There have been some recent incidents in western Pennsylvania of homophobic intolerance. Watch the video We Belong http://www.current.tv/make/vc2/sot. This is a very powerful and moving video. This young man deserves our support for his courage and strength. It is nothing short of criminal that this young man was arrested for complaining about how he was treated to the school administration. Assistant principal George Forster had him arrested for complaining. This man is not the kind of person who should be in charge of educating children. I know that if I was a taxpayer in that school district I would be going to every school board meeting and demanding that this man be fired. Keeping him on sends the message to the students that homophobic gay bashing is OK. This is the wrong message for and educator to be sending. You can email the president of the Franklin PA school board at billschool1@verizon.net.

You can contact the school board at:
FRANKLIN AREA SCHOOL
DISTRICT417 13TH STREET
FRANKLIN PA 16323
814-432-8917

Here is the link to the page with the contact information for the school board http://www.fasd.k12.pa.us/588590122142520/site/default.asp

Tell them that tolerance is something they should reward and intolerance should not be rewarded and that Assistant principal George Forster should be fired.


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