Remember when getting high meant swinging on the playground? When protection meant wearing a helmet? When the worst thing you could get from boys were cooties? Dad`s shoulder was the highest place on earth and mum was your hero? Your worst enemies were your siblings. Race issues were about who ran the fastest. War was only a card game. And the only drug you knew was cough medicine. When wearing a skirt didn`t make you a whore. The most pain you felt was when you skinned your knees, and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow?
This afternoon, State Sen. Stacey Campfield's proposed "Don't Say Gay" bill passed before the Tennessee senate. With a 20-10 vote, the bill prohibits educators from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms.
