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William769

(55,148 posts) Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:36 PM Apr 2012

Student removed from contest for pro-gay remark

FULLERTON – Students at Fullerton Union High School are protesting the action of an administrator who removed a classmate of theirs from a campus competition for his pro-gay comment.

He was removed from the school's Mr. Fullerton competition Tuesday night for answering a question of where he saw himself in 10 years.

The student said he hoped to find the love of his life, marry him and hoped gay marriage would be legal.

After the answer, an assistant principal took the student from the Plummer Auditorium stage and disqualified him from the competition.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/student-347726-assistant-principal.html

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Student removed from contest for pro-gay remark (Original Post) William769 Apr 2012 OP

assistant principal barbtries Apr 2012 #1

I love how the students responded. William769 Apr 2012 #3

What outrageous bigoted and hateful bullshit! Damn, I'm fed up with these RKP5637 Apr 2012 #2

WTF? Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #4

i look forward to the day when the term "pro gay" arely staircase Apr 2012 #5

Some of my best friends are "pro gay" TalkingDog Apr 2012 #7

Ahahaha! Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #6

Damn, the superintendent is as blatantly stupid as the AP... SomethingFishy Apr 2012 #8

The same thing caught my eye ... GOTV Apr 2012 #19

These kids are so brave. shcrane71 Apr 2012 #9

+1. William769 Apr 2012 #13

well there's a bigot right there. dionysus Apr 2012 #10

Was this a competition of bigots? MrScorpio Apr 2012 #11

Kudos to the kids... one_voice Apr 2012 #12

Reminds me of "Teach your parents well" DevonRex Apr 2012 #14

"Pro gay." What fucking year is it? Robb Apr 2012 #15

It's the Orange County Register BuddhaGirl Apr 2012 #17

wtf??? yardwork Apr 2012 #16

You read it right. William769 Apr 2012 #18

barbtries

(28,811 posts)

1. assistant principal

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:38 PM

Apr 2012

needs to have the stick removed from his ass and move into the 21st century. i hope there will be more to this story.

William769

(55,148 posts)

3. I love how the students responded.

Reply to barbtries (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:39 PM

Apr 2012

Gives me hope.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

2. What outrageous bigoted and hateful bullshit! Damn, I'm fed up with these

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:39 PM

Apr 2012

bigoted jerks.

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)

4. WTF?

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:40 PM

Apr 2012

Good on the students for protesting.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)

5. i look forward to the day when the term "pro gay"

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:40 PM

Apr 2012

will seem as awkward as "pro black".

TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)

7. Some of my best friends are "pro gay"

Reply to arely staircase (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 09:07 PM

Apr 2012

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)

6. Ahahaha!

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:40 PM

Apr 2012

Brilliant!

Friends of the student protested by passing out nearly 200 letters addressed to the assistant principal asking, "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

The letters included space for protestors to write a personal message. Senior Blake Danford, who helped organize the protest, said the group plans to deliver them to the assistant principal later in the week.

"This is an entire situation about bullying," Danford said.

(Emphasis mine)

Yes it was, Mr. Danford, yes it was - and you kids handled this BRILLIANTLY.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

8. Damn, the superintendent is as blatantly stupid as the AP...

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 09:24 PM

Apr 2012

I love this:

In a statement, Fullerton Joint Union High School District Superintendent George Giokaris said the student's answer did not violate any school rules.
"The district has concluded that the matter was not handled appropriately by the assistant principal," Giokaris said. "The district believes that the matter should have been handled privately with the student by the assistant principal."

"The matter should be handled privately?" WHAT FUCKING "MATTER"? The kid expressed a desire to see gay marriage legal. What "matter" is there?

GOTV

(3,759 posts)

19. The same thing caught my eye ...

Reply to SomethingFishy (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 12:14 PM

Apr 2012

Should have been handled privately? Why did it need to be handled at all?

shcrane71

(1,721 posts)

9. These kids are so brave.

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 09:49 PM

Apr 2012

It gives me hope, and makes my heart lighter knowing that they're our future. It'll be a much more honest future indeed.

William769

(55,148 posts)

13. +1.

Reply to shcrane71 (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:23 PM

Apr 2012

dionysus

(26,467 posts)

10. well there's a bigot right there.

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:09 PM

Apr 2012

that should be a fireable offense....

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

11. Was this a competition of bigots?

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:12 PM

Apr 2012

one_voice

(20,043 posts)

12. Kudos to the kids...

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:14 PM

Apr 2012

K&R

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)

14. Reminds me of "Teach your parents well"

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:28 PM

Apr 2012

line from that CSNY song. Those students protesting are doing a wonderful thing.

Robb

(39,665 posts)

15. "Pro gay." What fucking year is it?

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 11:10 PM

Apr 2012

Jesus fucking Christ. I can't believe I just read that.

I wanted to make the obvious joke...What, were the rest amateurs?... But I'm still too dumbfoundedly pissed off someone thinks that's a reasonable term to describe this.

Goddamn idiots.