Eight Years

[c9]

I can't believe it's been eight years already. I still remember pretty vividly the candlelight vigil that GALA held at UNB a couple weeks after his death. It was well-attended (for a GALA event) and quite moving.

I'm glad that sexuality is no longer such a big issue.

Note for skaughty: check out the attendance number on the Spectrum history page!

Comments

[c9.livejournal.com]

Incorrect. The media is falling hook line and sinker for one thing: the idea that this story has anything to do with Mark Foley being gay. The Republicans are still trying desperately to say that they couldn't stop Foley because it would have been called gay-bashing, and the religious right is constantly calling this a gay issue, not a pedophilia / underage sex issue, and the media are not calling them on it.

Check the coverage of Clinton/Lewinsky or that teacher that screwed her high school student. While the age differences were identical, and in one case the underage aspect was also true, none of them had anything to say about straight grownups automatically going after children.

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

You're probably right. I've been getting all my news about this from progressive sources. I should know better.

[c9.livejournal.com]

I've been getting my blood pressure all up based on my sources. Grrr. Need to switch back to reading sites that are calmer.