From the people who cannot tolerate "Christ" in "Christmas"

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

kpete  (1000+ posts)        Thu Dec-08-11 07:49 PM
Original message
Michigan teacher takes ‘gay’ out of ‘Deck the Halls’ 
 A music teacher there decided to change the lyrics to "deck the halls" because one particular word had the students giggling. The teacher gave the students a music sheet of music with the changed verse: "don we now our bright apparel", instead of "don we now our gay apparel.

After hearing about the change, the school's principal talked to the teacher. He says he hoped the teacher used the situation as a teachable moment. The word gay in the carol means happy or joyful.

Principal Chris Parker said, "We have an anti-bullying and discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and so going forward the teacher will be addressing this is how we're supposed to be reacting, this is the way to be respectful about this."

Some parents say they think the music teacher's decision to change the lyrics is inappropriate, and now they're taking the time to explain to their children that gay is not a bad word.

MORE:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/bizarre&...
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/08/michigan-teacher-...

LeftishBrit  (1000+ posts)        Thu Dec-08-11 08:00 PM
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2. How ridiculous
 I wonder what they'd do with the British nursery rhyme that ends:

'But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.'

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[USA4ME]

They word "gay" should have never been used in reference to anything having to do with the homosexual community.  There's a wealth of evidence that documents the last thing they can ever be labeled is "happy or joyful."

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[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

They word "gay" should have never been used in reference to anything having to do with the homosexual community.  There's a wealth of evidence that documents the last thing they can ever be labeled is "happy or joyful."

True but fortunately this is not the case with every word co-opted by the homosexuals.

"Throw another faggot on the fire," still works on every level.

[Gina]

   Yeh, does that mean the Brits are wrong for sucking on fags and getting cancer?

[AprilRazz]

True but fortunately this is not the case with every word co-opted by the homosexuals.

"Throw another faggot on the fire," still works on every level.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqkJA6skuI[/youtube]