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As some of you may know, a couple of years ago 2 young women were expelled from a private Lutheran School for being assumed as lesbians. The wording school officials used was, "they have behavior consistant with that of lesbians."
WTF! Apparently a fellow class mate overheard the young girls say, "I love you" to one another and that was the clue that they were lesbians. Yes my head is spinning right along with you just writing this! School officials were instructed to check the girls' myspace pages for any evidence, and boy what did they find? Awe, a picture or two of the girls hugging and acting friendly. Whoopty doo! They also saw that one of the girls identified as bisexual and the other was unspecified. Mind you, neither girl until this day has ever admitted to the allegations. Kind of reminds me of the Salem Witch Trials...but that's just me.
I attended a similiar Jesuit School for boys when I was young and suffered a similar fate, except I was told to confess my sin and promise to never give into it and I will be okay. As a terrified 13 year old I did what I was told, only I didn't know what I was admitting to. I was only accused of being gay because I had a picture of my bestfriend in my locker door. That was all!
My heart goes out to these poor young women, not only did they have to be humiliated at school, at home and in their communities for what may or may not be true, but in the press as well. Imagine living with that. No solid evidence was provided to prove they ARE lesbians, they just had too good of a friendship. The school was protected by the policies in place now that respects how religious institutions conduct business. I am having a hard time trying to see how that is supposed to be the Christian way of doing things...I ask myself, WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
These policies need to be changed, discrimination is WRONG no matter how you try to justify it. What next...expelling students for behavior consistant with those of other ethnicities?
AFY_Joe
| 1/30/09 12:59 AM
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AFY_EmilyB
| 1/30/09 08:50 AM
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