-> SNETNEWS Mailing List Subject: {slick-d} 'Straight Pride' Shirt Banned (web sites included) Source http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0015008.html February 27, 2001 'Straight Pride' Shirt Banned By Stuart Shepard, correspondent A Minnesota high school officially sanctions "gay pride," but recently banned a solitary expression of "straight pride." Elliott Chambers is 16, a Christian, and the owner of a sweatshirt that reads "Straight Pride" on the front with a logo of a boy and girl holding hands on the back. He tried to wear it at his school recently, which mandates "gay pride" stickers and posters be placed on walls and doors designating so-called "safe zones" for homosexual students. "They have all this gay-pride stuff, and I thought it would be cool if we had a straight pride shirt for a change," Chambers said. "It was just to get people thinking." It only succeeded in getting some of his classmates thinking of going to the principal's office, which is where Elliott ended up. "(The principal) said that I couldn't wear it," Chambers said. "I guess his cover was that it would incite violence." Lana Chambers, Elliott's mom, was livid when she found out about the principal's action. "I said, 'You're telling me that he cannot wear this shirt because it's offensive to them (homosexuals)? Well, those signs are offensive to him! And to me! And I'm a taxpayer!' " Lana Chambers said. Attorney Frank Manion, with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), said the principal's argument that banning the shirt is a matter of school safety is a "smokescreen." "It's obviously discriminatory and something that the school should not be allowed to get away with," Manion said. "We've got to beware of the aims and the goals of, really, the radical homosexual-rights movement. " Elliott had a new shirt made to wear after his sweatshirt was banned. It simply reads, "Help, I'm being repressed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Straight Pride web site: http://straightpridewear.com/ Straight Pride is a statement from the Silent Majority that is gaining momentum. According to Randy Thomasson, who is now the Executive Director of Campaign for California Families: "The debate over Homosexual rights or "gay rights" is raging in California. From the notion of gay "marriage" to domestic partners to adoption of children by homosexual couples to powerful civil rights status on the basis of "sexual orientation," the gay rights movement is pushing legislation at the state and local levels to get what it wants. Unfortunately, the loudness of gay rights has put many citizens who embrace family values on the defensive." Our mission is to help these citizens of the Silent Majority put their message out to the world of "political correctness" that we are "Straight" and proud of it! We plan on accomplishing this by offering our products to the marketplace and providing articles and links to other sites that share our philosophy. -> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
