Comments on: Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black barred from speaking at Michigan college

By: Jean-Paul Bentham

Jean-Paul Bentham — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:12 +0000

Students who don’t want to hear what Dustin Lance Black has to say don’t have to attend the session, do they?

Hello Free Speech.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:24:25 +0000

I have been told that Michigan has a odd system, in that there is equal opportunity for gay and non-gay people working in the government system of the state, but there is no such legislation that applies to the citisens of the state or so my American contact says. So this article is interesting. I hope it turns out well and helps to chagne the minds and hearts of people there.

By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:58:20 +0000

Andy Dear,
My comment was specifically for Monica so your comment is out of context and imature!

By: Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:48:15 +0000

Advocacy?

“Oh, those gosh-darned gays! Peddling their gosh-darned homosexuality to our vulnerable students!”

Silly man.

By: andy

andy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:29:25 +0000

Monica, anyone with an ounce of intelligence will manage to conclude (from reading the full article) that he was barred from speaking on the subject of gay issues and not from speaking at the college itself. Brian dear, we don’t need a running commentary on who said what, most of us are fully capable of understanding someone else’s point of view.

By: AndySam

AndySam — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:55:52 +0000

I thought the whole purpose of Education was to expose young minds to different points of view to develop intellectual and critical skills! Looks like Hope College is failing miserably to live up to its name!

By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:50:11 +0000

Monica,
Journalists are all the same…It’s always maximum impact they look for on a head-line…It wont change, nomatter who kicks up about it!

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:46:09 +0000

Why does Pink News insist on giving a very misleading headline on this article (as they do on many articles)? He *was not* barred from speaking at Hope College, but rather at a specific event at the college. Big difference. The latter is still a very important issue, yet Pink News sees it necessary to use headlines to make the reader thing one thing has occurred, when it’s a completely different issue.

By: AdrianT

AdrianT — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:13:23 +0000

Again, pandering to ‘hurt feelings’. It’s time people grew up and made their case instead of being insulted and offended.

I would have thought people on screenwriting courses would have to be exposed to radical ideas, because film is an important political tool.

By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:03 +0000

Yes Simon, I wonder why atheist whackos get even more opset?

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:34:58 +0000

‘Divisive’?

Is that a new code for ‘the christian wackos will get upset?