Anti-Gay Graffiti Mars Day of Silence

[Ian David]

Friday, April 25, 2008
Anti-Gay Graffiti Mars Day of Silence

ERIC FRAZIER
Staff Writer
Charlotte Observer

Students across the Charlotte region are participating today in the national "Day of Silence" observation to express solidarity with gay and lesbian students who have been bullied and harassed.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school officials say the event is taking place without incident on most campuses, despite earlier talk of counter protests from students who feel they are being pressured to mute their opposition to gay rights.

By noonday, the only incident reported had been anti-gay graffiti scrawled on a campus rock at Providence High School. The graffiti was discovered on the rock before school opened, and was removed before students arrived for classes, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Sgt. David Schwob.

Asked at mid-morning about the graffiti, Providence Principal Terri Cockerham replied, "If there was, it's news to me." She said she noticed no students wearing buttons or T-shirts in support or opposition to the Day of Silence. She added that it was hard to tell which students were participating, if any, because all they were doing is keeping silent.

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Let this plea for peace be the grim reminder we need in order to remember how important this day is. For more information about the Day of Silence protests happening across America in our schools visit dayofsilence.org.



More:
http://livelovelearn247.blogspot.com/2008/04/anti-gay-graffiti-mars-day-of-silence.html

[Rhythm]

1. I'm a former Charlottean... was in the CMS system from the early 70's to mid 80's

I'm glad to see that the worst thing that happened was a little graffiti. Years ago, it had been SO much worse.

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I'm still haunted by the beating of a friend at Garinger high school in 1984. We were 2 of maybe 6 students that were even remotely 'out', and Jon was brutalized on the last day of finals by two brothers. I came upon the scene by accident, and my presence caused the assholes to hastily retreat, but not before a lot of damage was done. Broken nose, chipped teeth, broken ribs, and a suspected concussion.

The principal did nothing... the boys who committed the assault were graduating seniors, and Mr. Rogers (yes, that was his REAL name) said that his 'hands were tied', and that he wasn't even going to bother to bring in the school 'Resource Officer' (a morbidly obese off-duty cop who did little but eat sweets and hang around the office drinking coffee), because this was just a 'school fight,' and school was over.

Fuckin' bastards, all of them.