Being a teenager is hard enough. Being singled out by the principal for intimidation based on your perceived sexual orientation, and then expelled, is crossing a line.
Gregory Bork, principal of a Lutheran high school in Riverside, Calif., recently called the teenage girls into his office to interrogate them regarding their sexual orientation. Bork later acknowledged that officials had seen no physical contact between the girls but said their friendship was "uncharacteristic of normal girl relationships and more characteristic of a lesbian one."
Bork was able to get one of the girls to say she loved the other, and then promptly expelled them both. He claimed their alleged 'relationship' violated the school's "Christian Code of Conduct."
I question how 'Christian' it is to intimidate two young girls, who may or may not be lesbians, and then to expel them when they even if they might be, they haven't done anything wrong?
Is it wrong for two teenage girls to be close friends? No. Is it wrong for two teenage girls to love each other? No.
Maybe it's time for the school to reexamine its "Christian Code of Conduct." (full story)
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