SC: HS principal quits over mandate to allow gay-straight alliance

Being a homosexual

to him is all about sex. That's all they all think about. All the haters. They don't see the human being. They don't think we have feelings. The GSA is not a group that sits around having sex, dumbass! Oh, sorry, not nice. Maybe we should send some literature about the GSA to Mr Walker so he will know what it's all about.

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by: juicyjuice @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 18:23:53 PM CDT

I think it's best...

that he is no longer around children.  I hope he enjoys his retirement.

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by: Armistead @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 18:31:35 PM CDT

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I have to agree

He is really doing us all a favor.

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by: juicyjuice @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 19:02:40 PM CDT

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Considering Irmo and Lexington County....

he probably objects to any young'ns cavorting in a non-Christian manner. Here's hoping he finds a worse job in some BFE backwater in South Cack.

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by: rptrcub @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 19:43:58 PM CDT

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He's right about one thing...

students ... will have chosen to or will choose to engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, opposite sex, or members of both sexes.

You know, I think it is pretty likely that the students will eventually choose to have sex with the same or opposite sex or both.  Most people eventually do.  

Unfortunately for them, the "abstinence-based curriculum" he's boasting of ain't exactly preparing them for it.  

And for the gay kids, being told both "wait until you're married" and "the thought of you marrying is abhorrent" doesn't really give them much to go on.  

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by: Diogenes @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 18:37:12 PM CDT

Maybe

he thinks that all the kids will join the clergy of the Catholic Church.  That way they won't ever ... oh ... wait ... never mind.

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by: Jami @ Thu May 22, 2008 at 10:29:22 AM CDT

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Boo Hoo Kitty

is all I can say...get a life, get a clue...

at least he is moving on and knocking off the oppression at this school.

unfortunately he will probably be rewarded with a job at some fundie school.

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by: bkmn @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 18:40:04 PM CDT

Given his religious belief

he made the right decision. Buh-bye.

You can lead a fool to knowledge, but you can't make him think.  

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by: Dianne @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 18:55:16 PM CDT

What a

Butthead.

Question:  What does an atheist do when they fall to the floor and start "speaking in tongues"?

Answer: Get a CAT scan.

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by: Snooky Ookums @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 19:01:16 PM CDT

one down...

about a million to go!

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by: Zeke @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 19:34:18 PM CDT

don't let the door

....

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by: hank @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 20:08:30 PM CDT

I graduated from Camden HS 20 miles from there

I respect this guy ... he is NOT demanding special accomadations for his religious beliefs.  He understands the law, he can't work within the law, he quits.  Ya gotta respect that.

Of course, he is NOT quitting until 2009 ... probably needs an extra year for retirement benefits or the such!  LOL

And yall are 100% on target ... the guy does not understand GSA's ... that they are NOT about sexual activity.  He does not understand that his bigotry is the very reason GSA's need to exist in the first place.

The blog cited in the main story is a good read.  It is a black man in SC who is an author and a blogger.  No friend of Peter's either.  Take a read ...

http://holybulliesandheadlessm...

The fight for full LGBT Equality is NOT over.  Be strong and be ready to really fight!  And read my blog in your spare time! http://ravenhurst-ravenhurst.b...

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by: Dagon @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 20:16:24 PM CDT

You're Right Dagon

He probably is waiting for his retirement to kick in. Can't let our morality interfere with that. And as the principal of Irmo High School, he is probably making big bucks. If it is the school I'm thinking of, they are a big school. Our high school band used to compete against theirs.  

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by: Fiona @ Thu May 22, 2008 at 08:54:30 AM CDT

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Thats what all in the public forum...

   should do if their personal beliefs get in the way of doing their job and supporting equality in this country.

   I wouldn't personally work in a porn movie house, but I sure have spent enough  time in a few, so there in, I don't work in an employ that I can't separate my personals from the job whatever you may constru from that.  

   I think he did right by quiting and I also agree that most kids will experiment with sex with friends of all genders, it's human nature to explore and they need to be loved and supported in their understanding of themselves, not treated with disdain or castigated in any way. They're already doing it, what planet is he from? I started in elementary school. Hide and seek was fun with a girl from down the street and a couple of boys hanging around the school on a saturday ended up in some exploration. Children need to understand and love themselves. We are all human and thats the vision these kinds of people forget when they can no longer perfrom their duties in a public employment. 

I'd rather be a lion for one day, than a sheep for my entire life.

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by: PhyllisMs @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 21:31:59 PM CDT

good for him for being honest enough to quit!

although as Dagon said, ya hafta wonder just how pressing an issue it really is for him if he's not leaving until 2009.  as for this:

we do not have other clubs at Irmo High school based on sexual orientation, sexual preference, or sexual activity.

so is he saying they never have prom, homecoming king and queen, dances, female cheerleaders for the boys teams, school plays depicting heterosexual people, reading assignments stating the sex-partnerhood status (married?) or sexual residue (children?) of famous people? because all those things are props for [hetero]sexuality, pure and simple.

Lurleen on Twitter

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by: Lurleen @ Wed May 21, 2008 at 23:50:28 PM CDT

A friend of mine from

The College of Charleston went to Irmo. Academically it's actually ranked high in the state. In the end the school may be better off. The district should hire a principal who is supportive of GSA's. The resignation is also much preferred to him staying and railing against the club, making LGBT students targets of abuse. I think his religious beliefs are misguided but he has the right to them and made the right decision to quit.  

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by: Sage @ Thu May 22, 2008 at 07:50:08 AM CDT

IT'S JUST WEIRD.

Opps, sorry, at work LABELING! lol
If he's quitting for those reasons.. he needs some education.

http://EQFL.org

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by: banshiii @ Thu May 22, 2008 at 08:42:00 AM CDT

how typical

 To pass judgement before actually talking to young people about the club, getting literature and sitting in on an actual meeting.
GOD FORBID...he actually learn something! God forbid that young people lead the way in showing that gay and straight folks CAN get along and this prepares young people for a future without hate crimes, risk of assault and bullying and a loving, relationship with the gay children they might have someday.

 Some religious people are seriously too arrogant to realize when THEY don't know everything and are a liability to civilized interaction.

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by: Regan DuCasse @ Thu May 22, 2008 at 09:21:42 AM CDT

"My mind is made up!

Don't try to confuse me with facts!"

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by: Jami @ Thu May 22, 2008 at 10:32:02 AM CDT

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He should go

be principal of a fundamentalist private christian school. God knows there are plenty in South Carolina. Pun intended! Public schools mean just that, "public". Diversity is part of the package.

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by: Sage @ Thu May 22, 2008 at 14:03:36 PM CDT