he principal's action. The article said that the union had no business in involving itself in a matter that it felt was clearly in the purview of the principal to decide. But it did reiterate that all student lifestyles should be respected, and that the school should not give the appearance of advocating or disapproving of any of them.
The matter was further complicated when a lawyer for the Anti-Defamation League met with the school board and asserted that gay rights must be accepted in schools as they are in the rest of society รป at least in those nine states that guarantee gay rights by forbidding discrimination. A parent stood up and made a homophobic remark, which most in the audience seemed to agree with.
The conflict raises many issues about the role of schools in society, as well as the question of limits on free speech in an educationa
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