The
“Reynolds High OKs
meeting”
Principal Stan Elrod said
he would provide the space for a student-led meeting at the school. Matthew
Hill, 14, said he plans to schedule the meeting from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on
Thursday.
Hill, who is homosexual,
said he wants to start a chapter to help students understand other people’s
differences. He said he doesn’t know how many students will attend the meeting.
“I’ve seen a lot of people
that are like me and get picked on,” he said, “There was a lot of opposition at
my school (to homosexuality). I think it’s wrong that people pick on other
people because they’re different.”
Hill’s request comes two
weeks after the first chapter of the alliance formed at
The chapters are not
sponsored by the schools or the school system and are simply allowed to use
meeting space after school. According to federal law, if schools allow some
political or religious groups to meet, they must allow all groups to do that --
provided the groups don’t discriminate on the basis of members’ race, ethnic
origin, sex or handicaps.
Transcribed to computer
file: December 9, 2004