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Most articles are alleging assault, which I'm not going to call this simply because the connotative meaning of the word is too strong to me.
But, long story is short:
1. Straight kid is trying to stick up for his bi sister in an environment that is heavily anti-gay.
2. Straight kid refuses to take off a shirt he made supporting the creation of a GSA, the requests for which had been denied by the school board (and allegedly, the principle has threatened to punish students who endorse a petition for it).
3. Principle allegedly tries to emasculate the kid for supporting ***** rights, pushing him around (or something).
The school is prohibited by law from denying a GSA organization, if they offer other non-academic clubs (which they do, according to their website).
The school doesn't demand that teachers provide equal treatment for children based on their sexual orientation (though, afaik, TN has no *****-protection laws).
I don't quite understand what makes administrators think they can do things like this. The precedent in the Supreme Court is well established at this point...
Edited, Oct 5th 2011 5:50pm by idiggory