Love is love. [This was written but not posted many weeks ago.]

From The Hill, a primarily political newspaper in Washington DC. This is not how I want my home state to appear in the national news:

An Oregon school district reportedly forced an LGBTQ student to read passages from the Bible as a form of punishment

The World in Coos Bay, Ore., reports that the student’s allegations were detailed by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) in a March 6 letter to North Bend School District Superintendent Bill Yester. 

The ODE is investigating claims that an LGBTQ high school student was forced by a school administrator to read the Bible while they were being “disciplined,” according to The World.

It reported that ODE officials are investigating whether the forced Bible reading violated the student’s First Amendment rights, including the Establishment Clause which recognizes the separation of church and state.

The district, about 200 miles south of Portland, initially denied the allegation, but the administrator ultimately admitted it in an interview with the ODE, The World reported.

On a separate occasion, a different teacher reportedly equated same-sex marriage to marrying a dog during a lesson.

Do I believe this happened? Of course I do.

A teacher at my high school once told me over the lunch table that she could se no difference between homosexuality and bestiality.

Was the person serious? Yes.

Did the person teach Health? Yes.

Did I respond? Yes, I did.

As if speaking to a child, I explained that bestiality was sex between species, which is not found among wild species. Homosexual behavior, by contrast is found in most species. It is perfectly natural.