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Updated: 7:34 PM May 14, 2008
Gay Pride Allowed at Ponce de Leon High
A U.S. district judge ruled Tuesday that students would be allowed to wear their gay pride outfits. Posted: 4:47 PM May 14, 2008Reporter: Alex Denis  Heather Gillman Back to School |
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Good to hear this. We are shooting for a Gay Pride Parade on 30a in June www.gay30a.com
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Look at yall , So freakin stuipd and mad bc of what davis did ... I think davis done is an Wonderful thing he have ever done ... Some ppl need to get ur freakin story ST8 .. Buddy Brown is NEVER COMING BACK !! Davis is STAYING !!!
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I must say that the days of "respecting your elders" are over! There have been too many mental and physical abuses under this old way of thinking. I was molested and hurt in so many ways because I was taught to respect disgusting adults that took advantage of my good-intentions. If you want the respect of a baby or a mate, give it first! Respect and honor go both ways. No? I suppose if you feel all children should respect an adult no matter what, you are denying that you feel vulnerable and powerless...God-forbid a child may know a thing or two!
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Mr. Griffin PLEASE BRING BUDDY BROWN BACK !!! Mr. Davis is not the right choice for a leadership position in the Holmes County School system. If Davis is not removed this will, more than likely,be the first of many problems at PDL and other area schools, that will spend the already stretched budget on legal bills. We need a school leader not an unorthadox minister. I am a Christian and do understand that this could also bring back prayer in schools under freedom of speech, but this case isn't about freedom of speech it is about the "professionals" in charge of the schools. To MR. DAVIS" PDL is not a prison and you are not a warden. DO YOUR JOB, and run our school with the professionalism that we expect or GET OUT!!!
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GO HEATHER AND ADDY!!!!!!
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Lots of people here who want to protect the rights of people who oppose homosexuality. Unfortunately they don't see how pervasive it is. Can't go to the prom with a same-sex date? Can't marry a same-sex partner? Have to go to the Supreme Court to protect your right to free speech because you're talking about gay people? It's pretty clear that straight people have the right to their opinions, their faith is enshrined in our institutions, their culture is pervasive. What is also clear is that they have no intention of sharing their rights with anyone else. Shame on you all for being so greedy.
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My son came home today from Poplar Springs HS with the "Official Notice." It sickens me that our schools have been forced to takes sides in the war on culture. My son said one of his teachers actually cried when she read the notice. Another teacher refused to hand out the notice and asked the studens come up and get them off the desk instead. The same freedom of speech that Ms. Gillman fought for is the same freedom of speech that allows me to share my faith in a public place. It is the same freedom of speech that we have used to post our comments so be careful on what you are critical of. What this means is that all Christians (me included) must take a moral stand for what is sin and help our younger generation undertand what some call an "alternative lifestyle" is actually a sin according to God's word. What's next? A T-shirt supporting the rapist or murderers?
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i am a student at pdlhs, and i was accused of steeling when davis didnt have proof. that was one the darkest 2weeks of my life.my friends shunned me etc. i was mad davis b/c he made my bff friend cry just b/c she is bi. this whole case was about freedom of speech, heather gillman wore a shirt that says i support gays, yeah shes not gay but the point is davis suspended her all b/c she wore that shirt.i was there i know what happened, so ya'll dont go sayin stuff till you get the facts. i'm straight and i support pro-gay and personally i'socm proud of it, gay fine by me! oh and by the parent from westville, we do respect our parents and elders.but when davis accused me of steeling he crossed the line in my book,in my opinion HE does NOT have the STUDENTS BEST INTEREST at mind. in my opinion he needs to get out of the school board system for good. and not come back. get lost davis!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey, pdlhs student! What your principal is doing is NOT right! YOU can stand up to him, too! Don't let him be a bully.
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Looks to me from the comments like some of you folks are desperately in need of a few different points of view. Glad to see the kid fought this to the end and that what appears to be a bullying, bigoted principal was not allowed to run roughshod over his students.
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You might think that a school is no place to publicly support gay lifestyle, but the first amendment clearly gives them the right. There is no right and wrong place to express your opinions regardless of what they are. the guy from panama city is right you can express that your against homosexuality, thats the great thing about the fist amendment it allows us to express our self regardless what some principle thinks right or wrong
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Some of y'all need to learn how to spell or look in a history book on the 1st Amendment. Free speech will prevail! However, I also expect that lowlife principal may be on America's Most Wanted in a couple years for murder. Plus to the first commentor, shut up and go live on welfare.
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to all of those who don't support gay rights just sit back for this is nothing to you. i'm not gay but i do support them becaus i have a cousin that is and also a guy friend that is gay. so if you don't like us then deal with it who said you had to look at us. and heather is not a "trouble maker" and besides do you know her i think not. what if it would have been your child. do you know it all. i don't think any one does.
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Those that voted No to same sex marriage think that man/woman marriage is better for economy/children/family. Well over 70% of straight marriages fail while gay couples stay together more often and longer. More children are killed/abused in their own homes and by their straight parents. More women are killed and abused by their husbands. There are more dsyfunctional straight couples than gay couples. Children are well rounded from gay couples while children from sraight couples are racist, sexist, just all around prejudice.
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Sounds like most of you from other areas are of the gay/lesbian life style, well good for you I personally don't have a problem with that but you also don't have children that attended school here a PDL or one of the other Holmes County Schools that the judges ruling affects. My children and I don't walk around with articles of clothing that declare we are STRAIGHT! Who cares, school is not the place for this. I don't think this is about freedom of speech. This comes down to students that evidently have no respect for authority. I guarantee they don't respect their parents or elders. If more parents would hold the kids responsible for their actions we would not be in this situation. They would have shut their mouths and went back to class. I bet ya'll didn't have to pay for the lawyers(right) I don't always agree with the teachers but I DO teach mine to respect them. I say the school board should just change the dress code to uniforms and then we can kill two birds with on stone.
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