Does Obama support segregation?

It's setting a dangerous precedent. Segregation wasn't forced initially until people realized the lies about separate, but equal claims. Then they were suddenly told they had to stay in the segregated schools for their own safety. Look at history and you'll see how easy it was to make segregation look appealing in the early years.

I don't agree with you Taskr, and here's why. The segregation of African American students was not made to look appealing, it was done out of hatred because white folk didn't want those black kids mingling with their children, drinking out of the same water fountain as they did or eating in the same places that they did. Don't for one minute try to paint it as pretty at any time in history because I know that you know better. There are already Special Services schools all over this country...for the deaf, for the blind, for the mentally challanged and they in no way *prevent* the students who are enrolled there from attending a regular public school should they decide to. THIS is the difference between special needs and segregation...with segregation people did not have a choice. Today they do.

Oh my god. Are you saying that gay people are disabled? I'm sorry, but I just don't know where to go with that... I'm not claiming segregation was EVER pretty. I'm saying that the excuses you're making, are the EXACT same excuses used during the segregation of African Americans.

If students and especially faculty are targeting them in public schools then that needs to be dealt with aggressively in the public school system. While students can be disciplined for such acts teachers should be fired for targeting students out of prejudice. I know as well as anyone that teachers often turn a blind eye to bullying, but homosexuals aren't the only victims of it and we can't segregate everyone who gets mistreated. You need to remove the violators, not the victims.

Well said. Anyone who bullies a student, especially a teacher, ought to be fired or suspended (depending on their status). I'm in favor of special schools for anyone, bur think that for the traumatized student or several, we need to have special programs just like for other traumatized, bullied teens. This is of course more well served by programs like gay/straight alliances and other forms of solidarity.

Sarah Palin has been blamed by liberals, for everything bad that has ever happened in Wasilla and Alaska. Shouldn't we at least consider Obama's position on issues that are not only in the state he represents, but the city he lives in and represented for years as a state senator? I never said it was his idea, but we should certainly wonder whether or not he supports it.

He not only lives there, but represents the State of Illinois. He was also a state senator for years before being a US Senator. As a lawmaker AND a lawyer the issue of segregation, which last time I checked was illegal, should be rather important to him. He certainly has more clout than anyone else in the state of Illinois.