Watch Out For The Gay Banditos

I touched on this earlier today, but I think it’s time to revisit Elmer Smith’s column about the calendar controversy in today’s Daily News.

For those of you who don’t know, parents were upset that this year’s official school district calendar labeled October “Gay & Lesbian History Month.” And at a meeting of the school reform commission earlier this week, parents compared gays to pedophiles and booed lesbian students who spoke.

In his column, Smith wrote:

Gay-rights activists need to understand that parents who have their children’s best interests at heart will and should discourage the adoption of a lifestyle that is fraught with danger.

No, it is not fair to ostracize or victimize gays.

But that is the harsh reality gay and lesbian people face on a daily basis. Good parents try to shelter their children from those harsh realities.

You see, by putting Gay & Lesbian History Month on the calendar, the district could make parents be mean to gays. And that’s what gays need to know! That gays are fraught with danger because… parents could be mean to them! And parents could be mean to them because of Gay & Lesbian History month is on the calendar! And… I’m going to stop this perpetual motion argument before my head explodes.

But the key argument in Smith’s column is this:

I don’t believe putting Gay and Lesbian History Month on the calendar promotes homosexuality. But as gay-rights activists become increasingly militant, it’s easy to understand parents’ concerns.

What does that mean? No, seriously. What does that mean? What is a militant gay-rights activist? Someone who makes you have gay sex? Is he alleging that said “gay banditos” as quipped by Lewis Black in his recent comedy special actually exist?

Yeah. I don’t know. Perhaps Smith is right, and the parents have a right to be concerned because having the words “Gay & Lesbian History Month” on the calendar could cause militant gay and lesbian activists to turn students gay. Or maybe he’s just too chickenshit to call bigots out for being bigots.

I don’t know. In the meantime, I’m keeping my ass firmly glued shut, lest the militant gay people take my anal cherry.

Elmer Smith | What the gay -lesbian issue is - and isn’t [Daily News]
Lewis Black - Gay Banditos [YouTube]