Trouble in Farrisland

Is the defense of homeschooling still the priority for HSLDA, or are there other things that are priority? And really, what are membership dues being used for?

That’s a question we’ve been asking about this dubious organization founded by Mike Farris for quite some time. What, for instance, does homeschooling have to do with prohibiting the […]

Oh, now we get it…

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 may assume incorrectly that they are gay or lesbian. Mere fleeting attraction does not prove sexual […]

A Holiday Poem

(Or, for those who wish to pretend there are no other holiday traditions being celebrated at this time of year, “A Christmas Poem.”)
A reader sent this to us back in 2004. Three years later, the Grinches are grinchier than ever, and even more unhappy. Our heartfelt wish for them is that they find the ability […]

Can of Worms

Prison Fellowship Ministries, run by Watergate “hatchet man” Chuck Colson, is based in Loudoun County and receives a huge tax exemption from our county government. They publish a blog and a daily newsletter, and when these contain particularly funny anti-gay propaganda, I forward the trope of the day to the Equality Loudoun discussion list under […]