Anti-gay bullying has usually been something even ardent conservatives have come out against. Usually, but not in the case of more than a dozen Republican legislators in Iowa, who are threatening to defund a community college unless it stops sponsoring an LGBT-youth conference this week.
In all, 16 lawmakers signed a pledge to cut $25 million in state funding from the Des Moines Area Community College, which is helping to put together the Iowa Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth, which is organized by Iowa Safe Schools.
What’s going on in this conference that has lawmakers so livid? A skim of the schedule reveals workshops on lesbians in the media, substance-abuse prevention, homophobia in sports and how to address bullying. Scary stuff indeed.
We’d start with WHO, the radio station that airs Mickelson’s show.
I grew up in Iowa and left it as soon as I was able to. Coming out in 1969 was no picnic, though I lived in Iowa City and if a gay person must live in Iowa, that is the best and safest place to do so. However, the state legislature is rife with elderly white male Republicans who apparently have nothing better to do than fret about any topic that might include the LGBT community. With all the economic problems the state has, one would think they would embrace anything that would bring income into the state. Iowans can be generous and open and broad minded – unless they are aged GOP.
 The days of political bullying are over! The arrogance of the TPod/American christian Taliban knows no end and they need to be quarantined ASAP! They have absolutely no worth to this planet!
FYI – There is no support for this outside the 16 activist reps. In the Republican controlled House, the Speaker has stated that there are no plans to even consider a bill that might come out of that pledge. There is virtually zero support for the idea in the Democratically controlled Senate.