GAY SOFT BALLS

OK, that'll be the last time I talk about balls.

Oh, sweet irony.

If any organization in America tried to limit the people that can belong to it based on sexual orientation (think Boy Scouts) the leaders of the Gay Softball (I'm trying as hard as I can not to say anything) Association would probably be the first to squeal...complain (sorry).

This sort of double standard is pervasive among those that decry, rightfully, unjust discrimination. I believe that private groups should be able to choose those that would belong so I don't care about all white, black, gay or female groups. If you don't like them, stay away. But don't expect to be able to engage in the same discriminatory activities that you would deny others.

By the way, how does someone prove that they are "gay enough" anyway?

"Three bisexual men are suing a national gay-athletic organization, saying they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series held in the Seattle area two years ago.

The three Bay Area men say the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance in essence deemed them not gay enough to participate in the series.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle accuses the alliance of violating Washington state laws barring discrimination. The alliance organizes the annual Gay Softball World Series.

...The alliance's rules say that each World Series team can have no more than two heterosexual players. According to the lawsuit, a competing team accused D2 of violating that rule.

Each of the three plaintiffs was called into a conference room in front of more than 25 people, and was asked "personal and intrusive questions" about his sexual attractions and desires, purportedly to determine if the player was heterosexual or gay, the lawsuit alleges. The alliance has no category or definition for bisexual or transgender people in its rules, the plaintiff's attorney said.

At one point during the proceedings, the lawsuit alleges, one of the plaintiffs was told: "This is the Gay World Series, not the Bisexual World Series."

..."This case is just about treating everybody in the community equally ... and not interrogating folks about whether they're gay enough to play," said Melanie Rowen, an attorney for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which is representing the three men.

The men also are asking the court to toss out the alliance's rule limiting the number of straight players on each team.

Hypothetically, that could mean a team of all-straight people could form, but "it would be extremely unlikely for that to happen," Rowen said."
Seattle times