Hats off to Dear Amy of the Chicago Tribune, dont discriminate on sexual orientation!
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009By: Kymber Veautour
A reader of the Chicago Tribune recently wrote in to their advice column, to gather advice on a topic she felt strongly about. Her sons college roommate! I do not normally give advice columns the time of day. I mean lets face it, we have Brendella, and she is the very best! The rest usually do not know what they are talking about!
This advice collumn happen to catch my eye. The reader was writing in, not to gather advice, but to honestly BITCH about her sons college. It seems her son pulled a gay roommate in the room assignments. Poor poor straight boy! The reader has taught her children acceptance…and I quote, ” Bob has four older siblings who have made it successfully through college and dorm life. They’ve had roommates who were of different races, different cultures and different religions, and have gotten along fine. ”
So why is this an issue?
Hmmmm, lets dig deeper…. She goes on to say,
“When I called the university to ask if Bob could be assigned another roomie, the housing director intimated that I was persecuting the gay roommate and that if my son didn’t start out rooming with the gay student, then Bob could go to another school. He can put in for a room change during the first two weeks of school if he wants to switch.
I was taken aback. The university (a Jesuit school) has no policy for gay/straight roommates, other than that they don’t permit discrimination. Bob will room with the assigned roommate.
In doing an informal poll of my older children and their friends, I discovered that all but one had a gay roommate and didn’t stay roommates for long.”
Ahhh I see the issue! Again I quote, “The university (a Jesuit school) has no policy for gay/straight roommates, other than that they don’t permit discrimination.” Good for the school! Everyone deserves an education!
So we now get down to “Worried Mom’s” question. She finally asks, ” Is it discrimination when a straight man doesn’t want to room with a gay man? Do you think schools should have a policy about this?”
She is lucky Brendella wasnt giving the answer because it may have gone something like this….
Listen you religious bigot. Your son deserves no more right to be there than anyone else, and your other sons were able to handle their issues without going running to mommy. They didn’t even tell you until you polled them, now those are good, strong boys! The school obviously does have a policy, they do not discriminate, and it just happens to be one you do not agree with! So take the boy off the nipple, wipe his snotty nose, change his shitty diaper and tell him to either suck it up or apply elsewhere! NEXT…………
How did I do Brendella??
To see the original story and Dear Amy’s answer click here!
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