----- Original Message -----
From: Heald, Tim
To: CF-Community
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:38 PM
Subject: RE: This is gay
The teacher would have asked for an explanation. If not then the situation
is even worse. Blindly punishing without looking into the event is asinine.
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-----Original Message-----
From: brob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:58 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: This is gay
The report didn't mention that he explained it to his teacher. Maybe he
did, but I'm assuming he didn't because the report only says that he
mentioned it to another student. That is what I base my reasoning on. If
he did explain it to his teacher, I would agree with you.
Student: Hey dude my mom is gay
Student2: Blah blah
Student: Yeah I have like two moms for real, my mom is gay!
Teacher: What did you say?!
Student: My mom is gay
Teacher: Don't you ever use that word (in that context again) again! Off
you go!
something like that.
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry C. Lyons
To: CF-Community
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: This is gay
I completely disagree. The kid was asked about his folks and he answered
in
a non hostile way. Then the teacher went ballistic. It seems to me that
the
ACLU was right on the mark here. It seems to me that the only one who had
the problem was the teacher.
larry
At 11:05 AM 12/2/2003, you wrote:
><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031201/ap_on_re_us/gay
_mother_school>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031201/ap
_on_re_us/gay_mother_school
>
>I do however think the teacher might have thought that the child had used
>the word "gay" in a different (non-homosexual) context. Like, the
>teachers are gay. Or..My friend is a gay-wad. Or this computer is
>gay. And maybe that's why she told him not to use that word again. I
>mean, I tend to use gay in a derogatory manner, (i gave u a few examples
>above), and it is in fact used as a bad word. Something close to
"sucks",
>but maybe a little worse. After thinking more about it, I think that's
>what the story really is. The teacher misunderstood the child. And the
>ACLU misunderstood the teacher.
>
>I think it's an overreaction on the ACLU's part to have the school
>apologize to his MOTHER.
>
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