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Florida School District Might Cut All School Clubs Rather Than Approve Gay-Straight Alliance
Miami New Times ^ | 02/06/2013 | By Kyle Munzenrieder

Posted on 02/07/2013 8:21:13 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

Florida's Lake County School Board might ban all extracurricular clubs as a way to avoid having to approve the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance. Yes, students may have to say bye-bye to their FCA, 4H, and Drama Club membership cards all because some school board members are stuck in the past.

Last year, 14-year-old Bayli Silberstein tried to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at Carver Middle School in Leesburg. Silberstein told WFTV that she was sick of her group of friends being bullied for their sexual orientation, and wanted to form the group to address the problem. But her request had been denied each and every time. So, Bayli's mother contacted the ACLU, and the group sent a letter to the school board reminding them that they've won several expensive lawsuits in the past against schools that refused to let similar groups form.

So how did the Lake County School Board react? They're thinking about just banning all clubs. From the Orlando Sentinel:

School Board members Bill Mathias, Debbie Stivender and Chairwoman Kyleen Fischer spoke in favor of a rule that would ban extra-curricular clubs in secondary schools while fellow board members Tod Howard and Rosanne Brandeburg favored banning extra-curricular clubs only in middle schools.

Fischer said the district should focus on education and that "social engineering" is not the job of the School Board. "It is not our job to socially mentor students, but to educate them," she said.

Basically, in order to comply with the federal Equal Access Act, the board is considering just cutting off everyone's access to forming groups.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: arth; homosexualagenda
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To: AppyPappy

Extra curricular activities are luxuries. They are not however necessary for an excellent education. HIgh academic standards in the four core subjects are.

When the LGBT agenda finds its ways into our schools the innocents are punished. The kind of societal rot they seek to legitimize is far more dangerous to our culture than not having a 4h club.

Stick to reading, writing and arithmetic and starve the ACLU of work and publicity.


21 posted on 02/07/2013 8:52:52 AM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This school district is showing great courage in standing for education instead of indoctrination.


22 posted on 02/07/2013 8:57:21 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: Responsibility2nd
PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY
 
O my Jesus, You said, "verily I say to you, whatsoever you shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you."  Behold, in your name I humbly ask our Heavenly Father to protect every man, woman, and child in our great nation from those who want to delete your name from our society, i.e. on our money, in our courts, and in our schools.  Protect us from plans of destruction from which our enemies have plotted. 
 
You, Heavenly Father, are the real foundation of our nation.  I thank you for making me a citizen of this land of freedom and unlimited opportunity...which are the results of its Christian base. 
 
Please surround and protect us, and our military with Your love and mercy...in Jesus' name. 
Amen

23 posted on 02/07/2013 9:01:53 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: little jeremiah

Ping.


24 posted on 02/07/2013 9:02:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: little jeremiah

Ping.


25 posted on 02/07/2013 9:02:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It is incredible that in the United States today a 14 year old spiritually ill child is given such power of destruction. The adults are prematurely caving in to her “If I don’t get my way then nobody can play” attitude. I admire the board for taking a stand but why give in this early? Tell the queer club to pound sand and let the ACLU drag it to court. Then if the courts cave to immorality go ahead and cancel the other clubs. There is no need to punish the children in legitimate clubs before the battle has begun.


26 posted on 02/07/2013 9:05:35 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Salvation

Amen!


27 posted on 02/07/2013 9:07:59 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: SECURE AMERICA
This school district is showing great courage in standing for education instead of indoctrination.
true...KUDOS to the School District...
NAMBLA / ACLU are very sadden...

28 posted on 02/07/2013 9:08:03 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: Responsibility2nd

some school board members are stuck in the past”

...yep. They are soooo uncool.


29 posted on 02/07/2013 9:08:18 AM PST by albie (`)
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To: Responsibility2nd

ping


30 posted on 02/07/2013 9:09:11 AM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: matt04
Even in a school that had a large portion of conservative leaning student, bullying was almost non existent. The ones that did could be counted on my hands.

We had well over 2000 students in my high school. One of the kids down the street bullied one of the special ed kids. I can remember to this day Mr. Arnold the SPED teacher grabbing the bully and literally bouncing him off the wall.

Just had to do it once and the message was sent very clearly.

31 posted on 02/07/2013 9:11:14 AM PST by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Good for them....do it....let them have the clubs outside the school arena...period.


32 posted on 02/07/2013 9:12:42 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: matt04
Even in a school that had a large portion of conservative leaning student, bullying was almost non existent. The ones that did could be counted on my hands.

We had well over 2000 students in my high school. One of the kids down the street bullied one of the special ed kids. I can remember to this day Mr. Arnold the SPED teacher grabbing the bully and literally bouncing him off the wall.

Just had to do it once and the message was sent very clearly.

33 posted on 02/07/2013 9:14:11 AM PST by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Apparently the gays can’t see that they’re bullying “normal” kids to get their way.


34 posted on 02/07/2013 9:15:28 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Responsibility2nd
Drop all clubs and let the normal kids and ther parents retaliate against the queers for what they did.

Yep. Let people see who these homosexuals really are. It's not tolerance they're after.

They never should have been let out of the asylums in the 1980's. It was one of the biggest mistakes this country has ever made.
It's way past time to change on our minds on that "tolerance" thing. In fact, it's time we start to rethink that asylum thing.

35 posted on 02/07/2013 9:17:28 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Carthego delenda est
Tell the queer club to pound sand and let the ACLU drag it to court.

Just by the nature of a "gay" club indicates that advocation of sexuality, ergo underage kids are being encouraged toward sexual promiscuity. Is that not a indictable. I am not a lawyer; I just play one on TV.

36 posted on 02/07/2013 9:42:06 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (Sometimes it takes calamity to lead to serenity - FReeper RacerX1128)
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To: Responsibility2nd
So, Bayli's mother contacted the ACLU, and the group sent a letter to the school board reminding them that they've won several expensive lawsuits in the past against schools that refused to let similar groups form.

I can think of no organization that has caused such irreparable damage to the culture as the ACLU freaks. They're legal terrorists. When CWII comes, I predict that most of these vipers will end up dangling from lampposts.

37 posted on 02/07/2013 9:43:57 AM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
she was sick of her group of friends being bullied for their sexual orientation, and wanted to form the group to address the problem

Schools (and prisons) should do their best to ensure that no violence or bullying against those in their care. The message should not be "don't bully gays" but "don't bully". As for sexuality in schools, the schools should discourage all sexual activity. It will still occur, but sex shouldn't be normalized as a desirable choice at that age.

38 posted on 02/07/2013 9:44:10 AM PST by Pollster1
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To: Responsibility2nd

” she was sick of her group of friends being bullied for their sexual orientation, and wanted to form the group to address the problem.”

Yeah, when you act like a degenerate disgusting pervert overtly offending normal people, there comes a point when they are not going to take it any more. The solution: simply shut your stupid mouth and stop doing vile and perverted acts.


39 posted on 02/07/2013 9:47:24 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: Pollster1

The only bullying going on here is by the perverts against the school.

A small minority of queers along with the ACLU is pushing their agenda in the face of normalcy.

And the result will be to shut down ALL the extracurricular groups.


40 posted on 02/07/2013 9:49:17 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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