Students Declare Spring 08 Semester of Silence for Gay Rights

April 25, 2008 was designated as the Day of Silence.
It was a protest...or rather literally, a refrain from protestation...held on campuses across the country to mark the verbal and physical abuse of homosexuals.
Our university prides itself on its students forced commitment to civic engagement, so it came as no surprise when I found class discussion difficult to provoke on April 25th.
I must confess that I am further impressed by my students initiative in extending the Day of Silence far beyond April 25th. My students have remained silent for the last week, no doubt to show their solidarity with suffering homosexuals.
Indeed, their anticipation of the Day of Silence as so great, that they began their silence back in January.
I can only assume that the perpetual silence of my students marks their long-term and deep commitment to advancing homosexual rights on this campus.
It is not enough that every flight of every stairwell has at least two Queer Theory posters...and another one on every other door, including the entrances to the graduate student offices...not too mention countless pink-triangular Safe Space, Safe Person stickers littering the halls!
No, it is not enough that there is a Center for GLBT studies!
It is not enough that we have openly gay directors of various offices and at least one openly gay chaplain!
We must continue to remain silent until this campus is really transformed into a safe community welcoming homosexuals!

In order to make sure that this university really understands the plight of those attracted to the same -sex, I think we need to do more than just remain silent. That is why I declare the Fall Semester of 2008 to be the Semester of Silence No Doing Homework Reading for Gay Rights! Only then will teachers truly realize just how pervasive gay advocacy really is on this campus!

Comments

[s]

Hello. Congratulations for your blog. Do you know why the young people pray the holy rosary? You can watch here fifty testimonies of young university students
(in Spanish, with english subtitles)
See it: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=YxjjyXhO9EA

Santiago (Granada, Spain)
http://opinionciudadano.blogspot.com/

[Matt]

In a completely unrelated note; I saw this and thought of you:

Warning, some strong language, and you might have to sit through an ad.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104213/

I don't know if you've seen it before, but I certainly got a kick out if it.

"Goodnight sweet prince, and flights of angles sing thee to thy rest...buddy."

[Peter Terp]

My favorite part of the South Park video is how it totally calls the green movement way back in 2001!
"We must save the Earth...from Republicans!" "Nothing is more important than saving the Earth...not even your lives!"
And they way they use the schools as an ideological state apparatus to brainwash everyone into buying into Earth Day.