I intentionally write this post with a secondary intent of replacing the word “gay” or the acronym “LGBTQIA” with “Black.” Aided and abetted by several Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rulings, America’s schools, public and private, are free to discriminate against gay (Black) citizens with impunity. Furthermore, the discrimination is subsidized with your and my tax dollars.
Bigots will do what they can/must to allow their bigotry to continue without costs they're unwilling to pay. When financial interests intersect "moral" principles, you can bet that any organization with the ability to organize and hire lobbyists and lawyers will do their damndest to get rulings that allow them to pursue every available source of money while maintaining their biases. None of that is earthshaking.
Meanwhile, educational accreditation associations are in principle above corruption and in practice pretty easily corrupted. Money opens doors. Political pressure buys influence. Standards are, alas, for other guys, little people, outsiders.
But don't be disheartened! The "good news" from the US Army today is a photo of the first all-gay helicopter crew! https://tinyurl.com/ymn9849r What red-blooded American doesn't swell with pride (lots of puns intended) at the idea! And what "unworthy victim" in the Middle East doesn't feel better knowing that s/he might have a chance to be killed by an all-Rainbow crew's weaponry?
This, along with the very intersectional and woke CIA recruiting ad that was also released this week has me so happy to be an American at such an enlightened moment in our history.
Bigots will do what they can/must to allow their bigotry to continue without costs they're unwilling to pay. When financial interests intersect "moral" principles, you can bet that any organization with the ability to organize and hire lobbyists and lawyers will do their damndest to get rulings that allow them to pursue every available source of money while maintaining their biases. None of that is earthshaking.
Meanwhile, educational accreditation associations are in principle above corruption and in practice pretty easily corrupted. Money opens doors. Political pressure buys influence. Standards are, alas, for other guys, little people, outsiders.
But don't be disheartened! The "good news" from the US Army today is a photo of the first all-gay helicopter crew! https://tinyurl.com/ymn9849r What red-blooded American doesn't swell with pride (lots of puns intended) at the idea! And what "unworthy victim" in the Middle East doesn't feel better knowing that s/he might have a chance to be killed by an all-Rainbow crew's weaponry?
This, along with the very intersectional and woke CIA recruiting ad that was also released this week has me so happy to be an American at such an enlightened moment in our history.