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Education

Watch: Local News Interviews 11 Year Old Who Fought And Won ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Lawmaker

by David Badash ● 8:29 AM June 6, 2013
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Marcel Neergaard’s petition led to the author of a “Don’t Say Gay” bill losing his education “Reformer of the Year” award. “It made me feel like I went from a nobody to a person who had a national organization say we stand by you. All in five days.”

Civil Rights

Gay, Bullied 11 Year Old Boy Wins Fight Against Anti-Gay Lawmaker And StudentsFirst

by David Badash ● 4:08 PM June 5, 2013
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Eleven-year old Marcel Neergaard has quickly won his fight against an anti-gay lawmaker and StudentsFirst, thanks to the help of LGBT activists and over 50,000 allies who signed a MoveOn.org petition.

News

Bullied Gay 11 Year Old Explains How ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bills Lead Him To Consider Suicide

by David Badash ● 11:44 AM June 4, 2013
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Marcel Neergaard is a very intelligent and brave eleven-year old boy whose parents were forced to homeschool him because of “severe” anti-gay bullying fueled by Tennessee’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.

Bigotry Watch

Michelle Rhee’s Education ‘Reformer Of The Year’ Is ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Author

by David Badash ● 1:49 PM April 27, 2013
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Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst claims to be a “grassroots movement,” but in reality it’s a PAC that funds anti-gay, anti-immigrant, anti-education Republican lawmakers and awards them for policies that hurt students and teachers.

News

Quoting Genesis, Tennessee Lawmakers Declare August 31 ‘ido4life Traditional Marriage Day’

by David Badash ● 2:51 PM April 24, 2013
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Tennessee lawmakers passed an anti-gay resolution declaring August 31 “ido4life Traditional Marriage Day.” The resolution quotes Genesis and two conservative anti-gay think tanks.

News

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Senator Posts Image Of Pressure Cooker To Make Gun Control-Boston Bombing ‘Joke’

by David Badash ● 10:37 AM April 24, 2013
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Stacey Campfield posted an image of a pressure cooker with the headline, “Here comes Feinstein again,” a reference to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban bill.

Civil Rights

Why Is It ‘Policy’ For Some States To ‘Flag’ Birth Certificates Of Children Adopted By Gay Parents?

by David Badash ● 10:00 AM April 14, 2013
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A same-sex couple applying for a social security card for their adopted son were told his birth certificate would be “flagged” until 2033 by the Georgia State Department Of Vital Records. “It’s the policy,” they were told. But why?

News

Jon Stewart: Stacey Campfield ‘Wants To Turn Tenn. Education Into The Actual Hunger Games’

by David Badash ● 8:02 AM April 10, 2013
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Jon Stewart mocks Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield for his bill that would penalize families on welfare if their kids don’t get good grades, by reducing welfare benefits.

Discrimination

New ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Forces Teachers To Tell Gay Kids They Need A Psychiatrist

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 13, 2013
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The latest version of Tennessee’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill would require teachers to tell gay students they need a psychiatrist, and literally hand them a referral.

Bigotry Watch

Christian Minister/Lawmaker’s Bill Allows Counseling Students To Refuse Treatment To Gays

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 12, 2013
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An anti-gay Christian minister who is also a Tennessee state lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would allow mental health counseling students to refuse to treat gay people based on a “religious exemption.”

Discrimination

Tennessee GOP’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Opposed By Majority Of Tennessee Voters

by David Badash ● 12:25 PM March 7, 2013
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State Senator Stacey Campfield’s obsession, the latest incarnation of the Tennessee GOP’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is opposed by 57 percent, the majority of Tennessee voters.

News

Chattanooga, Tennessee (Yes, Tennessee) Elects First Openly-Gay City Council Member

by David Badash ● 9:14 AM March 6, 2013
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Chris Anderson became the first openly gay candidate to win election in Chattanooga, Tennessee, yesterday.

Bigotry Watch

GOP Lawmaker Who Calls Gays Not ‘Mentally Healthy’ Introduces New ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

by David Badash ● 12:52 PM February 15, 2013
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A Republican lawmaker introduced a new “Don’t Say Gay” bill into the Tennessee House yesterday, as a companion to infamous state senator Stacey Campfield’s updated and strengthen anti-gay legislation.

Bigotry Watch

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Senator Explains HIV Prevalence In Africa: They’re Really Into Sodomy

by David Badash ● 9:36 AM February 6, 2013
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Stacey Campfield says “homosexual activists” are “the biggest bullies in the world,” and HIV/AIDS is prevalent in Africa because straight people there are really, really into sodomy.