``We were having a lot of problems,'' Burgess said. ``Not one day passed that I wasn't being called a fag.'' ---- Well, take a lesson from it. Stay in that closet, and lock the door.
The GSA's adviser, English teacher Michael Fiorello, is heartened by the high-spirited camaraderie that has developed among the students. ``When I was in high school, if you wanted to experience anything gay, it was going to be dark and dangerous,'' he said. ---- A shining example of public school leadership. I wonder if he finds time to actually teach anything, or if his duties as homo cheerleader keep him too busy.
Other critics say GSAs serve as recruitment centers, drawing students into homosexuality who are still wrestling with their sexual identity.
``You get lonely, mixed-up kids, not getting along with their parents, not doing well in school, and someone tells them, 'It's not your fault,''' said conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly. ``It's simply a recruitment device.'' ------- At last, someone speaks the truth.