Bigotry and Intolerance.....

Are alive and well in the United States. If you read only one article this week I recommend this one.

If you have children, a weak stomach or anger easily, I would sit down before starting it.

Like many 13-year-olds, Brittany knew seventh grade was a living hell. But what she didn't know was that she was caught in the crossfire of a culture war being waged by local evangelicals inspired by their high-profile congressional representative Michele Bachmann, who graduated from Anoka High School and, until recently, was a member of one of the most conservative churches in the area. When Christian activists who considered gays an abomination forced a measure through the school board forbidding the discussion of homosexuality in the district's public schools, kids like Brittany were unknowingly thrust into the heart of a clash that was about to become intertwined with tragedy.

This is why I loathe Rep. Bachmann, and those that spread her brand of bigotry......

-Cheers