Gay Rights Activists Crack Down on The Simpsons
November 14th 2008 17:04
Looks like using the term 'that's so gay' is simply unacceptable even within the context of some yello school yard bully...
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Many people also say such words as 'fuck', 'asshole', 'shit', 'prick' without 'realizing' it's bad. When was the last time a word was successfully banned from school?
If one gay-rights group has its way, Nelson Muntz will be writing "I will not be homophobic" on Mrs. Krabappel's schoolhouse chalkboard.
Bart Simpson's cartoon nemesis is being blasted for his use of the schoolyard taunt "that's so gay" while bullying resident nerd Milhouse Van Houten in The Simpsons' annual Halloween episode airing last Sunday.
But the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network says the remark is nothing to laugh at.
"Many people say gay without even realizing what they're saying is bad,'" GLSEN spokesman Daryl Presgraves tells E! News.
Bart Simpson's cartoon nemesis is being blasted for his use of the schoolyard taunt "that's so gay" while bullying resident nerd Milhouse Van Houten in The Simpsons' annual Halloween episode airing last Sunday.
But the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network says the remark is nothing to laugh at.
"Many people say gay without even realizing what they're saying is bad,'" GLSEN spokesman Daryl Presgraves tells E! News.
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Many people also say such words as 'fuck', 'asshole', 'shit', 'prick' without 'realizing' it's bad. When was the last time a word was successfully banned from school?
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