Posted on 12/30/2005 4:57:09 AM PST by ShadowDancer
Girls Suspected Of Being Lesbians Expelled From School
Teens File Lawsuit Against School
POSTED: 7:23 am EST December 30, 2005
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Two 16-year-olds who were expelled from a Lutheran high school because they were suspected of being lesbians have sued the school for invasion of privacy and discrimination.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Riverside County Superior Court, seeks the girls' re-enrollment at the small California Lutheran High School, unspecified damages and an injunction barring the school from excluding gays and lesbians.
Kirk D. Hanson, an attorney for the girls, said the expulsion traumatized and humiliated them.
"Their entire support network was pulled out from under them because of suspicions about their sexual orientation," said Hanson, who declined to say whether his clients are lesbians.
The school is on Christmas break until next week, and messages left for school officials Thursday were not immediately returned.
The lawsuit alleges that the school's principal, Gregory Bork, called the girls into his office, grilled them on their sexual orientation and "coerced" one girl into saying she loved the other.
The next day, the lawsuit says, Bork told the girls' parents they could not stay at the school with "those feelings." In a Sept. 12 letter to the parents, Bork 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."
"Such a relationship violates our Christian Code of Conduct," Bork wrote in his letter, which was included as an exhibit in the lawsuit. He called the girls' behavior "scandalous" and "immoral."
Hanson said the 142-student school in Wildomar, Calif., must comply with state civil rights laws because it functions as a business by collecting tuition.
"There's a lot of hypocrisy going on here," Hanson said. "The school is claiming the girls were expelled because their conduct wasn't within the Christian code. But at the same time, (the school) has students who aren't Christians and are even Jewish."
But I still don't understand the "White/Other" category that I assume I'd be a part of. I suppose that if I married a sista, it would be a "Black/Other" relationship an have a less of a statistical chance, but as far as I can tell, I have a nice, albeit minute head start statistically.
What she sees in you, I don't know. (just kidding)
I am hung like a horse, you know.
I heard you was hung.
Just a couple of observations
Homos*xuality isn't about love, it's about s*x. Christians are commanded to even love enemies. So on the surface if these girls didn't love each other in at least some sense of the word they would be guilty of being un-Christian. But simple love between them doesn't mean they are lesbians.
Second, who among us has never even thought about doing something that was wrong? Even though thinking of sin is wrong, it is a wrong that should be left to Christ to judge, unless you have good reason to believe the person plans to carry out those thoughts. Otherwise every person who ever thought about wringing their bosses neck would have to go to jail. And very few working class people haven't at least thought about it.
The only thing this school should be able and obligated to judge is if these girls actually intended or had already crossed the line between love and s*x.
Thirdly, to the guys who seem fascinated by lesbianism there is no moral difference between lesbianism, and male homos*xuality. If you condemn male homos*xuality , you must condemn female homos*xuality on the same grounds.
my sis is gay as well
Know that God loves your son regardless, as we are all sinners
the key is repentance
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