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Title: Teen students: Gay and straight together
Post by: LostInTime on February 08, 2007, 08:50:47 AM
Post by: LostInTime on February 08, 2007, 08:50:47 AM
Link (http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/16652087.htm)
Rosenwald represents another 17-year-old lesbian, Yasmin Gonzalez, who is fighting to start a GSA, as the clubs are called, at her high school in Central Florida's Okeechobee County.
Okeechobee High Principal Toni Wiersma told Yasmin that her club was unwelcome. Yasmin sued the Okeechobee School Board.
"The objection is not to a GSA, per se. The objection is to the premature sexualization of the students. If this had been a heterosexual club, it would have been denied," said attorney David Gibbs of Seminole County, who represents the Okeechobee schools.
Okeechobee has an abstinence-only policy. The GSA would violate that, said Gibbs, who became well known in 2005 representing the parents of late coma patient Terri Schiavo in their fight to keep her alive.
Rosenwald represents another 17-year-old lesbian, Yasmin Gonzalez, who is fighting to start a GSA, as the clubs are called, at her high school in Central Florida's Okeechobee County.
Okeechobee High Principal Toni Wiersma told Yasmin that her club was unwelcome. Yasmin sued the Okeechobee School Board.
"The objection is not to a GSA, per se. The objection is to the premature sexualization of the students. If this had been a heterosexual club, it would have been denied," said attorney David Gibbs of Seminole County, who represents the Okeechobee schools.
Okeechobee has an abstinence-only policy. The GSA would violate that, said Gibbs, who became well known in 2005 representing the parents of late coma patient Terri Schiavo in their fight to keep her alive.
Title: Re: Teen students: Gay and straight together
Post by: Altair on February 08, 2007, 02:28:44 PM
Post by: Altair on February 08, 2007, 02:28:44 PM
17 year olds -aren't-sexual? What kind of drugs are these people taking?
Title: Re: Teen students: Gay and straight together
Post by: LostInTime on February 08, 2007, 02:36:21 PM
Post by: LostInTime on February 08, 2007, 02:36:21 PM
Better one than I have in the past (and no, nothing illegal LOL).
Although I have to say I was one 17 year old who was not. I have no problem with abstinence being taught as it is the surest way to stay away from STDs, teen pregnancy, etc but to rely solely on that does a disservice to the public. When it came time to sex ed we had to take a note home to mom and dad and get it signed. The one or two who were not allowed to view the material did extra homework in another part of the school. pretty simple and it pretty much kept people happy. Then again, it did not include any mention of the words gay, homosexual, or same gender loving.
Although I have to say I was one 17 year old who was not. I have no problem with abstinence being taught as it is the surest way to stay away from STDs, teen pregnancy, etc but to rely solely on that does a disservice to the public. When it came time to sex ed we had to take a note home to mom and dad and get it signed. The one or two who were not allowed to view the material did extra homework in another part of the school. pretty simple and it pretty much kept people happy. Then again, it did not include any mention of the words gay, homosexual, or same gender loving.