I don’t know what it says about attitudes that a school in Michigan in the USA edited the word “gay” out of a Christmas song.
Well, it was the music teacher, according to this story. Then the school put the word back again.
It comes in a line in “Deck the Halls”, which reads “Don we now our gay apparel.” Your humble blogger makes use of the line in a Christmas article in the new Pink Humanist
The teacher took the word “gay” out and substituted “bright”, not necessary because she was homophobic, but because the pesky kids giggled every time they sang it.
Even allowing that kids will be kids, it says something about the way the word is still used as a minor insult, or that homosexuality is somehow funny (well, it can be funny, but we’re not talking Alan Carr here).
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I always giggled at that line too - after seeing a cartoon in Playboy that used it as a caption. Let the kids giggle if they want. Homosexuality is a lot more comical than it is threatening.
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