Homophobia in Nashville

[Drover]

Originally Posted by septimus

yes. we should be teaching the history of all groups. What is wrong about adding the story of Harvey Milk into a discussion of the 1970s in history class?

I also find it ridiculous that states like AZ have tried to stop the study of Mexican American history in its schools.

I find it even more ridiculous when people have to lie about the actual content of a law in order to puff their case against it.

[El Passeaux]

I am happy to have schools teach kids about the achievements of "alternative lifestyle" people but I dont see why they cant just be lauded as great Americans rather than having to subset that they are gay. This is one of the problems I find with the country these days. We are Americans not hyphen Americans. The liberals are using the divide and conquer to pit group against group when government is the real problem, not the solution in most cases.

[pythonis]

Originally Posted by septimus

yes. we should be teaching the history of all groups. What is wrong about adding the story of Harvey Milk into a discussion of the 1970s in history class?

I also find it ridiculous that states like AZ have tried to stop the study of Mexican American history in its schools.

never heard of Harvey Milk. And personally until we are allowed to have white american month i dont think we should have any other month. We should all just be Americans and be happy with that everyday.

Just wondering, though, what history months have to do with homophobia in nashville

[JMT]

OK the OP's question has been answered more than sufficiently, and the rest of this discussion has taken a turn that is not Nashville-specific and is more appropriate for the Politics and Other Controversies forum. This thread is now closed.