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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 09:42 AM
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School expels girl for having lesbian parents
School expels girl for having lesbian parents

Associated Press in Ontario
Saturday September 24, 2005
The Guardian


A 14-year-old girl has been expelled from school because her parents are lesbians.

The superintendent of Ontario Christian School, Leonard Stob, wrote to Shay Clark's biological mother, Tina Clark, this week saying Shay had been expelled because the family did not meet admission policies, which required that at least one parent did not engage in practices "immoral or inconsistent with a positive Christian lifestyle, such as cohabitating without marriage or in a homosexual relationship".

Ms Clark and her partner have been together 22 years and have two other daughters, aged nine and 19.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,1577418,00.html
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Selteri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 09:44 AM
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1. Discrimination from "Christians" - Gasp - Who'd have thunk it. NT
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Itchinjim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 09:48 AM
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2. I'm sorry, but what did they expect would happen?
And why would two lesbians expose their child to this kind of environment of intolerance and hatred?
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FuzzyDicePHL Donating Member (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 09:54 AM
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3. Yeah
22 years together -- how fucking immoral is that!?

GAWD I hate religious hypocrite jitbags.
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illflem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 09:56 AM
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4. They picked the wrong school
having the child kicked out was good.
Perhaps that's why they chose not to fight it.
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Kipling Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:06 AM
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5. Et tu, Canada?
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3waygeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:14 AM
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8. Wrong Ontario
the one in the story is in southern California, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
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Kipling Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:20 AM
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9. Et tu, California?
Although Arnie was an early indicator.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:08 AM
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6. You can kill someone and they will forgive you and life goes on.
But to have a loving relationship that does not meet their definition - No Salvation for you!
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:12 AM
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7. punish the kid for the "sins" of the parents - Jesus loves you...NOT n/t
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:25 AM
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10. I think "expelled" is the wrong word
Isn't it used when the child has done something wrong? Instead, she should have been asked to leave.
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DaveColorado Donating Member (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:28 AM
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11. Typical religious whackos
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