This is what’s called pathological, irrational hatred, y’all:
Flour Bluff Independent School District will not allow a proposed club supporting gay and lesbian students, but the proposal prompted the district to rethink allowing the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to meet on campus.
Superintendent Julie Carbajal said she has asked the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to meet off campus while the district studies the legality of allowing the club while disallowing a club supporting homosexual students. She said there is no chance the district will approve the proposed Gay-Straight Alliance, but she will make sure all other school clubs are following the district’s policy.
“We need to be fair and equitable to all,” she said.
In disallowing the Gay-Straight Alliance, the district said it didn’t have to follow a federal law mandating schools offer equal opportunities for all students to organize. The district approved a policy in 2005 that did not allow student clubs not tied to curriculum to meet on campus.
Absolutely pathetic. Local activists would protest, but since the wingnut superintendent is apparently so irrationally fearful of The Gays that she’s willing to screw the Christian clubs in the process, they’re sort of at a loss:
Carbajal’s decision to disallow any non-curriculum clubs from meeting on campus may stop a local gay activist from protesting next week.
“They’d rather get rid of all organizations rather than to allow this one to start? Wow,” said Paul Rodriguez, president of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. “If she’s not going to allow any other clubs on campus then we have no ground to stand on.”
Yeah, sometimes you sort of have to let bigots implode all by themselves. I feel sorry for the kids, though — all of them — for whom such a poor example is being set by the supposed “adults.”
There is actually a protest, on Friday. It will be from 9-10AM across the street from the school. I heard the Domino’s pizza is even going to give everyone a discount because she is upset with the school.
It was the Christians that pushed for the law to allow non-academic student groups in the first place. So it is quite ironic that they are having their own process come back to bite them.
Well, considering Domino’s is a spawn of that right winger Monaghan guy, who also started fringe “college” Ave Maria University, I’d rethink their food choice. Support your local pizza chain, people! it tastes better too!
I don’t normally eat at Domino’s for that reason, but this is a store with local people working in it. And these locals are on our side.