about the holocaust. let me the reason this matters is the texas florida and california. they re such big states. they are called adoption states for textbooks. nationwide fewer than half of states adopt textbooks at the state level. among those that do florida, california and texas. largest markets. it s typical to adapt material specifically for the states. sometimes editing text in response to critique from state reviewers. that s the reason that this matters. to come back to texas and state representative, the texas attorney general the things that happen in texas tend to travel. outside of your state. he s now saying that he would defend an old sodomy law. texas the plaintiff in the law that overturned sodomy laws. that used to exist in the united states until recently. he is saying he would defend that. and the supreme court clarence thomas said send me a law. send me a case. where we can overturn those bans
be cured or healed. i confessed my sin to a pastor. then i went to an exorcist and i said, can you exorcise the demon of homosexuality out of me? i went to exorcism rituals. i went to behavior psychiatrists, can you get rid of this thing? they put electric things on me and took pictures of me and pictures of beautiful women, and when i saw a picture of a beautiful man come up, i had to shock myself. i was terrified. in the 50s and 60s there was also this enormous amount of shame, that you were a depraved person, you were a bad person. you could be arrested and put in jail. there wasn t a single state in the union that didn t have a sodomy law. the community was underground. it was in hiding. had to go to extraordinary measures to find each other. we found each other through
i confessed my sin to a pastor. then i went to an exorcist and i said, can you exorcise the demon of homosexuality out of me? i went to exorcism rituals. i went to behavior psychiatrists, can you get rid of this thing? they put electric things on me and took pictures of me and pictures of beautiful women, and when i saw a picture of a beautiful man come up, i had to shock myself. i was terrified. in the 50s and 60s there was also this enormous amount of shame, that you were a depraved person, you were a bad person. you could be arrested and put in jail. there wasn t a single state in the union that didn t have a sodomy law. the community was underground. it was in hiding. had to go to extraordinary measures to find each other. we found each other through bars. there was a great deal of fear. homosexuals from all over america sought refuge and community in large cities like new york. and there the neighborhood to
books. they can t enforce it. it s totally clearly unconstitutional. this year there was a bill to repeal it, to take it off the books, but the louisiana legislature voted no the to. they voted to keep their sodomy law and they did so in emphatic fashion. only 27 votes to repeal it and 67 votes to keep it on the books. that s the actual news in this 21st century, america. happy 21st century. consider also, consider also this other story. in the same country on the same day there was also this story in our national news, the man in this picture is charles j. cooper. he goes by chuck cooper. he s one of the most famous and accomplished ultra conservative lawyers in the country. he, in fact, is the lawyer who did the oral arguments in front of the supreme court last year defending california s anti-gay proposition 8. mr. cooper was the lawyer tasked with arguing against marriage equality to the supreme court. he is a really good lawyer. he did as best he could. he lost that kate in
would expose their records. but of the amazing thing about the story, the state sodomy law in louisiana is on the books. they can enforce it. it is unconstitutional. this week there was a bell to tree pe a bill to repeal the law. la the louisiana legislature voted not to, to keep their sodomy law. they did so in emphatic fashion. 27 votes to repeal it. 67 votes to keep it on the books. that s the actual news in this 21st century, america, happy 21st century. kid also, this other story. in the same country on the same day. there was also this story in our national news. the man in this picture is charles j cooper, chuck cooper, one of the most famous accomplished ultraconservative lawyers in the country. he in fact ils the lawyer who dd oral arguments in front of the supreme court defending california s anti-gay proposition 8. mr. cooper was the lawyer tasked