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Citesti corect. Pe multicolorul afis, sustinut de Alianta Familiilor din Romania , scrie mare si lat: "Ti-ai vedea baietelul... homosexual? Ti-ai inchipui fetita...lesbiana? Pe Olari, in capatul strazii, se fac niste chestii..." Acel afis este rezultatul unei intamplari recente in cadrul liceului bilingv George Cosbuc din Bucuresti. Pe scurt, e vorba de un eveniment impotriva discriminarii sexuale, organizat de un numar de cadre didactice, care a avut ca urmare depunerea unor sesizari la Inspectoratul Scolar. Da, este vorba de o sesizare impotriva unui demers absolut civilizat. Ca sa citez scrisoarea de sustinere a demersurilor pro-toleranta, "Promovarea drepturilor omului in scoli este o datorie, nu o abatere disciplinara." Revenind la afisul cu pricina, care reprezinta exercitarea deplina a dreptului la libera exprimare, garantat de Constitutia Romaniei, trebuie sa precizez ca este opus-ul asociatiei sus-mentionate, Alianta Familiilor din Romani...

Following Obama's support of same-sex marriage, there has been quite the backlash across traditional communities in the States. But I haven't seen anything come close to this dogmatic tirade that reeks of bigotry. During a sermon, pastor Charles L. Worley interrupted his anti-Obama rant to present the "solution" to the homosexual "problem". Here's a snippet : I figured a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers. Build a great, big, large fence — 150- or 100-mile-long — put all the lesbians in there… Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out… And you know what, in a few years, they’ll die. After a few more jabs at homosexuals and lesbians, all of them enthusiastically approved with "Amens", he concluded: God have mercy. It makes me pukin’ sick to think about — I don’t even know whether or not to say this in the pulpit — can you imagine kissing some man? ...