Revisiting the 1950's

Is it the 1950’s all over again for gay Americans? Apparently, in some parts of the country, it is.

It’s hard to believe that in this day and age that an organization would threaten to blackmail anyone into submitting information about themselves. The threat if they don’t respond is to tell others in the community that they are gay. I guess that they believe, in their quest “to help parents when choosing a school for their children”, that they are trying to keep gays away from their children. Are they insinuating that we are child molesters or do they fear that their children might learn some other valuable lessons about life, such as living a dignified life with honesty?

The way some people in this country think scares me.

A judge has ordered a Texas company to stop sending email masquerading as freedom of information requests to Missouri schools after some administrators were threatened with outing.

The mass emails were sent by Abilene, Texas-based StarProse Corp. seeking information on school administrators, principals and teachers.

The e-mail messages appeared with the subject line, “Open Records Request,” but actually sought personal information. The emails threatened to list as gay anyone who does not respond to the information demand. The company said in the emails that the information was needed “to help parents when choosing a school for their children.” (source)