This is questionable…
by Matt | December 30th, 2006 |When I instituted this website’s Privacy Policy (viewable at the very bottom of each page on this site, as well as being provided at the end of this individual post), I made sure to leave an exception for revealing information as it relates to publicly-owned (a.k.a. owned by “The People”) computers.
I did it exactly for a time such as this….
Look at the following screen cap and tell me if you don’t see something funny going on (click on image to enlarge):
The webpages this person is looking at refer to an ex-gay themed series of summer camps hosted by Ignite Student Outreach. One of the camps will be held at Lifeway Christian Conference Center in Ridgecrest, NC (outside of Asheville). I wrote extensively about this camp after I was invited by Ignite Student Outreach to attend (their mistake I’m sure). Click here for just one of the many past posts on the issue (one of which viewed by this WSFCS employee).
I have just a few questions:
1. Why is a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WSFCS) computer showing up as being based out of Lifeway Christian Center? I’m guessing it must be a lap-top.
2. Why is an employee of WSFCS using his or her government-owned computer to look up information on ex-gay camps, while being on location at the very spot where this same ex-gay camp will be held this July?
3. I can’t help but wonder… Has WSFCS Superintendent Don Martin put together another conference/seminar for WSFCS employees featuring an ex-gay ministry and speaker like he did just a few years back at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Winston-Salem?
Does anyone know exactly when the Winston-Salem school system goes back to work? I need to call and make sure they aren’t planning anymore ex-gay excursions for school system employees again.
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Matt, 22, is an LGBT journalist, activist and youth advocate currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C., where he serves as the Editor of Q-Notes, the Carolinas' LGBT news source. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is still continuing to pursue his bachelors degree. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14.
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