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July 21, 2005
Long live the Queen!
In rural areas like Indiana, the county fair is a highlight of the summer. Local kids, many of whom come from well-known local farming families, get a week to show-off their heifers, goats, swine, corn stalks, and giant tomatoes. Also not to be missed are the tractor shows, demolition derby, and Lions Club ring toss. It's one of the red-state activities that makes middle-America great, one of the things not quite understood by those whose neck is only red because of the skylights in the Ferregamo boutique.
Paranoid blue-staters have decided that it's all a little too much and are forcing the 4-H organization to eliminate its King and Queen titles. Reports the Gary Post-Tribune:
The titles of king and queen have been eliminated in the name of gender equity, specifically Title IX, a 33-year-old federal law that bans sex discrimination in education. The 4-H program is administered through land grant colleges like Purdue, through its extension service, under the auspices of the the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
Next year, in a pilot program, the king and queen will be replaced by "achievement ambassadors," said Grott, and applicants will be chosen — without bias to gender — by out-of-county judges.
"Acheivement ambassador"? Lisa Simpson, call your office. The great thing about beauty pagents, properly administered, is that they show that nerdy people can also be beautiful. Calling the nerds "acheivement ambassadors" is not a way to convince impressionable youngsters that they ought to try to acheive something besides looking good. Let's enjoy the beautiful Queen and handsome King at the County Fair and then go check out the swine barn.
Posted by adrianjo at July 21, 2005 10:10 AM
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