Recently the organizers of a conference session accused Bush administration officials of what would seem to be some pretty disgusting behavior…

…a demand to change the title of session at a Federally-funded conference on suicide prevention from "Suicide Prevention Among Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Individuals" to another title which did not include the words gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. They also demanded that the conference add a session on faith-based suicide prevention.

From the SF Chronicle:
Federal agency balks at word 'gay'

However, I wonder if the original claims were overstated. The conference Director – the only one who ever spoke directly with Bush administration officials – completely refutes the session organizers version of what Bush officials said. No doubt there is some fiction on both sides – the conference is fully funded by a Federal organization, so the conference Director's priorities are clear, and the session organizer appears ready to benefit from the drama surrounding this supposed event.

I am an ardent Bush-hater, but I'd like to think I do it on the facts, and not on a knee-jerk reaction. Republicans did this sort of thing to Cliton every third day for 8 years, and we all cried foul. Lets not be hypocrites.

For more background see:

The text of the session organizers' original protest e-mail.

A revised version of the facts from the Director of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), which organized the conference.