Student Editor Fired Over Story On Gay Students

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/03/030805schoolPaper.htm

The American Civil Liberties Union is urging a school district to reinstate a high school newspaper editor who was fired for publishing an article about three gay students.

School officials were wrong to remove student Ann Long from her shared post as editor in chief of Troy High School's newspaper in January, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California said in a letter to the local superintendent.

Long's Dec. 17 article in the Oracle chronicled the decisions of three students - two 18-year-olds and a 15-year-old - to reveal their homosexuality and bisexuality to family and friends. All three spoke to Long knowing their names would be used.

[beyurslf]

1. So what was the reason they gave for firing her?

[davidinalameda]

2. not having permission to use the students' names

without parental permission

[BR_Parkway]

3. Why would the 18yo's need parental permission in the first place?

They are old enough to sign legally binding contracts, enlist in the military, ect.

[davidinalameda]

4. exactly

and I have never heard of a school newspaper needing parental permission to run the names of students

[beyurslf]

5. Why the hell would the parents have to agree? It's the kids names and

their ID's being used. I say more power to them--it is hard as hell to come out.... and at that age!