it's a shame

a harmless essay on homosexuality cannot be published in a high school newspaper. katie (the author of the essay) and i agree. we don't think homosexuality is a choice (who in their right mind would choose to be abused, hated, discriminated against, misunderstood, denied rights and benefits and on and on and on)

Principal Stops School Paper from Publishing Article on Homosexuality
Published: November 04, 2005 1:44 PM ET
ORANGE PARK, FL (AP) A high school principal has withheld published copies of a student newspaper to eliminate an opinion column written by a student about homosexuality. Katie Thompson, a 17-year-old senior, wrote the column "Homosexuality is not a Choice," for the Oct. 10 edition of the student newspaper at Ridgeview High School. Ridgeview is located inClay County, about 12 miles south of Jacksonville.Thompson, who is bisexual, said her teacher approved the 300-word essay, but Principal Toni McCabe objected and claimed the subject was "too mature for a high school audience."Telephone calls Friday to McCabe, Clay County School Superintendent David Owens, school spokeswoman Darlene Mahla, all five School Board members and Thompson's home were not immediatelyreturned.According to an e-mail sent by Mahla to School Board members, the school principal was able to intercept the newspaper, Panther Prints, before it went to students."A member of the school's newspaper staff wrote an article that was placed in the opinion section of the newspaper about her sexuality as a lesbian and her Christian views," said the e-mail obtained by The Florida Times-Union.The newspaper also obtained a copy of Thompson's column, which reads in part:"Homosexuals do not choose to be the way they are. It is a biological stimulation of the brain. ... Some individuals think that they, with their extreme religious beliefs, can turn homosexuals to a heterosexual status. Those people, along with other homophobes in our country, set up counseling groups for homosexuals to try to change them."Thompson said she was called to McCabe's office and told the newspaper would not be circulated because of her article...........