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To: Incorrigible

Well, basically I think he is trying to say that they won't come down on one side or the other on whether homosexuality is wrong, but that they are pretty much telling the student body that it's wrong to give somebody a hard time, verbally or physically, because they are gay,

That's a message that I think most people agree with - I certainly do.

The tip-off is that he is a 'faculty advisor,' which means he is on the faculty, which means he is a teacher, which means he has a difficult time communicating thoughts clearly. :-)


48 posted on 04/10/2005 7:22:44 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: HitmanNY
Yeah, I kinda figured as much.  He could have just as easily have said we want tolerance.  But tolerance is no longer what it's about, it's acceptance and beyond.

In my all boys Jesuit high school, we knew who was gay but if we started making trouble about it, we would be disciplined for unbecoming conduct toward a fellow student.  This wasn't just a policy for gay kids but for each and every one of us.

If you wanted to hang around with other gay guys, you joined the theater group or the TV/Media group.  We didn't need a self proclaimed group based on sexuality.  And I guess that's what bothers me.  If gay kids are being harassed and feel they need their own club to be "safe", then there's something very wrong with the discipline in the school and that is what should be fixed before a club like this is established.

Sexuality, and I mean heterosexuality, is generally over the top at high schools today.  That was somewhat true even 20 years ago.  That's why I was glad to go to a single sex school.  My wife taught at a co-ed school in the 90's and the male/female shenanigans going on in stairwells and other nooks and crannies was shocking to her.

Perhaps a general reduction in "public displays of affection" and uniforms would help to desexualize the environment and reduce the need for homosexual students to feel like they need their own club to make out.

52 posted on 04/10/2005 7:46:34 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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