Columnist shows ignorance toward gay marriage struggle
By John Moran | Jan. 11, 2010Will Penman’s Monday column on same-sex marriage was a peculiar addition to an Alligator issue that included articles on the Dove World Outreach Center, gay adoption in Utah and commemorations of the civil rights movement. Although self-labeled as a man who “can’t figure out what to think about gay marriage,” his mocking ramblings about “not hearing much from the cousin-marriage people,” which also snipe that “it’s very impolite at UF to oppose gay marriage, you know,” show a trivializing ignorance toward the struggle of homosexuals to gain acceptance in contemporary society. Our Student Body’s support of LGBTQ students should not be mocked but cherished in a world where some nations put those convicted of homosexuality to death.
