to the parent who told me that their kids using 'gay' as a pejorative was ok because 'thy all say it' and point out that casual homophobia is every bit as ignorant as casual racism?
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/ash-beckham-gay-video_n_2812204.html
I sent it to a bloke in work who seems to think many inanimate objects are 'gay' and he seemed to get the point...