Gay student outed

DSTCHAOS · #1 08-21-2008, 10:46 AM

Principal’s outing of gay student roils Fla. town
Many in conservative Panhandle community wonder what man did wrong

PONCE DE LEON, Fla. - When a high school senior told her principal that students were taunting her for being a lesbian, he told her homosexuality is wrong, outed her to her parents and ordered her to stay away from children.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26316235/?GT1=43001

People still think their personal opinions make the world go 'round.

WinniBug · #2 08-21-2008, 10:57 AM

UGH
That makes me so mad! Who is he to say that she's wrong for who she is?? Who is he to publicly out her?? And to suspend her friends for supporting her?
Oh, no! People who are authority figures like he is need to learn to respect people...just because he's principal doesn't mean he's the know-all and end all of what's what!

Kevin · #3 08-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Damn.

Sounds like a lawsuit.

DSTCHAOS · #4 08-21-2008, 11:00 AM

The worst part of it is that the town is like that. So they can't just ostracize him for his decision and fire him. The town agrees with him.

AOII_LB93 · #5 08-21-2008, 11:01 AM

I hope that PFLAG is all over this one. This is such crap.

DaemonSeid · #6 08-21-2008, 11:06 AM

**looking for Jesse n' Al....**

LttleMsPrEp · #7 08-21-2008, 12:44 PM

Things like this piss me off. Just because Davis is the principal does not mean that he is entitled to out a student for being a lesbian and telling her to stay away from children?? IMHO if a principal or any other administrative figure in a school district isn't able to separate their religious beliefs with their administrative duties there is a much bigger issue other than Jane Doe being a lesbian... I'm happy the ACLU is on this hopefully PFLAG does the same

33girl · #8 08-21-2008, 12:48 PM

The thing that killed me was the idiot who works at Walmart (no comment there) accusing the mom of the one suspended student for "bankrupting the school district" by suing. Hello idiot, if the principal wouldn't have been such a closed-minded bigot, she wouldn't have been wearing anything to support "Jane Doe" in the first place.

Kevin · #9 08-21-2008, 01:08 PM

Any district of any size which doesn't have a preallocated litigation budget every year is just asking for trouble.

Tom Earp · #10 08-21-2008, 01:23 PM

It seems that this Principal took it upon himself to do something that he took to an extreem and shold be iehter fired or reassigned somehwere else.

Kevin, I feel you are correct, a law suit in the making.

What the heck does Jessie and Al have to do with this unless the student was black as that is the only thing they want to stick their noses in.

DSTCHAOS · #11 08-21-2008, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

What the heck does Jessie and Al have to do with this unless the student was black as that is the only thing they want to stick their noses in.

FYI: Jackson sticks his nose in all things involving power-minority groups that he is concerned with. http://www.rainbowpush.org/about/ However, the treatment of homosexuals seems not to be one of those things unless the main issues are HIV education, health care, gender and/or race. In other words, usually something more than what's going on in this case.

Sharpton more exclusively deals with issues concerning racial and ethnic minorities.

The good thing about homosexuals as a power-minority group is that they aren't as voiceless as they once were when it comes to incidents such as this--still more room for advancement. And it doesn't hurt that these news stories tend to be about white homosexuals and their whiteness levels the playing field a bit more and gives them more voice and sympathy votes. The more silent battles of racial and ethnic minority homosexuals is a bit different and that's why there are groups like Rainbow PUSH and others to address that difference.

nittanyalum · #12 08-21-2008, 02:50 PM

There is so much wrong in that article it's hard to know where to start.

That ACLU lawyer in the picture looks kinda cute, tho'.

Tom Earp · #13 08-21-2008, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

FYI: Jackson sticks his nose in all things involving power-minority groups that he is concerned with. http://www.rainbowpush.org/about/ However, the treatment of homosexuals seems not to be one of those things unless the main issues are HIV education, health care, gender and/or race. In other words, usually something more than what's going on in this case.

Sharpton more exclusively deals with issues concerning racial and ethnic minorities.

The good thing about homosexuals as a power-minority group is that they aren't as voiceless as they once were when it comes to incidents such as this--still more room for advancement. And it doesn't hurt that these news stories tend to be about white homosexuals and their whiteness levels the playing field a bit more and gives them more voice and sympathy votes. The more silent battles of racial and ethnic minority homosexuals is a bit different and that's why there are groups like Rainbow PUSH and others to address that difference.

So that seems that seems to make you a racist!

You seem to make certain agendas that fit what you wont to beleive!

Or, is this like what they usually do as Obama wants to do?

RedVelvet · #14 08-21-2008, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

So that seems that seems to make you a racist!

You seem to make certain agendas that fit what you wont to beleive!

Or, is this like what they usually do as Obama wants to do?

Are you drunk? No, really.

Nanners52674 · #15 08-21-2008, 05:07 PM

If the whole town feels so strongly about having their children attend a school that has their conservative religious values then start a private school and send your kids there. But as long as your in a public school funded by public tax dollars and your an employee for the county, or state you have the play by the rules. Im so happy the ACLU got involved and got justice.

I went to a catholic high school and there were plenty of gay students but not once were they ever singled out or chastised by teachers or the administration.

I'll get off my soap box now