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State Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) sues New York city over gay Harvey Milk HS
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| 08/14/03
| JOE WILLIAMS
Posted on 08/14/2003 9:04:24 AM PDT by bedolido
Spending public money to give gay and lesbian teens their own school is illegal segregation and a violation of the city's education rules, said a lawsuit filed yesterday challenging the Harvey Milk High School. "Public funds should not be used to segregate city schools," state Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) said after filing the suit in Manhattan state Supreme Court with conservative legal group Liberty Counsel.
The Milk program has existed for 19 years, but the city is spending $3.2 million to renovate 2 Astor Place to expand it into a full-fledged high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and "questioning" students in the fall.
It is expected to teach about 170 students. Advocates say a waiting list for enrollment shows many students feel picked on in regular schools because of their sexual orientation.
The lawsuit charges that the school violates the Education Department's own rules against educating students based on their sexual orientation. It also alleges a gay school robs money from other schools and earmarks it for a special class of students, amounting to an illegal form of segregation.
Paul Rose, a spokesman for Chancellor Joel Klein, called the suit a frivolous attack on "a program that has helped children for many years."
Originally published on August 14, 2003
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: city; gay; hmhs; homosexualagenda; hs; lawsuits; pol; sues
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:04:24 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
Pre-emption. He's terrified the Catholics will come for cash under equal protection.
To: bedolido
Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx)
A Democrat, huh? Works for me.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:07:34 AM PDT
by
eyespysomething
(You've a loose screw. Can I tighten that for you?)
To: bedolido
HOMOPHOBE! BIGOT!
I can only imagine the headlines and articles if a GOPer filed this suit.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:08:40 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: bedolido
but the city is spending $3.2 million to renovate 2 Astor Place to expand it into a full-fledged high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and "questioning" students in the fall. So do they need 5 bathrooms or just one????
5
posted on
08/14/2003 9:10:11 AM PDT
by
evolved_rage
(Davis is a POS!)
To: bedolido
A RAT?????? Heck, I'm still wondering how the New York taxpayers pay for this queer school named after a San Franciscan.
To: mabelkitty
A democrat? ummm...
ummm...
are you sure?
can't be... unless he's a southern Democrat - oh, no he's from New York
signed,
Confused in the Liberal Heartland
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:18:46 AM PDT
by
BostonianRightist
(Rodney deserved the beating; Sharpton deserves a beating)
To: bedolido
Advocates say a waiting list for enrollment shows many students feel picked on in regular schools because of their sexual orientation. Or maybe the waiting list shows that many perverted students want to hook-up.
To: Zevonismymuse
Just like a bunch of liberal-socialists dems: Darned if ya do - darned if ya dont!
Wouldn't Marie Antoinette have fit in with the dems Perfectly????
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:23:04 AM PDT
by
Roughneck
(Starve the Beast!)
To: evolved_rage
"So do they need 5 bathrooms or just one????"
Sounds like the whole school will be one big toilet.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:40:50 AM PDT
by
Buck W.
To: bedolido
He's absolutely right. After all the preaching about tolorance, gays are deliberately developing a segregated, seperate society outside the society they have demanded and received special privilege from for years. They are also destroying all the gains made since Rosa Parks took the first step toward desegregation.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:41:04 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: lilylangtree
I was just wondering the same thing........are there no gays in NY????
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:42:19 AM PDT
by
Howlin
To: cake_crumb
"He's absolutely right. After all the preaching about tolorance, gays are deliberately developing a segregated, seperate society outside the society they have demanded and received special privilege from for years. They are also destroying all the gains made since Rosa Parks took the first step toward desegregation."
Precisely, which raises a question I've had since I first learned of this school: Are the faculty and staff also gay, bi, etc.? If so, the target-rich environment is a gay teacher's dream.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:44:48 AM PDT
by
Buck W.
To: bedolido
'The Milk program has existed for 19 years, but the city is spending $3.2 million to renovate 2 Astor Place to expand it into a full-fledged high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and "questioning" students in the fall'The city is spending this money? With all financial problems in New York City right now, THIS is what Bloomie is spending taxpayers' money on? SEGREGATION??? Are the fines collected from wrong-colr license plate holders and criminal cigarrette smokers that high that the CITY can afford this frivilous crap??
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:44:59 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: bedolido
At some point these kids are going to have to enter the real world. I feel sorry for them.
To: bedolido
This concept is about the same as the alternative education schools.
We take some not so bad Students and put them with real bad Students so the not so bad Students can learn how to become real bad Students.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:59:49 AM PDT
by
Rik0Shay
To: Buck W.
"If so, the target-rich environment is a gay teacher's dream."I wonder if NAMBLA plans on donating?
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posted on
08/14/2003 10:09:04 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: bedolido
'bout time somebody did something about this crock.
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posted on
08/14/2003 10:13:34 AM PDT
by
talleyman
(Caviar emptor (a warning from the sturgeon general))
To: GSWarrior
At some point these kids are going to have to enter the real world. No, they won't.
After Harvey Milk HS comes NYU, then NYU Law School, then a position on Bloomberg's staff (no pun intended), then a campaign for Congress representing Jabba the Hut's district.
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