Re: Boy Punished For Mentioning Gay Mother

2003-12-02, 02:45:04 AM,  wrote:

> http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/02/1070127391021.html
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> Boy, 7, 'punished' for speaking of gay mum
> December 2, 2003 - 10:45AM
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> A seven-year-old boy was scolded and forced to write "I will never
> use the word 'gay' in school again" after he told a classmate about
> his lesbian mother, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged today.
> 
> Marcus McLaurin was waiting for recess at Ernest Gaullet Elementary
> School in Lafayette, Louisiana on November 11 when a classmate asked
> about Marcus' mother and father, the ACLU said in a complaint.
> 
> Marcus responded he had two mothers because his mother is gay.
> 
> When the other child asked for explanation, Marcus told him: "Gay is
> when a girl likes another girl," according to the complaint.
> 
> A teacher who heard the remark scolded Marcus, telling him "gay" was
> a "bad word" and sending him to the principal's office.
> 
> The following week, Marcus had to come to school early and repeatedly
> write:  "I will never use the word 'gay' in school again."
> 
> A phone message left for Lafayette Parish schools superintendent James
> Easton was not immediately returned.
> 
> The ACLU is demanding the case be removed from Marcus' file and that
> the school apologise to the boy and his mother, Sharon Huff.
> 
> "I was concerned when the assistant principal called and told me my
> son had said a word so bad that he didn't want to repeat it over the
> phone," Huff said.
> 
> "But that was nothing compared to the shock I felt when my little boy
> came home and told me that his teacher had told him his family is a
> dirty word."
> 
> AP


Telling the truth in a school is bad. What a great attitude for a
teacher to have!