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Been There, Done That, Got The Gay T Shirt

by Big Dog on Mar 22, 2007 at 16:13 Political

A 17 year old girl named Heidi Zamecnik is seeking a court order allowing her to wear a T shirt with an anti gay message on it to school. She has tried this before and her rights were violated by the school system. What rights? After all, she is a kid in school and must follow the dress code. On any given day that might be the case but this time just as with her last attempt, things are a bit different.

The school sponsors what it calls a day of silence each year and this is an event that is designed sympathize with gay kids who live in silence year round. The event involves school kids wearing pro gay messages on their shirts. Heidi did not object in the past and wore her own shirt the next day. The shirt read “Be happy, not gay.” She was told to remove the shirt or she would have to leave. Her parents were called and a compromise was reached where they would substitute straight for gay on the shirt but after the school counselor crossed out gay with a marker, nothing was written on the shirt. Heidi learned a valuable lesson. Never trust a liberal.

She is trying to get a court order so that she will be allowed to wear a shirt in support of her views just as every other kid was allowed to do. I am pretty sure she did not wear a shirt with a pro gay saying. I think any kid who disagrees with the message and still wears the shirt has a screw loose. I also think Heidi was foolish for compromising with the school. She should have just told them she was wearing the shirt and then went back to class. If they forced her out she would have a wonderful lawsuit on her hands.

I think she should sue anyway because they are forcing something on school children that is not part of the curriculum. It is not up tot he school to stage these kinds of things to raise cultural awareness. This is an issue that belongs in the family and that is where it should stay. I wonder how the school would react if the white supremacists wanted to have a showing of their beliefs by having everyone wear a KKK T shirt? I wonder why it is the school is even involved in all this.

This is just another example of the indoctrination that takes place. People are free too be gay, that is there business. However, people are also free to believe that being gay is wrong. People are free not to like the behavior and people are free to say something about it. The problem is, once those rights are exercised, every gay advocate is there to call you a bigot. There is no law that says I have to accept homosexual behavior and there is no law that says I have to tolerate that agenda forced upon me. The agenda to make this behavior acceptable involves indoctrinating our children while they are in school. Teach everyone that it is fine and when the rest of us die off there will only be tolerance in the world. Fortunately, there are intelligent, moral kids like Heidi out there.

I am glad I am not still in school but if I were, I would be having a field day with teachers and administration.

Source:
Chicago Sun Times

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