... And again, this would be a legitimate debate over the proper policy and the right amount of involvement for parents versus the risk in cases where some parents aren't, to put it mildly, as supportive as others. In a vacuum, I'd probably be able to accept this as a legitimate basis for political disagreement and not a manifestation of bigotry against gay people. But looking at the whole picture, in context with everything else that's happened leading up to that education plan, can't people defending the UCP education plan understand how it looks a whole lot like legislative gay bashing, in line with the sentiments of a party that has consistently had anti-gay rhetoric emerging from it?
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