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Homosexuality in Indiana?


I think this film is supposed to be set in Indiana. Would a teacher really be fired for being gay in Indiana? I've looked online, but can't get a definitive answer. (Illegal sodomy repealed in 1977, according to Wikipedia, doesn't say anything about teacher sexuality).
So if the Principal sacked the Kline character, would the Principal be supported by the state, or would they support the Kline character?

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Der Fatherland that it is, they are of course VERY set against it- out in the open at least, where the leather gay men in power would have competition otherwise, but the land of the Wa(ter)bash River always wants the final say about Who Shu(r)es.

Why do you think they put Notre Dame in Indiana? Because it was once the advance of aryan nazism from technologically developing Europe.

The morality play usually then becomes the reality, without the morality

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And this is proof that low IQ, drinking, cliches, and posting don't combine well.

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What I'm talking about is that "gay" has obviously become a closed shop, where gay males spend more time trying to discourage others from joining their ranks. In reality, it's very engrained in American society, and very institutionalized- but as a closed shop, it hides the reality behind the fuss over it, and causes problems for those not wanting to live it behind close doors, and it offers up very public sacrifices for public consumption , and to discourage others AWAY from it's closed fraternal ranks- and I'm speaking mostly of gay males here.

Because as a post-operative transgender person, who doesn't have the option of discretely hiding, the way most of the gay male iceberg is indeed underwater and out of sight- I've been for years now held up as a victim to it. While I'M NOT a gay man, and never was- and all the gay men here in Indiana KNOW that, I'm the one who gets dumped on for being a gay male- while all the sick dudes running the show make such a joke of it- and I haven't gotten the slightest bit of support from any gay people, or the gay community in any way.

I have wonder just how naive most women are to tghe situation otherwise, because if they don't already KNOW how many of these boys- establishment boys running everything-are indeed undercover gays, then the women are just being used by these men otherwise- At any rate, they are quick to hassle me and get in my face over being gay, when I'm not a gay male- and all sorts of really disgusting gay males seem to find that amusing- and think they are just sooo clever otherwise.

The real question is- who would want to be with some of these guys than some other gay male otherwise?- because they are disgusting chauvanists in every other way- in love with their precious male sickness, in love with all things male, and the incumbant stupid mean leather gay nonsense that only real gay boys would ever be attracted to-

They don't like me because I know longer have the real object of their male dumbstick affections, and I've always rejected their macho nonsense, which if you haven't noticed, is more popular with them than the effeminate "bottom boy" cartoon they like to hide behind, who more than likely is just the piece of butt in front of the male leather FREAK! Discusting and pathetic, and I'm sick of taking the heat and providing amusement to the gay fraternity that is actually having a cow over every precious lost penis that is no longer available to them somehow

My god how they have gotten mileage for their stupid leather causes out of this drummed up war and security hysteria- if people knew just how much of it was for the sole purposes of further practicing their sadistic military hazing, and hassling who they want, a couple of people otherwise might still care. ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY PENIS! They want us to. No, they INdiana Sissed we do!

God in heaven, God above, be a God of truth and love

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It doesn't matter where the movie is set. It depends on the boss you have. In some states can be fired solely for being gay...in like 40 or 45 states. But in the states you can't be fired for it, your boss can simply say "I didn't fire him for being gay, I fired him for ________" and they could make something up.



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Exactly- laws about equal and fair treatment are always like taking 100 steps forward and then 99 back. It is said that you can't legislate morality, and in some respect you can't, because the other reasons are always there for the firing, and too often, might makes right, and the majority has it's way whether moral or fair or wise otherwise.

So at least the dialogue goes out- at least this movie is here. But then also the "politics of reaction". Few rights are gained, or can be enforced, but for a decade now the issues of gay marriage has been out in front of the public- so while it doesn't really directly affect most of the public- it becomes intense political and moral discussion otherwise. Those who can hide, do and will- some voluntarily and some not- It's the old "get-back-in-the-closet" routine. "Dont' ask don"t tell" What, you want people to think that AMERICA is a bunch of PU$$IES!!!!"- and many gays themselves don't have all that much problem with it.

Don't get me wrong- I'm not anti-gay- I'm just anti-closed shop- and there's a lot of it these days. Gay males close their own ranks, and it's all tied to anti-female chauvanism- I was in this transgender scene before it was included under the banner with gays and lesbians, and was surprised right off that a lot of prejudice was then coming from the gay/lesbian community- and while things have improved, it is still there anyway.

Unfortunately, the banner itself has really taken a pummeling since the time of this film, and hasn't been greatly aided by the lengthy public heated debate over gay marriages

I'm personally frustrated by the lack of support or sympathy, particularly by gay males- and when I made the above comments the other day, I had just been disrespected by a male cashier at the grocery store, who was a classic gay man cartoon otherwise, in appearance and demeanor- and there he was, babbling anti-gay, hostile nonsense at me under his breath- And I"M SICK OF IT!

God in heaven, God above, be a God of truth and love

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It's legal to fire someone for their sexual orientation in 33 states.

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