Gay supporters flood Indian River schools meeting (Delaware)
Powerful video at link.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2014/10/28/indian-river-lgbt/18050897/
Gay supporters flood Indian River schools meeting
Rachael Pacella, DelmarvaNow
October 28, 2014
Taller than most men in the room, medal around his neck, with sparkly green and purple makeup painted under his eyes as if he were headed to battle, Sussex Central senior Cole Haden approached the podium, and looked right at the man who had so clearly made him angry.
"Mr. Fink, I would like to thank you for allowing me to have a chance to stand for LGBTQA equality and engage my peers in a conversation about fairness and tolerance, which you seemingly haven't contributed to," Haden said of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer and asexual.
"You have fueled a fire long waiting to erupt. However, I can't thank you too much, for as a LGBTQA student at Sussex Central High School, and the district that you heartly govern, you have done the school district and the community a great disservice by allowing your personal faith to interfere with your professional work," he said...
...About 100 people were in the audience, most in response to comments Board of Education member Shaun Fink made at a health curriculum meeting in September, objecting to the inclusion of the definitions of the terms gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender in the district's new uniform health curriculum. He continued to comment in October, saying he would not condone district schools teaching that it was OK to be gay.... Article and video at link provided above.