'Dr.' Laura draws protest
Message to book bosses: Hate doesn't pay!
By Bob McCubbin
San Diego
Notorious bigot Laura Schlessinger surfaced in San Diego for
a book signing on Jan. 20.
"Dr." Laura, as she calls herself, has earned the hostility
of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and
all decent people with such assertions as, "Hear it one more
time perfectly clearly: If you're gay or a lesbian, it's a
biological error that inhibits you from relating normally to
the opposite sex."
Referring to Matthew Shephard, a gay man who was beaten to
death by bigots in Wyoming, she said publicly: "He went to the
bar. He left with two guys he thought he was going to have sex
with. He got murdered. If Matthew hadn't been willing to leave
for sex, he might still be alive."
Shortly after the announcement that Borders Books &
Music was sponsoring a book signing for Schlessinger, bookstore
employee Clayton Tschudy quit in protest. "I just cannot work
for a company where they promote hatred towards homosexuals,"
he told a Gay and Lesbian Times reporter.
But Clayton was back at Borders on Jan. 20, along with a lot
of other concerned people holding signs condemning
Schlessinger's bigotry. Clayton and his boyfriend managed to
get into the store despite heavy security and confronted
Schlessinger. Before they were ejected, the two men managed to
embrace each other and kiss, to the disapproval and great
discomfort of Dr. Fraud.
Meanwhile, the demonstrators outside the store managed to
turn away many potential customers. The message to the Borders
company CEOs was loud and clear: Promoting hate doesn't
pay.
Reprinted from the Jan. 31, 2002, issue of
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