Today I read a piece in my local paper about community reactions to the “Day of Silence” event in schools. For those of you who missed hearing about it, it’s an event where students are silent for a day (except when called on by a teacher), in support of gay students who keep silent and hide who they are for fear of harassment. It’s an expression of support, and is intended neither to proselytize nor to disrupt. Once again, those who are against fair and equal treatment for gays used the argument that gay people are demanding special consideration for a lifestyle choice, and they should just get over it. They should stop being wrong and start being some other way, like good normal people.
There’s just one thing, though: my daughter is gay.
