quick post

i just read an article from the AP and thought i would pass it along as further evidence that religion and school should not be combined, even in private institutions.

Teens Accused of Being Lesbians Sue School
l6 hours ago
UPDATED 5 HOURS 20 MINUTES AGO
RIVERSIDE, Calif.

Two 16-year-olds who were expelled from a Lutheran high school because they were suspected of being lesbians have sued the school for invasion of privacy and discrimination.

The lawsuit, filed last week in Riverside County Superior Court, seeks the girls' re-enrollment at the small California Lutheran High School, unspecified damages and an injunction barring the school from excluding gays and lesbians.

Kirk D. Hanson, an attorney for the girls, said the expulsion traumatized and humiliated them.
"Their entire support network was pulled out from under them because of suspicions about their sexual orientation,"
said Hanson, who declined to say whether his clients are lesbians.

The school is on Christmas break until next week, and messages left for school officials Thursday were not immediately returned.

The lawsuit alleges that the school's principal, Gregory Bork, called the girls into his office, grilled them on their sexual orientation and "coerced" one girl into saying she loved the other. The next day, the lawsuit says, Bork told the girls' parents they could not stay at the school with "those feelings."

In a Sept. 12 letter to the parents, Bork acknowledged that officials had seen no physical contact between the girls but said their friendship was "uncharacteristic of normal girl relationships and more characteristic of a lesbian one."

"Such a relationship violates our Christian Code of Conduct,"
Bork wrote in his letter, which was included as an exhibit in the lawsuit.

He called the girls' behavior "scandalous" and "immoral."

Hanson said the 142-student school in Wildomar, Calif., must comply with state civil rights laws because it functions as a business by collecting tuition.

"There's a lot of hypocrisy going on here," Hanson said.

"The school is claiming the girls were expelled because their conduct wasn't within the Christian code. But at the same time, (the school) has students who aren't Christians and are even Jewish."

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

incredible

well today...actually yesterday was rachel and my two month milestone. so i'm going to gloat for a little bit over having such an amazing girlfriend. go me! so over on my myspace page i noticed i'm nearing 900 views for my 118 posts...not bad. about seven and a half views per post. hopefully more people from myspace will wander their way on over to here and give this blog a read. in podcast news expect a new radcast in the coming few days. the topic. things that pissed rachel and i off about 2005, with a guest apperace from my mom, who shares her number one cause of anger for '05. since we havent actually recorded the show yet feel free to comment on my blog or email either myself (danisirish@gmail.com) or the show (radcast@gmail.com) and share your "shitlist" from 2005. and if rachel and i agree with them we'll mention them on the show. or at least thank you on air for spending some time to give us your view.

*yawn*

well i hope everyone had a good "christmas" or w/e holiday you celebrate. not much in the way of activity here on the blog or with the podcast. in fact with regards to the podcast you might say there's been negative activity since i had to take the mp3's off the server i was covertly using to avoid detection. anyway i had an amazing "christmas" and have spent the last few days enjoying the item's i received and spending time with rachel. in other news school is almost back which should be fun, i have some great new classes this quarter and hopefully some great teachers.

if you'd like to hear any of the mp3's that were avalible online send an email to the show at radcast@gmail.com or comment on this blog.