Comments on: 2 Fla. students challenge school ruling on gay club

By: Dave H.

Dave H. — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:55:10 +0000

pissyunique hit the nail on the head…just because the term “gay” is in the name of the club, the school board is drawing their own ignorant conclusions that it has to do with sex, which it totally, absolutely is far from it. It is a safe environment where students, gay, straight and everything in-between and along the sides, can meet, converse and share a common goal: to make their school safe for all individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

They need to get a copy of the National School Climate Survey that GLSEN has been putting out, the most recent was just released in October 2008, outlining that bullying and harrassment of LGBT students are the rule, not the norm. And those numbers have hardly changed since the first survey in 2001.

When the school board sees that having a GSA actually decreases the bullying and harrassment; decreases the number of LGBT students that drop out of school due to the fear and torment they endure; that those same students get higher GPA’s with a GSA, whether they are a part of the club or not; and that they are more likely to pursue a higher education in college after graduating…then they will realize that they are in error and are being no better than the bullies that the students have to deal with in the halls. They are just as guilty of being bullies, period.

By: pissyunique

pissyunique — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:13:08 +0000

wat does the name gay-straight alliance have to do with sex.. sexual orientation n sex are totally different.. they go hand n hand but are still different.. i could be abstident but know my sexual orientation.. that comment just shows ignorance and hate.. it shows that the ignorant man doeant know anything about gays except the fact we fukk the same sex.. how can such an ignorant asashole be over a high school.. ur suppose to teach tolerance and accpetance at school.. not closed-minded ignorant hate

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:26:08 +0000

randy, most people can’t get past the idea that being gay isn’t just about sex partly because we define ourselves that way. When I look on places like craigslist in the ‘gay’ section, all I see are sexual hookups, and pornographic ads. Behavior like this makes us look very very bad, and it isn’t likely to change.

I wish these kids the best of luck, but they’re in the redneck part of the country where you get funny looks for not drinking sweet tea all the time. Hopefully the badly underfunded school system will lose this case, and stop spending our tax money on lawyers.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:24:16 +0000

So schools must cut expenditures for services to benefit students but have lots of money for lawyers to promote their dedication to bigotry! That says a lot about the quality of the administration and school boards in these areas. Bigotry comes first always, and quality of educaiton somewhere after that!

By: DeGuyz in MS

DeGuyz in MS — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:03:00 +0000

We wish these two guys the best of luck. The government needs to bump up the penalties for hate crimes and the State of Florida needs to start enforcing them. Document and report them all and force law enforcement to act.

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:17:12 +0000

I remember when I was a gay teen and had never had sex with anyone, and people would refuse to believe I was gay because I hadn’t had sex. Why is it that people, especially conservatives, just can’t get their head around the idea that it isn’t just about sex?

By: Patrick from CT

Patrick from CT — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:26:14 +0000

I agree with Allan, I mean honestly…the schools are willing to spend badly needed money that could be used for improving the education system to keep paying for lawyers. What a waste.

By: ALAN

ALAN — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:25:33 +0000

And schools have enough money to keep paying lawyers for defending themselves from lawsuits. If the schools would stop making decisions against open conversation and stop thinking that the GSA’s are trying to teach people how to have sex. I use to go to a Bisexual support group in Ft. Lauderdale and most of the time we didn’t even talk about being Bisexual. The money saved could actually go towards the schools budget to save all the classes that are being cut because of budget cuts. But will they ever learn?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:29:35 +0000

Look fairly cut and dried.. It’ll happen!
The CFA is what just blew ther case wide open..

They are gonna find out the hard facts of life in this country.. Its ALL or NOTHING!
Either welcome GSA or good bye Christian suckahs!

By: Bruce Kogan

Bruce Kogan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:26:14 +0000

How rude of these kids, fighting for some
safe space in their schools. Over forty
years ago I’ve been out of the public
school system and I only wish such a thing was around back in the day.