Kathy Griffin Addresses the Recent String of Gay Suicides

There have been a tragic number of gay suicides in the last week or so. It distresses me to read about kids being bullied so badly that they kill themselves. Bullying--any kind of bullying--is wrong. It's the thing that angers me the most.

What I especially appreciate in this video is the way Kathy lays this at the feet of, in part, the government. When we pass things like Prop 8 or DADT, what we're doing is not just legislating bigotry, but legitimizing homophobia. We're saying it's normal to hate, marginalize, and legally bully people because they're gay. I'm tired of being patient with such infantile notions. These suicides are made possible because our government coddles people who would take the rights of others away out of hate, fear, or discomfort.