Teen sues Christian high school for expulsion over lesbian kiss

Court TV ^ | 12/8/5 | Emanuella Grinberg

[chief_bigfoot]

He also noted that Jessica left the Covenant Christian Academy with a 3.5 GPA and a 98 in religion class. The family has since moved to Pennsylvania.

And her GPA has what to do with anything? I wonder if they moved to Beaver County?

[the_daug]

Stupid Parent or a lottery ticket on the justice system.

[sit-rep]

Agreed, and they also have on their side, the fact that the school outed it as they did. If this happened in the hallway on campus, the school could fall back on it's principle policies, the fact that it happened off campus, and the expulsion was according to open gossip, I think the school got it's tit in a ringer over this one...

[Dustbunny]

Another retarded law suit brought on by homosexual perverts.

[Blessed]

It doesn't

[peyton randolph]

Then like a shakedown suit designed to financially force the school into submission regardless of the merits.

[solitas]

I repeat my last; with emphasis:
"What Jessica did is not expressly forbidden in Scripture and a legal contract cannot be based upon vague principles of divine revelation," Clark said.

I'm not defending her - I merely posit that the school's code of conduct HAS to have it clearly in black-and-white what their policy is, and has to be able to unambiguously back-up each and every point for it to hold up in a court of law.

They CANNOT declare a point and then say "well, [thus-and-so] is what we feel Scripture says" after-the-fact. If they don't want 'same-sex kissing' then that should be enumerated in their policy. The Court understands the criminal code and state statutes; it does not understand the policy-writers' intent or their personal interpretation(s) of Scripture.

Was this sleepover a school-sanctioned event? And what is the school's "standard of conduct on "sexual immorality" " word-for-word?

[SuziQ]

"We want an injunction saying that you can't secretly ban gay students. If you're going to do that, then you have to come out and say it in plain English," Clark told Courttv.com. "Right now, the code doesn't tell you anything about what sexual immorality is, aside from a few vague Biblical references."

Secretly ban? I thought they were suing because the school 'outed' her? They need to get their stories straight.

[IronJack]

He also noted that Jessica left the Covenant Christian Academy with a ... 98 in religion class.

Lecture maybe. She flunked the lab.

[Blessed]

>the fact that it happened off campus, and the expulsion was according to open gossip, I think the school got it's tit in a ringer over this one<

Not true.The parent signed a contract when he enrolled the child.A Covenant school is one that is based on a contract(covenant).At least one parent is required to be a professing Christian and the student agrees to uphold the schools stated beliefs both on and off campus.

[queenkathy]

"Mr. Bradley feels that this contributed to the need to move because of the invasion of privacy," Clark said. "He's really upset that other students got to finish the year out and that option was not offered to Jessica."


DUH!!! So they had to move because of the invasion of privacy, then files a lawsuit publicly? DUMB

[Luis Gonzalez]

"It's a private school, thus they can set whatever behavioral codes they want."

I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
She said, "Mom, I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A."

The note said, "Mrs. Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high
It's reported you've been drinking and a-runnin' 'round with men and going wild
And we don't believe you ought to be bringing up your little girl this way"
It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A.

Well, it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon
They were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room
And as she walked up to the blackboard, I still recall the words she had to say
She said, "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A."

Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a date
Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away
And Mr. Baker, can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town?
And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down?

Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again
And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath, you'll find she's had a little nip of gin
Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit
Well, this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites

No I wouldn't put you on because it really did, it happened just this way
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.

Does this girl's family get to investigate what goes on in all these school official's private, after hours life?

Turn about IS fair play...is it not?

Free of sin...cast the first stone and all.

[sit-rep]

Cool!! If that is the case, Cool!!... Kick the little dyke out!!

[solitas]

See my #27.

[Blessed]

Why don't you take your sleezy comments back to DU.

[sit-rep]

In a perfect world luis...in a perfect world...

How you been BTW??

[SALChamps03]

This is America. If she wants to be a lesbian, she is certainly within her rights to carry on in such a manner. But, what she is not allowed to do is force a private institution to change rules to which she obviously agreed to adhere when she enrolled. In short, she can munch carpet all she wants, but not at that private school.

[Luis Gonzalez]

What?

You don't like Jeanie C. Riley?

[SALChamps03]

It also makes sense that a private institution can enforce its own rules, regardless of their basis of origin.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"But, what she is not allowed to do is force a private institution to change rules to which she obviously agreed to adhere when she enrolled."

So, schools can regulate private behavior during non-school hours?