Ew. While we on the subject of nausea, a Tennessee principal has come under fire for singling out a gay couple, of whom she openly disapproved. Hollis F. Price Middle College’s Daphne Beasley last year went around and asked teacher to compile a list of all known student couples so that she could “monitor PDA,” which has been an elementary bane since our school days back in the 1800’s.
Of the couples gathered, and displayed on the educator’s desk, homo-partners Andrew and Nicholas received special attention, especially when Beasley – or Beastly – approached Nicholas’ mother and essentially outed him. The principal also told the woman that she disapproved of such behaviors. And that’s hardly the worst of it…
The honor student [Nicholas] underwent further humiliation, in addition to verbal harassment, when taken out of the running for a class trip to New Orleans related to rebuilding efforts, as a risk to the school’s image; Nicholas was told that there were fears he’d embarrass the school by engaging in “inappropriate behavior.”
The ACLU’s on the case, of course, and demanding that Beasley’s superiors dispense some serious finger wagging. Meanwhile, attorney Bruce Kramer offers a what should be a universal truth: “This is a public high school that runs on taxpayer dollars. As such, it is part of the government and must obey the Constitution in dealing with the students entrusted to its care each day.”
Maybe Beasley missed that lesson…
How about we take this to the next level?
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Charley
Another Sally Kern. Tenneesee, second only to neighboring Alabama in homophobia. Southern Baptists. Oklahoma is a close second.
Paul Raposo
Where are the backbones in America? Why didn’t Nicholas’ mom slap the shit out of Ms. Beasley and tell her to mind her own business?
Dubwise
posted this on several sites today: a quick websearch will give you her email and phone at the school…as well as her school superintendant.
Tim
I suggest you all e-mail Ms. Beasely and strongly suggest she resign before she is fired. The clock keeping time until her departure is certainly ticking loudly. [email protected]
Hephaestion
Is there no end to this stupidity? May Ms. Daphne Beasly know the hell she puts gay students through.
John Landtroop
“This is a public high school that runs on taxpayer dollars. As such, it is part of the government and must obey the Constitution in dealing with the students entrusted to its care each day,’ ”
In this case, then the parents of all gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered students who have ever attend the school are due a refund of the taxes they paid!
Devon Fairchild
What is happening to southern women, are they being injected with hetero male testostorone that provokes them to be homophobic ?
Alexa
This is appalling, and so fucking typical nowadays.
Andy
If Ms Beasley made remarks and decisions like these about her Jewish or black students, would she be allowed to continue in her post? It’s time that bigots like her were made to realize that holding a position of public responsibility means that you are responsible for the well-being of _everyone_ in your charge.
Rick
i take offense at the photo of the actress barbara steele being used to illustrate the story of this barbaric principal.
btw the movie is available for 5.95 on dvd or 5 dvd’s for 25.00 plus shipping. it is in the public domain.
M Shane
I wish that the ACLA could get her to do time: in a zoo. The offensive thing thaty happens these days is that descrimination board are so afraid of offending Afro America Chistian sensabiliyies and getting a suit that way that they are more than willing to go with persecuting gays. The So Baptist (Black)Church-is strongly antigay in their written principles.
I encountered the same kind of discrimination here in Minneapolis since prejudiced Blacks run the organization and are backed by the city fathers. A black person, especially a woman would never be charged with descrimination., regardless of how clear the evidence.
I think thaty the theory is something like that people should be free to practice their religious bigotry.
HCK
Guys, please take two minutes to sign the petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Homophobic_Principal and e-mail the school board president at [email protected]
Make sure your friends sign it too!