Don’t Like Organization? Then Don’t Join
Posted: December 18, 2009 at 3:37 a.m.
A student and an art teacher founded Arkansas’ first Gay-Straight Alliance Club at Fayetteville High School nearly a decade ago. If the club has negatively influenced the community in any way, we are unaware. Assuming the club is working toward its mission of promoting acceptance and understanding of those who are in the minority when it comes to sexual orientation, it probably has cut down on bullying and discrimination at Fayetteville High. We see only positives in that.
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Opinion, Pages 5 on 12/18/2009
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Thank you for a very reasonable and well considered OpEd. The diversity of our community is one of our most cherished assets. Striving for tolerance is not enough. We must be accepting and supportive.
best, Judith Levine
Posted by: jrlevine
December 18, 2009 at 10:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
I'm pro- anything that, in a responsible way, makes kids feel safer and more accepted. If we all knew the rigid application process a student organization must go through in order to prove the purpose and intent of forming then no one would question the validity of a group like a gay-straight alliance. My gratitude to the students involved in area GSAs and other groups that foster inclusiveness.
Posted by: modernfellow11091201
December 18, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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