Please participate and encourage others to do so in the Day of Silence out of respect for Gays. It will be on December 19th. For more details, please read this post by Noun in the GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Group on allpoetry (http://allpoetry.com/poet/group/GSA):
"Ok, so I've spoken some on these boards about what's going on with the GSA at my school. Let me recap some.
I live in Port Charlotte, Florida. My school has started the first-ever GSA in this county. A few articles made front page of our papers, and one of them went on the wire, into newspapers nation-wide.
In Kansas, there is a church called Westborough Baptist Church. They are known for their extremely homophobic and intolerant actions, such as: Protesting at the funerals of our brave soldiers who died in Iraq- they wave around signs saying "Your son died for a fag-loving nation." They picket abortion clinics, they torment.
The church has about 200 members, almost 90 of whom are all related to each other. Again, this is in small town Kansas. Imagine THAT gene pool.
Well, WBC saw the article about our GSA. On December 19th, they will be protesting in front of our school and district administration office, which is nearby. Our GSA and numerous other students at school will be treating this day as a Day of Silence, and on behalf of the entire PCHSGSA, I would request that those of you who are capable organise a Day of Silence on Dec. 19 as well.
The expressed purpose of this Day of Silence would be something like "Turning our backs on intolerance and homophobia." A Day of Silence and similar activities NEED to be cleared with your administration, so that all teachers can be informed and no students get in trouble.
The GSA at my school regards the participation of other schools in the Day of Silence as EXTREMELY important...please make it work if you can, guys!"
~by Noun (allpoetry.com member)
Please help us by encouraging your friends, family, and your school to participate on this day. Turn your backs on intolerance and homophobia!
~Grace
