# Marcus has two mommies or "I will never use the word \`gay' in school again." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445 "2003-12-02T05:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/141 "2003-12-06T02:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVAA \* > \*\*I’ll do it – your son is stupid and uneducated. 🙂 \*\* **Opal** was being far too kind to you in her post earlier in this thread. I won’t. You’re a jerk, **TVAA**. A complete lowlife. A waste of skin, bones, and blood. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/142 "2003-12-06T02:51:30Z")
uhm…sorry wrong quote 😕 twas supposed to be the next one…where they said that a woman should be fired and the boy should get a head start for his college fund… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/143 "2003-12-06T03:03:20Z")
From the second link on page 1: > [@](#): > > At the top, teacher Terry L. Bethea wrote: “He explained to another child that you are gay (underlined twice), and what gay means.” > > On a separate form for the Louisiana Department of Education, Bethea said Marcus “told the other child that gay is when a girl likes a girl. This kind of discussion is not acceptable in my room,” **she** continued. “I feel that parents should explain things of this nature to their own children in their own way.” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/144 "2003-12-06T03:19:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVAA \* > \*\*When I was eight, I would use the dictionary to look up the correct spellings of the words I wanted to use. > > I’ll do it – your son is stupid and uneducated. 🙂 \*\* TVAA… if you want to go toe to toe with Opalcat that’s one thing, but picking on a person’s _child_, and putting a _smiley_ at the end of your nasty little dagger thrust… my God, what kind of cretinous human bowel movement are you? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/145 "2003-12-06T05:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVAA \* > (personal attack) TVAA, just because this is the BBQ Pit doesn’t mean you have to try and be as nasty as possible. Try to be less aggressive in your posting. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/146 "2003-12-06T16:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*TVAA, just because this is the BBQ Pit doesn’t mean you have to try and be as nasty as possible. Try to be less aggressive in your posting. \*\* Man… So am I the **ONLY** person who thought he was joking? -Joe, who thinks they should really have true [KIDDING] tags on the 'net ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/147 "2003-12-06T16:51:30Z")
I considered it, but discarded the idea. You don’t give reasons for something, then say that thing when you are kidding. Sorry, but the smiley doesn’t cut it for making it innoffensive. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/148 "2003-12-06T17:42:35Z")
If it was someone other than **TVAA** I’d have thought he was joking. However, he has a habit of making offensive comments to people. He’s received official warnings about it before. He won’t be missed when he crosses the line again. Now, before that’s interpreted as Junior Modding, let me give my disclaimer: ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/149 "2003-12-07T00:28:52Z")
Two things: 1. **Opalcat** SAID in her post, “So go ahead and tell me how stupid and uneducated my son is.” **TVAA** DID that. I thought it was a joke, much like when people say “call me crazy…” “Okay, you’re crazy.” 2. **county** , at first I thought you were just being antagoniastic. After reading your viewpoints in this and other threads, though, I have to say, without a doubt, that you are the most ignorant and abrasive person I’ve discovered on here (and, coming from me, that’s saying something, since the entire NYC group of Dopers hates my guts). And, for you to disintegrate into “we’ll see” when confronted with an actual CITE from the US Constitution? Well, that shows that you’re nothing but a fucking coward, and a stupid one at that. I’m imploring you to defend your standpoint against the Constitution by providing relevant cites, and well thought-out ideas. I know that’s not going to happen, though. This is JUST my opinion, and not an attempt at junior modding, but, if it were up to me, your posting priviledges would be in serious jeopardy. After all, you’re not part of the solution. You’re CAUSING ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/150 "2003-12-07T07:15:46Z")
Superdude: if he’d just said it and nothing else, I’d have agreed. However, he gave “supporting evidence” and the phrase “I’ll do it” the way it was used made it pretty clear that he meant it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445/151 "2003-12-10T06:10:59Z")
I’m still inclined to disagree with you, **Opal**. Respectfully, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-has-two-mommies-or-i-will-never-use-the-word-gay-in-school-again/216445.md?page=7)