Posted on 01/27/2012 6:39:26 PM PST by Raycpa
Shawano, WI Liberty Counsel is representing the Wegner family after school officials at Shawano High School censored and punished Brandon Wegner, a 15-year-old, for writing an op-ed article explaining the Biblical view of homosexuality and supporting natural mother-father adoption. Liberty Counsel sent a letter to the school demanding it apologize for its unconstitutional and irrational censorship and humiliation of Brandon.
Brandon quoted several verses from the Bible regarding homosexuality. After Brandon wrote this article he was pulled into hours of meetings with school administrators and staff, without his parents knowledge. This caused him to miss exam preparation classes and at least one exam. Brandon was hauled before the superintendent on charges that he had violated the schools bullying policy. Superintendent Todd Carlson told him that the column went against the bullying policy, and asked him if he regretted writing it. When Mr. Wegner stated that he did not regret writing it, and that he stood behind his beliefs, Superintendent Carlson told him that he had got to be one of the most ignorant kids to try to argue with him about this topic, that we have the power to suspend you if we want to and that the column had personally offended me, so I know you offended other people!
Brandons opinion was a part of an editorial page which presented viewpoints both for and against homosexual adoption, each articulated by students. After the school newspaper was published in the local town paper, a homosexual in the community complained to the school. School officials then censored Brandon's article forcing him and his classmates to pull the page out of the newspaper before distribution at the school. In a statement, the school sincerely apologized not for allowing the topic to begin with, but only for the Biblical viewpoint presented by Brandon. The First Amendment protects the opinions of all, including student journalists.
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, said The bullying at Shawano High School is by Superintendent Todd Carlson and the school officials, not the student, Brandon Wegner. The school officials have displayed blatant intolerance of a view on homosexuality held by many people. The schools actions are shocking and unjustified. The superintendent should immediately apologize and stop the bullying.
But you see, to the vast majority of libtard idiots, that is OK and not bullying...it’s ridiculing. =.=
"I KNOW BUT ONE CODE OF MORALITY FOR MEN WHETHER ACTING SINGLY OR COLLECTIVELY"
--Thomas Jefferson
Suspend those bullies! Call the police! We have a victim here! What, he’s not gay? Never mind.
The new UCLA attitudinal survey of incoming college freshmen reveals that the largest number on record—over 70% of them—now support gay marriage, and an increasing majority also support abortion-on-demand. These topics, of course, are fair game for class discussion, so long as everyone already agrees with the secularist position.
“what is good is evil and what is evil is good”
All victims are equal but some are more equal than others.
Now if the kid had cited the Koran it would be a different story.
On Prayer in the Life of the Holy Family
The Holy Family - held together by Love through all their problems [Ecumenical]
Feast of the Holy Family: The Christian Family is a Domestic Church
Chesterton on "The Human Family and the Holy Family"
Joseph, Mary and Jesus: A Model Family
ADVICE TO PARENTS by Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
The Holy Family
St. Joseph as Head of the Holy Family (Catholic/Orthodox Caucus)
Feast of the Holy Family
Feast of the Holy Family (Dom Guéranger OSB)
The Feast of the Holy Family
The Holy Family vs. The Holy Innocents: A Christmas season reflection [Catholic Caucus]
Vatican creche to place Holy Family in Joseph's carpentry workshop
The Redemption and Protection of the Family [Feast of the Holy Family]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1606480/posts
Unraveling Jesus' mystery years in Egypt
Gaudis Church of the Holy Family to be ready for worship in 2008
Imitating the Holy Family; Four Traits that Make It Possible
Lots of Graphics: Post your favorite image of the St. Mary and Child, the Holy Family...
Romans 12:14: “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”
They need to sue the school under the school’s bullying policy.
Superintendent Todd Carlson told him that the column went against the bullying policy, and asked him if he regretted writing it.
Wait until judgement day, he’ll probably find God to be offensive as well.
"We also sent Lut : He said to his people : "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? For ye practice your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds." Qur'an 7:80-81
"What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males, and leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are forward folk." Qur'an 26:165
Or maybe these from the Haith:
"When a man mounts another man, the throne of God shakes."
"Kill the one that is doing it and also kill the one that it is being done to." (in reference to the active and passive partners in gay sexual intercourse)
There was a related piece on this story a while back. It sickens me that the student is being attacked like this.
Aside from having the right to express his own viewpoint, the kid’s article was cleared to run by the school newspaper. Not one public word of “outrage” from the Supe over the faculty advisor to the newspaper and/or school administrators who surely gave the final okay to run with the story. Meaning he’s likely not only a bully and a petty tyrant, but a stinking hypocrite, too.
I’m not usually one for lawsuits, but I hope this kid’s family has grounds to sue the school system for their antics.
I just finished watching some show called “What would you do” on a major network. They act out certain situations in a public area to catch on hidden camera what people’s reaction will be. The idea is that if something bad is happening-will you step in and stop it.
They showed people (actors) pretend to try and adopt a dog for pit bull fights- to see if people would stop it.
They showed a creepy guy (actor) try and get two teens (actors) to come back to his house for a photo shoot- to see if people would stop it.
For the final “bad” or creepy thing they had two homosexual men kissing at a restaurant and one asked the other to marry him. But the MSM did not consider this to be the bad or creepy thing. Instead they had another actor refuse to take a picture for the homosexual couple. The actor expressed his view that it was not going to be a real marriage and to have two men kissing at the table right next to where he was eating was appropriate.
This was the bad or creepy behavior. Not the two homos kissing and asking others to take pictures...but instead the bad or creepy behavior was supposed to be the man refusing to take the pic and expressing his opinion.
This is the bizarro world we live in. If you think a man having intercourse in another mans anus is wrong-YOU ARE THE WEIRDO.
If you think killing unborn babies is wrong-YOU ARE THE WEIRDO.
Any idiot can put a rainbow homo sticker on his car, that does not take bravery. Say anything..ANYTHING negative about homosexuality-That takes bravery.
“...the kids article was cleared to run by the school newspaper....”
Not only was it cleared, it sounds like it was requested as part of the article on PRO-CON regarding the issue.
“We are looking for an article with the point of view that homosexual adoption is not something that should be allowed.”
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“HEY - You can’t write this! I’m going to suspend you if you don’t take it back!!”
don’t forget... those that display the ‘appropriate’ attitude towards progressive ideals get promoted... and isnt just in Hollywood. schools and vc for business practice it as well
And the list goes on: http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Religious_news_clippings.html
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