According to several news outlets, Johnathan Lopez is suing LA City College due to its staff infringing on his 1st amendment rights. Being a student though, Lopez must succumb to the financial burden of youth. So who is Mr. Lopez represented by? The Alliance Defense Fund, a radical christian association based in none other then Scottsdale AZ. Why is it that out of state religious zealots always find that California's business is their business. Will their lawyer also ask the school to reimburse them for transportation fees? Because that would just be ridiculous.
But the interesting story on this little perk of a jerk in our courts is that James Dobson founded the association. The same James Dobson who wastes more of a person's time preaching legendary family values by founding "Focus on the Family". So there must be catch and there most certainly is in these desperate times. The Alliance Defense Fund is attempting to strip our schools of the illegality surrounding hate speech. So when you call me a faggot I can say, "Well I'm going to bring the legal smack down on you." and Jame's Dobson is going to dance around me like a ballerina in celebration singing, "You can't because his hate speech is legal now. In your face you incredulous gay you!"
That's right. James Dobson will call me an incredulous gay if he wins. I don't even know what that means. That's how offensive it is.
This quote from the LA Times: "In addition to financial damages, the suit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, seeks to strike down a sexual harassment code barring students from uttering "offensive" statements."
That's right.I am also disturbed that the lawyers of The Alliance Defense Fund are more concerned with students being able to use the word Gay offensively as well as faggot, queer, rug muncher, dyke, pussy galore, fudge packer, and cock monger then they are about their clients hurt feelings. I don't agree with the professor's pursuit of happiness. It was unprofessional, I'll admit. But it's so crazy, it just might actually work. Calling a student a fascist bastard in front of the whole class may make this punk think twice before he starts giving speeches on why gay people shouldn't be able to marry the love of their life (Or pull a britney). What The Alliance Defense Fund doesn't realize though is that it's opening up a can of california worms that can never be closed. Not only will it be legal for religious radicals to shout fear inducing epithets at anyone, but it will be legal for those being shouted at to shout back. It will be legal for you and I to carry banners that say, "Jesus was a cock sucking maniac!" Alongside other number one hits such as, "God had premarital sex!" and "Mary was a dyke."
We could also walk around with disturbing pictures of sexual inuendo and preaching about what a family is really about. What a single mother could do that a two parent household never could. Wait wait wait...before I start to get preachy I'm going to head back to the point. The Alliance Defense Fund's contact information is as follows:
Mailing Address:
15100 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
Phone: 1-800-TELL-ADF
Fax: 480-444-0025
Website: www.alliancedefensefund.org
If you have time, drop them a line.
Also, if you could please e-mail or call professor John Matteson and let him know that you support him for calling the student out on his values, it would be much appreciated :]
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