Sen. Jim DeMint: Gays And Unmarried Women Should Not Be Teachers

[WillParkinson]

Sen. Jim DeMint: Gays And Unmarried Women Should Not Be Teachers

GOP Sen. Jim DeMint told a group of South Carolina pastors on Friday that "open homosexuals" and unmarried women should not be allowed to teach in public schools.

In addition to reiterating anti-choice talking points on abortion and backing "traditional marriage," according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, the senator went further and "said if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn't be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend -- she shouldn't be in the classroom." Controversy over DeMint's position on this issue first arose in 2004 during a Senate debate, when he was asked whether he agreed with the state party's platform that said openly gay teachers should be barred from teaching public school. DeMint said he agreed with that position because government shouldn't be endorsing certain behaviors.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/10/sen-jim-demint-gays-and-unmarried-women.html

[markbark]

1. Unmarried Women?

If unmarried women should not be teachers, DeMint would effectively depopulate 80% of the ElEd teaching population.

What a maroon!

[Divine Discontent]

8. unmarried women! yes, he said that. Oh my LORD in heaven! Sadly, he'll always be kept on by the

voters.

What an absolute bizarre thing to say that unmarried women and Gays shouldn't teach. That's a probable huge chunk of teachers! This guy needs taken to the woodshed on this, hard...

closed-minded POS.

[Deep13]

2. Translation: "I'm too stupid to know who should be teaching." nt

[opihimoimoi]

3. But if the teachers advocate CREATIONISM....its OK???

[JulieKatz]

4. And Unmarried Men who have Live-In Girlfriends are OK?

Will we never rid ourselves of these double standards? Of course, this guy's such a moron he wouldn't know sense from nonsense anyway.

Interesting side note: A teacher once told me that around the turn of the 19th-to-20th century in Pennsylvania it was illegal for MARRIED women to be teachers. I wish I could cite the law on that. I know personally that only in the 1970s did they allow pregnant women who were "showing" to continue to teach.

[johnnypneumatic]

5. anti gay bigots and misogynist assholes should not hold political office

if someone is openly homophobic, they shouldn't be in a position of authority, as they have no common sense or capacity to reason. Senator DeMinted once again proves his incompetence and bigotry. All would agree that republicans should be barred from public office. DeMint said he agreed with that position because government shouldn't be endorsing certain behaviors.

[cyr330]

6. Sorry if this is offensive

but Senator DeMint can peck the corn out of my shit.

[GodlessBiker]

7. +1.