Another case of gay-bashing by a public school.

[Theophylact]

This one also has elements of enforced religion as well.

[JacobM5727]

stupid hick churchy idiots.. i hate their kind

[Knothead]

Well, feature that...the ACLU did something cool!

[Richard Cranium]

What kind of parents would support a 9th grader in an unnatural habit such as this ?

Forcing him to read from the Bible was not correct action either, perhaps public stoning would be better j/k

In my state, homosex is quite illegal, will land you in jail if it's done in public, perhaps Arkansas is the same.

IF it is illegal in that state, the only recourse the school has is punishment for "inciting illegal activity" IF the student attempts to get others to participate.

Very touchy subject, personally I find it repulsive, however the right to privacy allows action behind closed doors to the the business of the inhabitants.

I'm 100% with the Doc on this. Laws are laws.

[Theophylact]

What kind of parents would support a 9th grader in an unnatural habit such as this?

Loving ones, I think, who don't reject or punish a child who just isn't wired the way they are.

Actually, Richard Cranium, the Georgia sodomy law that the US Supreme Court found constitutional has now been found unconstitutional by the Georgia Supreme Court. (I bet that public heterosexual behavior of the same sort would get you in trouble in most states. So will public drunkenness.)

And a Texas case is coming up before the US Supreme Court that deals (as the Georgia one did not) with a law that restricts the punishment of sodomy to homosexual conduct. Ellen Goodman has an Op-Ed column in today's Washington Post on that case.

I think it's time to stop describing it as an "unnatural habit", by the way. Behavior that's as common as this is in the animal kingdom is hardly either one.

If it isn't to your taste, don't do it. If it's against your religion, recognize that a lot of people don't belong to it.

When is others going to accept people for who they are not what they are?

It really disgusts me to see this happen to a child. Now being 14 years old and admitting he’s gay is kind of weird because he is beginning oh puberty and still trying to find himself out. I could see if this child was on the school grounds and making a scene with another boy this is not the fact tho. Who gives them the right to point him out and his way. People are so ignorant

[Creatures]

well we just have to respect this i have no problems with them and what shall god change, he / she wanted that, so nothing to change there!

Creatures

[pickel]

These people, with their little minds, somehow wind up in control.
May they swallow heir tounges and break out in hives.

But ,in all seriousness, how does someone become gay ?????????????????

pickel im not sure if your question is serious

If it is, no one really knows. Of course there are a lot of theories and ideas between science and religion. Scientist are currently doing studies on animals to hopefully find an answer. I would like to quote Dr. Drew from loveline

Myth: Your born gay. Or: Being gay is a matter of choice

His response: Both these positions oversimplify a very complex issue. Homosexuality appears to be a product of nature and nurture. That is to say there is probably some element of genetic predisposition in a given individual. But environment and development also play a part. People don’t make a choice to be homosexual. In fact, many homosexual male teens often will go through many months or years of denying their homosexual feelings, trying to live a heterosexual lifestyle; they often would give anything not to be gay. At that age, it can be terribly painful to confront ones homosexuality. By doing so, a young person opens himself up to ridicule from his peers. It’s also very painful to give up ones image of how one is likely to be in the future. I had one friend say that admitting he was gay was like killing his parents

From The Dr. Drew and Adam book: Survival Guide to Life and Love. Pg 159

Great Doctor IMHO

As for the the "laws" of the state im sure when they were created by people who believe and thought would be good for the people and the church to not much surprised. How can the government tell us what we can and can not do inside our own homes sexual wise. Of course this is coming from a state that has this also

-The Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
-A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
-A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
-Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.
-Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.

Little Rock

-Dogs may not bark after 6 PM.
-Flirtation between men and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term.
-It is unlawful to walk one's cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday.

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