“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.”
― Zora Neale Hurston
Hello all. Sorry it has been two weeks. I had some technical issues. Needless to say, the technical issue was user error. What can I say I am not a technological guy.
Without further ado, today's blog is about the latest politician asshole.
Steve Hickey is a Republican member of the South Dakota
House of Representatives since 2011. He
earned his BA from Mid-America Nazarene College and his MDiv from North Park
Theological Seminary. With this short brief history, you can guess his standing
on LGBT or equality issues. His recent comments is what make him a candidate
for Asshole of the Month.
I’m sure you must already know what he said but I will force
myself to type it for those of you who do not know his statement. He not only uses middle school analogies, but
attacks other member of the LGBT community as well. Below from The Advocate are his statements
which were posted on Facebook.
“Certainly
there are board-certified doctors in our state who will attest to what seems
self-evident to so many: gay sex is not good for the body or mind. Pardon a
crude comparison but regarding men with men, we are talking about a one-way
alley meant only for the garbage truck to go down.”
Furthermore in an
attempt to explain his stand on school policies to accommodate transgender
students because of a high suicide rate among transgender youth, Rep, Hickey
states that letting boys play girl sports is not the beginning position to fix
the suicide problem or the very real daily issues these students face dealing
with something they have been handed in life.
He wonders if by accommodating the students, does it open them up to more
painful issues all the while transferring serious anxieties to other
innocent and impressionable ones in those locker rooms.
He issues “a call
to the medical and psychological communities and associations to weigh in
publicly and timely on the matter of homosexuality and the human body, psyche
and family, particular kids.”
Finally, he
states that since these posts he has gotten many correspondence detailing how
someone will rape or hurt him. Really
someone wants to rape him. I’ve been out
and proud for over 20 years and, even though I don’t know all gay people, I do
know a good cross section of those people.
I can’t see any of them wanting to rape you, Rep Hickey. Please keep your fear and religion out of
politics. If you can’t, step down
immediately.
Does he not realize
that gay men are not the only people who have anal sex? Many heterosexual couples have anal sex. Just as you, Rep Hickey, think all gay men
are running around humping each other’s ass at any given moment of any given
day, you think all heterosexual couples have sex in the missionary
position. I wonder if you think they all
still have sex while in their night shirts like Ma and Pa Ingalls did.
How dare you
flippantly show concern for transgender youth while at the same time afraid how
they will hurt “innocent and impressionable ones”! Do you not think transgender
students are not innocent or impressionable?
Are you afraid that they will have the “innocent” believe they are
transgender?
You are a
backwards asshole. Not all gay men have
anal sex and not only gay men have anal sex.
Grow Up Representative Hickey!
Transgender student’s anxieties will not rub off on your “innocent”
children. However, I do worry about transgender
students being thrust into more painful derogatory remarks and actions from
your “innocent” children and people like you.
Even though it scares me, if we don’t do something, nothing will change
and these poor youth will continue to run away, attempt suicide, drugs and so
on.
That's it for today. Until next time, may your bartender mix your drinks well and use top shelf booze.
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