Comments on: The Bigot’s Guide to Stopping a Gay/Straight Alliance from Forming http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/ Atheism with Positivity Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:19:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Einmaliger http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-187481 Einmaliger Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:39:47 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-187481 The club could simply change its name/topic to "Gay Sports Club" or "Studies of the Suppression of Homosexuals in Different Cultures and Historical Eras" or something like that. Still, it's shocking to hear of such backward views. It's hard to imagine anyone merely suggesting a thing like that here in Germany. The club could simply change its name/topic to “Gay Sports Club” or “Studies of the Suppression of Homosexuals in Different Cultures and Historical Eras” or something like that. Still, it’s shocking to hear of such backward views. It’s hard to imagine anyone merely suggesting a thing like that here in Germany.

]]> By: Danielle http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-187056 Danielle Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:28:16 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-187056 Wow. I can't even relate to this sort of stuff. My High School held a "Gay Day" celebration every year. There were booths and posters and music and no one complained except for the Seekers....but they were too polite to really make a stink, they just prayed in a back alley somewhere and the rest of the school ignored them. I still can't wrap my head around the fact theat there are so many ignorant and hateful adults in this country.... Wow.
I can’t even relate to this sort of stuff.
My High School held a “Gay Day” celebration every year. There were booths and posters and music and no one complained except for the Seekers….but they were too polite to really make a stink, they just prayed in a back alley somewhere and the rest of the school ignored them.

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact theat there are so many ignorant and hateful adults in this country….

]]> By: Cafeeine http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-187053 Cafeeine Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:25:34 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-187053 Regarding the emphasis of secondary schools, I personally think that it should support academics, sports and arts in a set proportion. Not everyone has a scholarly inclination. Regarding the emphasis of secondary schools, I personally think that it should support academics, sports and arts in a set proportion. Not everyone has a scholarly inclination.

]]> By: Luther Weeks http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-186979 Luther Weeks Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:34:04 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-186979 Why is SPORTS included. Lets limit it to academics if we limit it at all. If we include sports lets make sure to include military clubs and the fast food appreciation club as well. Or am I the only one who thinks sports is not more important than academics, not to be confused with physical education. I'm not against sports as I am reluctantly ok with religion, but I'd just like to keep them from being the focus of school. Why is SPORTS included. Lets limit it to academics if we limit it at all. If we include sports lets make sure to include military clubs and the fast food appreciation club as well.

Or am I the only one who thinks sports is not more important than academics, not to be confused with physical education.

I’m not against sports as I am reluctantly ok with religion, but I’d just like to keep them from being the focus of school.

]]> By: Jennifurret http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-186936 Jennifurret Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:36:17 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-186936 This is the exact thing that happened at my school. One of my close friends (a lesbian) was trying to start a GSA, but our principal said it was school policy that only clubs that were related to the curriculum could form. Never mind that we had stupid clubs like Ping Pong Club (apparently related to Gym), or activist clubs like Amnesty International (Eh? Sociology maybe? Could make the same argument for our GSA). They claimed letting us in would open the doors for Nazi skinheads to come form clubs (Godwin's law, we win, right?). Eventually we complained so much and parents threatened to sue that we came to a "compromise." We could use one of the library's side rooms for a meeting space after school, but we weren't an official club. Of course, it didn't help when our librarian was extremely conservative and would never unlock the room for us. Also, we basically couldn't put up fliers because they said the words "gay" and "homosexual" and "sexual orientation" were inappropriate and couldn't be hung around school. Um, what? How are we supposed to advertise our club if we can't even say the club's NAME? They eventually changed their mind and said non-official clubs couldn't post fliers at all. Of course, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a "non official club" always had its fliers littering the hallways. Le sigh. I'm glad to be at college, even though I go to a conservative one. Anything is better than high school. This is the exact thing that happened at my school. One of my close friends (a lesbian) was trying to start a GSA, but our principal said it was school policy that only clubs that were related to the curriculum could form. Never mind that we had stupid clubs like Ping Pong Club (apparently related to Gym), or activist clubs like Amnesty International (Eh? Sociology maybe? Could make the same argument for our GSA). They claimed letting us in would open the doors for Nazi skinheads to come form clubs (Godwin’s law, we win, right?).

Eventually we complained so much and parents threatened to sue that we came to a “compromise.” We could use one of the library’s side rooms for a meeting space after school, but we weren’t an official club. Of course, it didn’t help when our librarian was extremely conservative and would never unlock the room for us. Also, we basically couldn’t put up fliers because they said the words “gay” and “homosexual” and “sexual orientation” were inappropriate and couldn’t be hung around school. Um, what? How are we supposed to advertise our club if we can’t even say the club’s NAME? They eventually changed their mind and said non-official clubs couldn’t post fliers at all. Of course, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a “non official club” always had its fliers littering the hallways.

Le sigh. I’m glad to be at college, even though I go to a conservative one. Anything is better than high school.

]]> By: Keri http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-186934 Keri Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:35:14 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-186934 This bigotry makes me so angry!! Is there anything we can do???? This bigotry makes me so angry!! Is there anything we can do????

]]> By: stogoe http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-186933 stogoe Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:35:13 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-186933 Well, scorched earth is one way to go... Maybe they're hoping the GSA will get blamed for shutting down the other organizations, instead of the real culprits, the people on the board who are so terrified of people who are even slightly different that they'll cut off their nose to spite their face. Heck, it'll probably work. Well, scorched earth is one way to go…

Maybe they’re hoping the GSA will get blamed for shutting down the other organizations, instead of the real culprits, the people on the board who are so terrified of people who are even slightly different that they’ll cut off their nose to spite their face. Heck, it’ll probably work.

]]> By: Wes http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/comment-page-1/#comment-186927 Wes Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:22:33 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/17/the-bigots-guide-to-stopping-a-gaystraight-alliance-from-forming/#comment-186927 Not to mention that such a ban would eliminate any and all Bible clubs, and the Young Republicans. Not to mention that such a ban would eliminate any and all Bible clubs, and the Young Republicans.

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