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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyOctober 15th, 2014
You’ve never been to Maiden, North Carolina, but your selfies probably have. It’s the home of Apple’s Cloud data center.
It’s also home of some pretty nasty prejudice. (GayStarNews)
The school’s principal, Rob Bliss, has released a statement surrounding the outrage.
He said: ‘In regards to the request for students to perform the play “Almost Maine,” careful review and consideration was given to the contents of this play.
‘The play contained sexually-explicit overtones and multiple sexual innuendos that are not aligned with our mission and educational objectives.
‘As principal of Maiden High School, I have an obligation to ensure that all material, including drama performances is appropriate and educationally sound for students of all ages.’
And, by “appropriate and educationally sound for students of all ages”, Bliss means “ain’t got none of Teh Gheys!!”
Almost, Maine is a play containing nine vignettes about love and loss. And yes, stories about love and loss can have “overtones” and “innuendos” that reference sex. Read Shakespeare.
But Almost, Maine is no worse than prime time television and downright tame compared to pretty much any music video. And that isn’t, of course, what got Principal Bliss all in a tither. The play’s real crime is that one of the nine vignettes includes two men who say they love each other.
And while Almost, Maine is sufficiently age appropriate that in 2010, it was “the most-produced play in North American high schools“, it’s just too scandalous for places where attitudes like those of Principal Bliss prevail.
The drama students are hoping that a petition can pressure Principal Bliss into allowing them to perform the play and, consequently, their program to survive.
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Joseph Singer
October 15th, 2014
Bbbbbut, think of the chirruns! We don’t want them finding out what the real world is about. We don’t want them young’uns learnin’ too much else’n they might teach the old folks things that they don’t want to be taught.
Elaygee
October 16th, 2014
Weren’t any KKK approved plays available?
Regan DuCasse
October 16th, 2014
What some people’s perception of sex is when it comes to gay folks, is beyond paranoid and delusional.
It’s stupid and ignorant. Even presumably normal, intelligent people lose their rational shit with this.
Even children get insulted when they are treated as if they are stupid and infantile.
Or information kept from them, they pretty much know about already.
People whose job it is to educate young people should know that.
And in fact, should NOT treat young people, especially teens, as if they are stupid and infantile.
Because they are most assuredly, NOT.
They have questions, they have healthy curiosity, and the prejudiced and bigoted fear those questions and curiosity more than anything in the world.
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