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Nicely put.

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Well said!

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See my reply to "ex-teacher."  Your comparisons are not apt.  Mine are.

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What if Seth had stated that people should not discriminate against people of color?  What if he had said, "We shouldn't use the n-word because people find it offensive"?  Would such words have been considered "advocacy"?  Should they then have been avoided?

The truth is that teachers are encouraged to advocate for all sorts of accepted values:  don't discriminate against women, exercise your right to vote, etc.  We want them to do this.  The only thing is, unfortunately, many people don't want teachers to advocate for tolerance of, let alone acceptance of, gays, because too many people are intolerant of them.  They are, simply put, bigots.

The irony is that Seth wasn't even advocating for acceptance.  He was simply stating facts.  God forbid that we should teach a fourth grader facts!

How shameful of the Beaverton School District.  How shameful is our nation.

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The only good served by having this woman on the show is that able-minded adults (and children, for that matter) can be exposed to the inarticulate and feeble-minded arguments of bigots such as she.

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