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November 20, 2008

Might Fred Phelps have a small point?

I know, I know... he's a whack-job, I agree. And it seems he's coming to Oregon next week to spread his special version of whack-jobbiness in our neck of the woods.

Check the link for Phelps' itinerary while in Oregon. The first stop at PSU is what captured my attention.

You know this so-called institution of higher-learning has a Queer (I thought they did not like being called that) Resource Center and they include fags in their affirmative action policy and nondiscrimination policy and that (wait for it) they have gender neutral bathrooms?

Gender neutral bathrooms... I imagine there are probably lots of people who would be uncomfortable using a communal gender-neutral bathroom without necessarily hating gays. Rape victims, for example.

I'm not saying that PSU's gender-neutral bathrooms are communal. They may not be. I honestly don't know. But there are colleges which do have communal gender-neutral bathrooms.

I guess what I would like to see explored here is the upper limits of Kume-bye-yah inclusiveness and to what extent, if any, those who may not agree with all of it risk running afowl of societal expectations.

Your thoughts?

Posted by Kevin at November 20, 2008 12:19 PM