Mother Schlafly to receive honorary doctorate

by: Pam Spaulding

Thu May 08, 2008 at 22:00:00 PM EDT

Mary Ann Dzuback, the director of the women and gender studies department at Washington University agreed, said it was "grossly inappropriate" for the university to honor Schlafly with a degree.

"She's spent her entire career speaking against women in the workforce and for them remaining in the home," Dzuback said of Schlafly, who rose to prominence during the successful campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s.

...The university issued a statement Sunday defending its decision, saying it - like many other universities - chooses to honor those "who have become a part of the broad public discourse on vital issues of the times." The statement cited other controversial figures, such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, whom the school has honored.

PFLAG and our St. Louis chapter are proud to join those on the ground in Missouri and call on school officials to do the right thing and, as executive director Jody Huckaby said today, "find a more suitable person to applaud."

On California's SB-77, to protect GLBT students: The legislation "represent[s] a repudiation of 2,000 years of Christian moral teaching on human sexuality, marriage, and the family. The result is that California's schools are now promoting behaviors and lifestyles that are physically and spiritually dangerous for children."

On the idea of any protections for GLBT youth: "The bottom line is, don't count on the courts to protect public school students from being subjected to the promotion of homosexuality."

On sexual harassment laws: "Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women."

Yeah. I think they could locate someone who isn't terminally frozen in the dark ages.