Florida Principal Pulls Pro-Gay Article From Student Paper

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/11/110405flaSchool.htm

A high school principal has withheld published copies of a student newspaper to eliminate an opinion column written by a student about homosexuality.

Katie Thompson, a 17-year-old senior, wrote the column "Homosexuality is not a Choice," for the Oct. 10 edition of the student newspaper at Ridgeview High School. Ridgeview is located in Clay County, about 12 miles south of Jacksonville.

Thompson, who is bisexual, said her teacher approved the 300-word essay, but Principal Toni McCabe objected and claimed the subject was "too mature for a high school audience."

[ret5hd]

1. wow...your life is too mature for you to be living it.

[kweerwolf]

2. Must be a lot of tight-asses and/or fundies in that district.

(From the original post)

The newspaper censorship is the third time the district has been embroiled in controversy over sexual orientation issues.

In February, lesbian Kelli Davis wore a tuxedo instead of a traditional drape for her senior school portrait. Fleming Island High School Principal Sam Ward cited a dress code violation and removed her picture from the yearbook. Both the School Board and superintendent supported his decision.

:eyes:

[ixion]

3. ah, but not too mature to become killers, eh Tony? I mean

they allow military recruiters on HS campus'.

Isn't that a MATURE decision?

More selective maturity from the non-reality based community. :grr:

[kevinbgoode]

4. Uh-huh...but it is obviously not so mature a subject

that the local ministers can't rant about it in the fundie churches to congregations of much younger children.

[darkmaestro019]

5. Ah, Flori-duh. Not surprised at all.

The mindset there is violently and proudly neophobic. You differ--or even if you don't--they attack you. Often by throwing things, or seizing you in public screaming about Jebus. I'm not making this up.

I'm a Midwest resident who hails from that swamp; spent the last two weeks there visiting family. Myself and my lover were shouted at by drivers and passers-by in the three whole times we were out in public in those few weeks as many times as we've been harassed in three years in the Midwest. And we were doing extremely gay things like, uh, getting in and out of cars with suitcases, and walking into a Wal-mart, not even holding hands. For supposedly straight people these chickenshit harassers have VERY strong and precise gaydar.

The friends we were staying with--a heterosexual couple--get called "Faggots!" out of bravely moving pickup trucks on a monthly basis or so. As she is, uh, fairly well endowed with visible attributes of female-ness I have no idea what that's all about. There's a stupid-magnet buried somewhere under Palatka, I think.


How I dread the day they install Jeb as our new Emperor; he's repellent.

[givemebackmycountry]

6. Maestro! Welcome to DU!

Hope you have fun here and remember that you are welcome and valued here no MATTER who you are.

And if they ever install JEB that's it for.
I'm running as far south or north as I can as quick as I can.
And I'm headed to Tampa with my sister for Thanksgiving in a few weeks.

I'm going to wear my FUGWB T-shirt everywhere!

Welcome again!

[davidinalameda]

7. I used to live in Jax myself

I refuse to ever step foot again in that area

that whole part of the state is just crazy