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The Lexington-Richland School District 5 - located in South Carolina - announced that they will not ban all school clubs unrelated to sports. The district considered banning student clubs in an effort to thwart Irmo High School students from creating a Gay-Straight Alliance on their campus. The school board drew a few provisions by which school clubs in district 5 must abide. 1) parents/guardians have the power to remove their children from any school club and 2) students are prohibited from talking about sexually explicit material in deference to the district's abstinence policy.
The decision was a clear upset for Irmo High School principal Eddie Walker who threatened to leave the school if the gays got their way. Walker says that an official GSA would conflict with his beliefs and religious convictions. I think Walker should stay at his post, attend a few GSA meetings, maybe subscribe to HRC's "Out in Scripture" publication and learn something new. I only speak from an assumption that people who have made a profession in academia actually care about expanding their viewpoints. I guess quitting is easier for some.
The decision was a clear upset for Irmo High School principal Eddie Walker who threatened to leave the school if the gays got their way. Walker says that an official GSA would conflict with his beliefs and religious convictions. I think Walker should stay at his post, attend a few GSA meetings, maybe subscribe to HRC's "Out in Scripture" publication and learn something new. I only speak from an assumption that people who have made a profession in academia actually care about expanding their viewpoints. I guess quitting is easier for some.
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