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A lesbian couple wins homecoming king and queen at a high school and are subjected to nasty threats.
Who do you blame?
Why the students for electing the couple of course. That is if you are the American Family Association’s phony news service One News Now and right-wing activist Barbara Decker:
When students at Patrick Henry High School selected a lesbian couple as the homecoming king and queen, it sparked an outpouring of e-mails and phone calls from the community. But San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Bob Kowba issued a statement to congratulate the two, and he criticizes those who argue the nomination of Rebecca Arellano and Haileigh Adams to the homecoming court, calling the concerned individuals “adult bullies” and saying they are demonstrating “a lack of tolerance and are presenting such a negative role model for children with their hateful comments.”
“I’m stunned that the schools are even allowing this,” says Barbara Decker of Eagle Forum San Diego. “If we don’t set a benchmark of what is supposed to be a male and a female, what’s going to happen to the family?”
She argues that school officials acted irresponsibly in allowing children to nominate a lesbian couple.
“If you let the children run the house, then the children aren’t going to make the correct decisions,” Decker contends. “They need to have the role model of the parents, and the firmness of the parents, and the guidelines of the parents and the schools.”
It’s fascinating that Decker did not say a word of condemnation about the emails and letters, even though some of those comments were threats – a fact which Becky Yeh (the person who wrote the One News Now article) also conveniently omitted.
Conveniently, but probably not accidentally.
The irony is that while this week One News Now runs articles attacking students’ right to pick the homecoming candidate in a fair election, last week the phony news service ran an article defending a teacher (Viki Knox) who verbally attacked a pro-gay display at her school.
So apparently when you called homosexuality a “cancer” even when pertaining to your job, it’s free speech and expression. But when students pick a homecoming candidate of their choice and that candidate happens to be a lesbian, it’s time to “reign in” free speech and expression.
Give One News Now credit for something – its homophobia is consistent.
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I’d prefer to give credit to the students at Patrick Henry High School. I’m glad that there are enough supportive students that two lesbians could be elected as homecoming royalty.
Also, kudos to Superintendent Kowba.
here’s a perfect model of American democracy
you may have anyone you choose: that is, as long as you choose someone we’ve already carefully checked and determined to be an acceptable choice.
(we = the smart folks who, uh, make these kinds of decisions. and we do it for you! aren’t we helpful..,)
OK, enuf cynicism (for now)
it really is great that Rebecca and Haileigh were chosen, and the school and the district backed them up. i wouldn’t have expected to live to see these kinds of changes happening. it’s wonderful!
I thought it was all about “the will of the people” and “let the people” vote…
Silly. These folks don’t think students are people. Frankly, they don’t think most people are people.
Funny, if the students had elected a Christian Homecoming King and Queen, the students would be getting high praise from the Eagle Forum (and others) for their wisdom and maturity.