Boy Punished for Talking About Gay Mom

Yahoo - AP ^ | 12/01/03 | AP

[ClintonBeGone]

LAFAYETTE, La. - A 7-year-old boy was scolded and forced to write "I will never use the word `gay' in school again" after he told a classmate about his lesbian mother, the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) alleged Monday.

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Second-grader Marcus McLaurin was waiting for recess Nov. 11 at Ernest Gaullet Elementary School when a classmate asked about Marcus' mother and father, the ACLU said in a complaint.

Marcus responded he had two mothers because his mother is gay. When the other child asked for explanation, Marcus told him: "Gay is when a girl likes another girl," according to the complaint.

A teacher who heard the remark scolded Marcus, telling him "gay" was a "bad word" and sending him to the principal's office. The following week, Marcus had to come to school early and repeatedly write: "I will never use the word `gay' in school again."

A phone message left for Lafayette Parish schools superintendent James Easton was not immediately returned.

The ACLU is demanding the case be removed from Marcus' file and that the school apologize to the boy and his mother, Sharon Huff.

"I was concerned when the assistant principal called and told me my son had said a word so bad that he didn't want to repeat it over the phone," Huff said. "But that was nothing compared to the shock I felt when my little boy came home and told me that his teacher had told him his family is a dirty word."

 

 

[ClintonBeGone]

Good thing he didn't mention GOD.

[dfwgator]

He should have used the proper term, "carpet muncher."

[AppyPappy]

I used to talk about my mom's sex life all the time.

[freebilly]

But if he had used "gay" as a slur, his family would have been charged with a hate crime....

[Kenton]

Poor kid.

[Conspiracy Guy]

No kidding. He would be banned from public skewl.

[PackerBoy]

I prefer "Muff Diver," but yours is equally offensive. ;)

[goodnesswins]

ROFL...you two.....LOL.

[buffyt]

WHAT?!?!?!??!!?

[DannyTN]

This has already been posted.

The interesting thing, is that for once the school got it right. The school took the stand that "gay" is not normal and not something a kid should be talking about.

When I saw the headline, I thought he must have said something derogatory about gays.

[ClintonBeGone]

This has already been posted.

I tried a search for the full title and just boy & gay. Didn't come up. :(

[ClintonBeGone]

I used to talk about my mom's sex life all the time.

Because the other kids found you so unique you had to have been adopted? :)

[DumpsterDiver]

I'd like to go on record as saying that I am not related to Muff.

[2banana]

The school took the stand that "gay" is not normal and not something a kid should be talking about.

Maybe the mom is just happy all the time...

[DonQ]

A 7-year-old boy was scolded and forced to write "I will never use the word `gay' in school again"...

Christmas is coming. "Don we now our [blank] apparel, falala falala ..."

[1st-P-In-The-Pod]

The boy is only seven years old. He doesn't understand. The school could have handled this with a bit more care. That's my bit. Carry on!

[DustyMoment]

This is nothing new for Lousyana skewels.

They rank among the worst in the nation for a reason. I was once paddled in one of their lousy skewels for whistling a clean song in the hallway between classes.

The kid got off lucky just having to write the stupid phrase all day.

One rhetorical question: Do the politically correct idiots running the skewel systems ever stop to think about the lessons they are teaching these kids?

[ClintonBeGone]

One rhetorical question: Do the politically correct idiots running the skewel systems ever stop to think about the lessons they are teaching these kids?

What is wrong with what the school did?

[Puppage]

Perhaps, Lilly Lapper?

[jtminton]

Looks like zero tolerance bites the libs in the rear!