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  • Student suspended for calling teacher 'gay'

    02/11/2005 2:28:14 PM PST · by swilhelm73 · 90 replies · 2,438+ views
    projo ^ | February 9, 2005 | ROB MARGETTA
    SWANSEA -- Case High School sophomore Chris Carreiro says he and his friends often use the word "gay" as a synonym for "stupid" or "lame." "I have to say, I use it a lot," he says. "All my friends do ... I do see where gay people could get offended by it, but there's no ... homosexual thing implied." Carreiro says he never gave the word much thought, until recently. Now, he says, his use of the word has earned him a one-day suspension from school. He claims that when he told a guidance counselor that a teacher was "being...