Student's Harvey Milk Report Censored By School

[Suji to Seoul]

Source: AOL News

Sixth grader Natalie Jones was surprised when she got called into the principal's office to discuss a Power Point presentation she'd developed for a school project. After all, her project was about a well-known state politician, an historical figure, in fact, whose May 22 birthday was recently designated a "day of significance" in California.

The problem? That figure was Harvey Milk, the first gay man elected to a political office in the U.S. when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.

Theresa Grace, principal of Mt. Woodsen Elementary School, which Natalie attends, decided that before Natalie's fellow sixth graders could learn about Harvey Milk's life and death, they'd need permission from their parents. She cited a district policy that requires parents give written permission before their children are taught about sex. But Natalie didn't want to teach her fellow students about sex, she wanted to share what she knew about Harvey Milk

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Nice, huh? Talking about a gay man is sex education? Does that mean talking about John Wilkes Booth is advocating political assassination and talking about The Holocaust is advocating genocide?

BTW, don't read to comments. The first one by Whackoliberal is enough to engender homocide!

[elleng]

1. Recognize that talking about Milk

in an informed way would likely require mention of his personal life, which would present a quandary for the school. That's just a fact, imo.

[ZombieHorde]

2. Bigots are inferior, therefore, we should be allowed to eat them. nt