As many as 150 people gathered outside Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi on Friday to protest the school district’s decision to deny a chapter of the Gay Straight Alliance.
Flour Bluff High School student Bianca “Nikki” Peet, 17, has been trying to launch the GSA since November.
Last week, Flour Bluff Superintendent Julia Carbajal announced that the district would bar all non-curricular clubs from meeting on campus in order to avoid allowing the GSA.
The American Civil Liberties Union responded by threatening legal action against the district, saying officials are required to allow the GSA under the First Amendment and the federal Equal Access Act.
On Friday, supporters of the GSA rallied outside the school for eight hours and presented a petition with more than 28,000 signatures to a district spokesman. A handful of anti-gay counterprotesters, led by right-wing radio host Bob Jones, gathered across the street.
At one point, according to the video report below, a pro-GSA protester tried to give a couterprotester some water. The counterprotester responded by saying he wouldn’t touch anything a gay man had, telling him to “stay away from my grandson.”
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So if conservative radio host Bob Jones has publicly taken take a position that equates him to westboro as his comments and position seem to be identical! What does the conservative base of Corpus Christ think of this? I am at least pleased to see that 1440 AM KEYS in Corpus has cancelled his show, though they did not seem to comment on exactly why…?
Welcome to texas = where the mentality of the KKK still prevails. reminds me of the vicious muder of James Byrd, who was dragged to death a few years ago by those who want ed the notoriety of establishing a new KKK chapter.
Perhaps we could ship these people to Saudi Arabis with bibiles. they would have a good time in the streets preaching their ‘anything but ” chrisitian stories.
until the MUTWA** came for them. And the judge decided their punishment based only on what he thought God wants. It most likely would curdle your stomach, but people who want to live in medieval times deserve mediieval punishment.
** religious police
the enemy of my enemy is my friend.