Controversy at a couple High School’s reported by the Advocate:

Pro-gay school poster sparks parent protest
A Troy High School classroom poster with a message reading “gay people are everyday people” has ignited protests from some parents at the suburban Detroit school. One of the parents, Anthony Cruz, 49, said he expects about 80 people to join the protest at the next Troy school board meeting, on May 17. He said the problem with the poster is that the school is supposed to concentrate on academics and leave other matters for after-school time and activities. Instead, the classroom poster has “a captive audience” in students, Cruz told The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak. He has two daughters at the school.

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Student suspended for attending prom in a dress
Kerry Lofy had no qualms about wearing a black spaghetti-strap dress to his high school prom–he thought it would be funny. Turns out, his school didn’t. The 18-year-old senior at Lake Geneva Badger High School in Wisconsin was ticketed $249 for disorderly conduct, suspended from school for three days, and told he must miss his last track meet. “Things got a little crazy,” Lofy said.

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