My feeling on the school issue is that it's a religious school. Religious schools frequently have rules that students have to abide by the rules of that religion. I think that the school was wrong to expel the students, especially the way they did it, but I think the court decision was reasonable.
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Jan 28, 2009 1:35:35 pm PST #4019 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
javachik - Jan 28, 2009 1:38:56 pm PST #4020 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Reasonable or not, the humiliation they're going to associate with their sexuality is going to haunt them for a long time.
Hil R. - Jan 28, 2009 1:42:57 pm PST #4021 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Reasonable or not, the humiliation they're going to associate with their sexuality is going to haunt them for a long time.
Very much yes. The school dealt with this in a ridiculously idiotic way.
Steph L. - Jan 28, 2009 1:44:20 pm PST #4022 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Some of the people who got the first run of coupons couldn't buy boxes before the coupons expired because stores either weren't carrying them yet, or didn't order enough.
That would be me. I'm a tool who didn't realize that they expired. Truly, my own fault for not reading all the details closely. (Note that I'm NOT blaming the government or broadcasters, etc. I realize full well that my slack-ass-ed-ness is to blame for me having to spend $60 instead of $20.)
brenda m - Jan 28, 2009 1:45:39 pm PST #4023 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Religious schools frequently have rules that students have to abide by the rules of that religion.
Yes, but shouldn't that apply to behaviors, not, I don't know, states of being? Caught kissing on school grounds, okay. Identifying oneself as a lesbian? Ugh. Private school, I know, but still.
And, of course, they'd have been in the same situation in the US military, so not like public institutions are covered in glory.
shrift - Jan 28, 2009 1:46:58 pm PST #4024 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh, wait, duh. I don't need a new TV because we have satellite; if I want to watch HDTV, I'll need a new TV.
Hil R. - Jan 28, 2009 1:53:06 pm PST #4025 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yes, but shouldn't that apply to behaviors, not, I don't know, states of being? Caught kissing on school grounds, okay. Identifying oneself as a lesbian? Ugh. Private school, I know, but still.
Some Jewish schools require that all students be Jewish. (Some require only one Jewish parent, some require the child be Jewish according to Jewish law, and some require two Jewish parents, even though a child of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father is Jewish according to Jewish law.) A bunch of Christian colleges require students and faculty to sign a statement of faith.
Theodosia - Jan 28, 2009 2:28:52 pm PST #4026 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Snowpocalypse has turned to Slushpocalypse with a side of flooding around here.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 28, 2009 2:44:28 pm PST #4027 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Frickin' DTV conversion. I keep forgetting about it. I guess I need to buy a new TV, and freecycle the old one.
OK, you know you only need the converter if you have no cable at all? people with rabbit ears and antennas. That's it.
shrift - Jan 28, 2009 2:51:45 pm PST #4028 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yeah, no, I figured that out after I actually read the website.