Maybe it’s something about the Midwest … the prodominantly rural, conservative Midwest.
Wisconsin is working on a state amendment to ban gay marriages.
South Dakota is trying to muster up a challenge to Roe v. Wade.
You know, I’d expect attempts at this kind of small-minded legislation in the South.
But I guess the Midwest is not too different, really. Like the South, college towns and metro areas here provide some balance, but not enough.
Also, I’m not too sure how long universities will remain “lights of hope” in this era of darkness since college students are being encouraged to “turn in” profs who express political opinions in the classroom (so much for the FSM shirt, Mlitiagrl).
The fundamental point of a college education is to teach people to think and it’s not possible to do that without bringing controversy, different points of view, BRAINMEAT into the classroom. If you whitewash education for adults by eliminating intelligent discussion from college classrooms, you will create a generation of brainwashed zombies who have no analytical skills. A few people will be alright, but that’s only because they learned those skills somewhere else.
Sad that it takes so much effort to win civil rights and so little to lose them. I guess we should expect segregation to be reinstated next?