Prom season is right around the corner, and faculty at Sullivan High School in Indiana are making sure it goes off without a hitch…or any gay students for that matter.
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Diana Medley, the special education teacher at the school, supported the ban by telling media outlets that “gays have no purpose in life.”
The school and parents are calling for a prom that bans gay students from attending. Students are also supporting the cause, saying a good prom is not one where homosexuality would be allowed because they don’t think it’s right or should be accepted.
Medley’s comments caused a firestorm and a Change.org petition has been started calling for the school district to discipline the teacher.
“I believe that it was life circumstances and they chose to be that way; God created everyone equal,” said Medley.
“Homosexual students come to me with their problems, and I don’t agree with them, but I care about them. It’s the same thing with my special needs kids, I think God puts everyone in our lives for a reason,” said Madley.
“‘So the same goes for gays? Do you think they have a purpose in life?’ No I honestly don’t. Sorry, but I don’t. I don’t understand it. A gay person isn’t going to come up and make some change unless it’s to realize that it was a choice and they’re chosing [sic] God,” said Medley.
Wow. So far, no action has been taken to discipline or fire the teacher. In fact, Superintendent Mark A. Baker released a statement Tuesday defending her free speech.
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I would like to clearly state the Northeast School Corporation has never denied any student the right to attend prom or any other Northeast School Corporation sponsored event due to their race, gender, or sexual orientation. Furthermore, the Northeast School Corporation has never denied any student access to any events sponsored by Northeast School Corporation. This includes sports, plays, musicals and any other extra-curricular activities.
In regards to the story that WTWO aired on February 10, 2013, the Northeast School Corporation employee that was interviewed was expressing her First Amendment rights. The views expressed are not the views of the Northeast School Corporation and/or the Board of Education.
We’re all for freedom of speech, but don’t you think Medley took it too far?
SOURCE: Think Progress
