A local news story from Tennessee, "Parents Of Gay Teen Say School Bullying Caused Suicide," reports that an 8th grader didn't feel like life was worth living. He was gay, he was 14 years old, and he is dead.
This is unspeakably horrible, and there are some people in Tennessee who need to ask -- and answer -- some very difficult questions.
Shit like this doesn't happen in a void, and one of the best things about the blogging medium is how it allows news stories to be put in their proper context.
Here's another news story that was published this past weekend:
"Gays 'Make God Want to Vomit:' Meet Santorum's Honorary Florida Chairman."
There's no cause-and-effect here, but if you think these two events are unrelated, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
You can't have hate speech coming from pulpits across the country and then try to hold religion/social conservatives blameless when children take their own lives. You just can't.
