Thought Police Win Case in California

How many of you remember this story?

A Mormon student got into trouble for saying "That's so gay!" when another student asked her if she had ten moms. It was suggested at the time that the other student did not get into any trouble for lobbing a religious insult (which was based purely on ignorance) at the student. This has now been confirmed.

The lawsuit also accused the public high school of having a double standard because, it said, administrators never sought to shield Rebekah from teasing based on Mormon stereotypes. It also alleged that the Rices were singled out because of the family's conservative views on sexuality.

So what we have here is a double standard. According to this school administration, it is okay to insult someone who is Mormon, but not okay to insult someone who is gay. If the Thought Police are going to come after someone for offending someone else; don't they have to come after everyone? Apparently not; if you are a member of a protected class of people.

The judge in the case even said that the punishment should not be removed from the student's record. Which doesn't matter, since she graduated anyways, but its the point of the matter.

The judge added that it didn't make sense to have the referral stricken from the girl's school record, since she graduated last year.

He went on to blame the victim here (the Mormon) for making a big deal of being discriminated against. Nice!

Rushing rejected each claim, going so far as to suggest that the Rices had created a miserable situation for Rebekah by advertising their dissatisfaction with the school's handling of the incident during her freshman year.

I guess having unequal application of rules is legally protected in California. Open season on Mormons everyone!

While a monetary judgement is silly in this case, how he went out of his way to blame the victim and her parents; well, that is so gay!