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A friend of mine is a Young Men leader and has invited me to a couple of Xbox LAN parties which exposes me, on a limited level, to the current trends in Mormon teen slang (at least for males in Southern Alberta). The winner for the most used politically incorrect statement is, “That’s so gay”.<\/p>\n

Does this shock you, gentle reader? Should it? Come to think of it, it probably wasn’t a lot different than what my friends said as teens.<\/p>\n

Apparently LDS teens in southern Alberta aren’t the only ones that consider it acceptable to throw the phrase around. Back in 2002, at a California high school, when freshman Rebekah Rice was teased about her LDS upbringing by the question, “Do you have 10 moms”, she quipped back, “That’s so gay”.<\/p>\n

She found herself in the principal’s office with a warning and a notation in her file and as a result of her punishment, her parents have filed suit.<\/p>\n

The MSN news article<\/a> brings up a good question, “When do playground insults used every day all over America cross the line into hate speech that must be stamped out?”<\/p>\n

I never mentioned my annoyance at the young men’s continuing use of the phrase, but it did make my skin crawl. I am not the Young Men leader, so I didn’t feel like stepping on anyone’s toes to give them moral guidance, and if no malice is meant by the phrase, does that make it OK?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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