Actress Jada Pinkett Smith visited Harvard University and supposedly offended the LGBT community.
Did she say the words "fag", "queer" or "dyke"? No
Did she call homosexuality an "abomination" or a "sin"? No
So what did Pinkett say?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006369
Among the campus groups affiliated with the foundation is the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance, or BGLTSA, and it didn't like some of what it heard. A co-chair of the group, Jordan B. Woods, told Ms. Friedman that part of Ms. Pinkett Smith's speech was "extremely heteronormative, and made BGLTSA members feel uncomfortable." In other words, Mr. Woods and others in BGLTSA explained, by focusing on a heterosexual relationship, Ms. Pinkett Smith took such a narrow view that some in the audience felt left out.
Talking only about heterosexual relationships is "homophobic"?
Smith has no obligation to talk about homosexual relationships. She is a heterosexual, so she'll talk about what she knows about! So why should gays and lesbians expect her to talk about homosexual relations? She probably doesn't know much about it, so why expect her to talk about it?
Matthew Shepard wasn't killed by an actress talking only about heterosexual relationships!
People get assaulted and murdered over their perceived sexual orientation. A heterosexual man in Boise was viciously assaulted because one man in a bar mistaken him for being gay. (I heard about this in a video shown in a sociology class)
That is what gay-rights activists should be addressing. They shouldn't waste time over an actress not mentioning gay relationships in her speech.
What next - should I be offended if a man from Laos didn't mention a word about Mexican culture in his speech? No, I should be happy to learn about what's going on in Laos.
