Whoopsie! It turns out that the computers of the Tennessee
public school system are inexplicably biased against gay rights. How the heck
did that happen? School administrators are completely baffled by the
embarrassing snafu, but say that it must be the fault of their filtering
service, Education Networks of America.
But the ENA has clearly stated that they are off the hook. "The
decisions on whether to block certain websites are made solely by the school
districts,” the ENA attorney said. “ENA does not participate in these decisions
in any way and is instead simply told which websites to block." Huh. Is it
possible that homophobia had something to do with this?
Some of the blocked Web sites include Human Rights Campaign--with such inappropriate messages for
kids as, “In a world defined by difference, our strength depends on our common
humanity”--and the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, which creepily
“envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people.”
Not all Web pages dealing with gay people were blocked, however. Tennessee
schoolchildren are more than welcome to peruse such sites as People Can Change
and The Americans For Truth Against Homosexuality.
As Jezebel points out, the silver lining of this rather shocking homophobic agenda is that no one wants to take the blame for it, showing
how much public opinion has progressed in favor of gay rights.
Photo: britannica.com
