republican member of the House of Delegates who serves on George Mason's board of visitors. "I don't know what he's doing, opening up this can of worms."

It is not entirely clear what recourse Cuccinelli would have if the universities do not follow his advice. Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, general counsel to the gay rights group Equality Virginia and a former deputy attorney general, urged boards to seek a second opinion. "They call it advice for a reason," she said.

Former attorney general Jerry Kilgore ® agreed it would be difficult for Cuccinelli to enforce his opinion without pursuing court action. But he said college visitors swear an oath to abide by state statute.

"Board members are required to follow the law," Kilgore said. "And he's telling them what the law is."

Cuccinelli's predecessor, Robert F. McDonnell ®, who became governor in January, also held that only the General Assembly could name new classes for legal protections. But he never specifically targeted university policies that seemingly contradicted his position. And in a 2006 letter to Longwood University, his office declined to conclusively tell the Farmville school that it could not include sexual orientation in its policy.

Still, a McDonnell spokesman said Friday that the governor thinks Cuccinelli's stand is consistent with past practice. He said, however, that McDonnell would not discriminate at universities or elsewhere.

"The legal analysis contained in the letter concerning the General Assembly's sole responsibility for setting state employment policy is consistent with all prior opinions from the Office of the Attorney General over the last 25 years on the subject," McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin said in a statement. "The Governor expects that no Virginia college or university, or any other state agency, will engage in discrimination of any kind."

In the letter, Cuccinelli wrote that he was issuing the opinion to dispel any confusion about his office's position. He said local governments have received similar advice from past attorneys general. Allowing universities to write policies without permission from the General Assembly would invite litigation, he wrote.

According to the letter, the General Assembly has rejected bills to add the words "sexual orientation" to nondiscrimination statutes 25 times since 1997.

Cuccinelli declined to comment on the letter, which was obtained by The Washington Post.

The former Fairfax County senator has signaled that he will be an activist attorney general. This month, he sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency, challenging its ruling that greenhouse gases pose a public health risk by contributing to global warming.

He also advised McDonnell to halt a process begun by former governor Timothy M. Kaine (D) in December that could have resulted in Virginia allowing health benefits for the partners of gay state employees, including at colleges and universities.

"I don't think it's going to surprise anyone that Attorney General Cuccinelli is not going to be a quiet attorney general," said Christopher Freund, a spokesman for the Family Foundation, which has long contended that legal protections based on sexual orientation are unnecessary.

Freund applauded Cuccinelli for the consistency of his advice.

"I find it hard to believe that this would be the final straw in whether or not someone's going to come to Virginia's universities," he said. "They are some of the best universities in the country. I think they can stand on their own without this policy."

But others criticized the move, including students and Democratic lawmakers. "It's going to be a mess -- there's no doubt about that," said Carl Pucci, 21, president of Old Dominion University's student body. "I think you're going to see the whole gamut, from angry letters to protests."

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said in a statement that Cuccinelli's advice would "damage the Commonwealth's reputation for academic excellence and diversity."

[luckytxn 2,265]

For some I just noticed that there have been a lot of gay topics on OT. Any certain reason for this?

[Danno 1,228]

For some I just noticed that there have been a lot of gay topics on OT. Any certain reason for this?

I was wondering that same thing myself.... all it takes is a few people to keep it going.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Kinda like the top down dictation, against the popular will, to legalize gay marriage despite the impracticality of implementation.

It is not 'impractical' it is merely against a part of your belief system you choose to adhere to because there is no selfish gain in your life to reject.

For some I just noticed that there have been a lot of gay topics on OT. Any certain reason for this?

I think certain anti-gay marriage posters fear they will be forced to divorce and become bee-yoch's for the homosexual cabal they so fear.

[luckytxn 2,265]

I was wondering that same thing myself.... all it takes is a few people to keep it going.

So you choose to make a new one. Good job.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

So you choose to make a new one. Good job.

Don't argue with Danno-logic! It could lead you into a belief in socialism.

[Peikko 1,575]

What exactly is the point of this thread Danno? I'll say this, from my perspective this thread is skirting dangerously across the line of bigotry.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So you choose to make a new one. Good job.

Danno put on his pink panties and thought it might be a good idea to have some pink folder in OT to match them.