Today is the Day of Silence, and I’m proud to say that it began at my alma mater, the University of Virginia. In fact, it was begun by two people whom I would have known had I been out of the closet and active in the LGBT community at the time. A good friend of mine was good friends with them, so I can at least feel pride by association. And this is even cooler, only because it means the idea has become so widespread that it gets certain people in a snit.
I wonder if the Day of Silence is why nobody is leaving comments on my blog today.
I love that the Christians are staying home from school as a signal that they want education… and now I think that all the gay kids should cut class just to make everyone question the sexuality of the little homophobes from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. However, an ironic day for this particular decision to be handed down.
It is kind of ironically humorous that critics would get vocal about a “Day of Silence.” I didn’t hear much about it this year. Thanks for the reminder!
And, this is why any public mention of religion should be illegal, akin the the Dutch method.
Personally, any hint of religion in the classroom (where it aint the subject at hand) should be dealt with ruthlessly, one warning, second infraction, and say hello to home-schooling, as far as i’m concerned.
Public religion is the bane of a well oiled democracy.
.rob