ACLU: Allow gay-student group to organize at Lake middle school

[William769]

The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding the Lake County School Board allow a gay-student support group to form at a Leesburg middle school after the group was denied by campus administration.

In a letter sent Wednesday, the ACLU contends that the school district has a legal obligation to allow students at Carver Middle School to form a local chapter of the Gay Straight Alliance student group.

In October, several students petitioned Principal Mollie Cunningham for permission to start the group, saying it would help combat bullying and give students a safe, supportive place to be themselves. The students cited several examples of gay Carver Middle School students being taunted or pushed while on campus.

"It was hurtful and no one really wanted that to continue," said Bayli Silberstein, 14, an eighth-grader who applied to start the group.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/os-gay-straight-alliance-lake-20130121,0,1804041.story

The video at link is very telling.

[Fearless]

1. Why we still have to fight this battle

In 2013 is disgusting.

[DryRain]

2. Just read some of the ignorant comments to that article

Wow, there are a lot of dumb folks out there that can't contain their disdain for gay folks. And the proposed club is a a "GAY - STRAIGHT" alliance, not excusively gay, obviously, by definition. Ignorance runs so deep among bigots that they don't bother to understand what such an alliance is.

Depressing.