Texas Judge Says No to Gay Students

Fox News website ^ | Thursday, March 04, 2004 | Associated Press

[FormerLib]

LUBBOCK, Texas

[FormerLib]

Holy smoke! The turd burglar attorneys run into a judge with a functioning brain! End of story.

I must say that Texas is looking like a nice place to live.

[King Black Robe]

We actually win one. Hey, if Texas ends up being the only sane place left, I'll move there too.

[dfwgator]

Don't Mess with Texas!

[dandelion]

Here is the genesis of the idea - NOTE: the main player in this is a over-18 FORMER student who graduated LAST year...

http://lgrl.sitestreet.com/press/release.asp?id=153

[BBell]

It always amazes me that a group of individuals, who's sole reason for having an "alliance" is based on their sexual preference, has up until now been given so much clout. I wonder if they have student groups that meet on campus who prefer animals or threesomes or whatever. When is the idiot Judicial system and School boards going to realize that all this is based on sexual preference.

[muawiyah]

Just make those kids PROVE their "orientation" and you'll find most of them bowing out.

[45Auto]

Judge Cummings is one of the good guys; it was his decision in the Emerson case that led, ultimately, to the 5th Circuit Court decision that asserted that the 2nd Amendment did indeed refer to an individual right to keep and bear.

[madprof98]

End of story.

DREAM ON! Remember: If at first you don't succeed (at further trashing the culture), just find yourself another judge.

[FormerLib]

Sorry, my "End of Story" referred to what happens when these attempts run into a thinking judge. Of course they are going to try to appeal this. Sooner or later they'll find one of their own to help them get access to other people's children via the schools.

[gdani]

This decision will be appealed & this ruling will be overturned.

It's not only a First Amendment violaton to not allow after-school clubs to meet on school grounds(when other clubs are permitted), it's also contrary to the federal Equal Access Act.

Ironically, the EEA was drafted & passed to allow after-school religious clubs & the gay clubs are naturally using it to their advantage.

This decision would be just as wrong if the disallowed club were a Christian group or a junior version of the NRA.

[sarasmom]

A sex club is not appropriate at a public school.

[FormerLib]

Wrong. As noted in the article:

He said the district's policy banning discussion of sex or sex acts differentiated it from six similar cases in Utah, California, Indiana and Kentucky that sided with similar groups.

[MikeJ75]

The full text of the judge's opinion is at http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/pdf/Notablecases/503cv165_33.pdf.

What separated this case from other Equal Access Act cases, the judge said, was that the group had its own website, which was printed on the group's posters. The website had links to gay news sites, which in turn had links to explicit sex education materials. The judge said that allowing the group to meet on school property would violate the school's policy of abstinence only education, because materials on the linked sites were not limited to abstinence.

Children at the school might see the posters, go to the group's website, click on the links for the gay news sites and then click on links that would lead them to view obscene materials.

[FormerLib]

Ping

[ptcmama]

It used to be that years ago, someone could always find some wacko lawyer to hire to litigate about any crazy thing, but you could always count on judges to have good sense. Nowadays, those same wacko lawyers have become the judges, and libs can always find one to rule the way they want. We boomers are reaping what we have sowed.

[raloxk]

soem sense finally