They did say that but apparently that wasn't sufficient for the creepy middle aged man who ran the school. He felt it was appropriate to be in a room alone with each teenaged girl and ask them very personal and intimate questions and eventually decided that they had a "bond of intimacy" that IN HIS MIND was charateristic of a gay relationship.
frankly an even better response would have been "none of your fucking business".
If I'm the principal and your behavior or conduct is violating my school's policy, it becomes my business!
But others have a different take, including Tom Scott, vice president of operations for the Association of Christian Schools International, which represents more than 800 religious schools in the state and 4,000 nationwide. It does not represent Cal Lutheran, however.
"Private schools don't operate under public schools' standards," Scott said.
Private, religious schools do have the right to decide who attends, but recommends their officials have students and parents sign a waiver prior to admitting them asking them to adhere to Christian morals and standards as a condition of enrollment, he said.http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/12/21/news/californian/21_33_4112_20_05.txtMoreover.......
Students applying to the California Lutheran High School in Wildomar, California, a private religious school affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, are required to signify their acceptance of the rules governing the institution, which includes an agreement to conduct themselves according to rules of "Christian Conduct." According to Justice Richli, the school presented evidence about the view of non-marital sex and homosexuality embraced by the religious bodies that sponsor this school. "Lutherans believe that homosexuality is a sin," she wrote. "The School has a policy of refusing admission to homosexual students. Its ‘Christian Conduct’ rule provided that a student could be expelled for engaging in immoral or scandalous conduct, whether on or off campus. This would include homosexual conduct."http://newyorklawschool.typepad.com/leonardlink/2009/01/students-expelled-from-religious-school-over-lesbian-relationship.htmlAgain, when you attend their school, you play by their rules; or, you're gone.
from the an article on the topic: According to the principal, who called each girl out of class separately, both admitted they had hugged and kissed each other and told other students they were lesbians. The girls said they admitted only that they loved each other as friends.
EXACTLY!!! That's all they admitted. At no point did they deny that they were lesbians. They said they loved each other as friends. That’s rather vague. That teacher, based on the e-mail and reports from other students wanted to know just how “friendly” these two were.
If someone’s accusing you of being gay and such isn’t the case, then it behooves you to make it plain (as we say in the church), especially when your scholastic tenure is at stake. Lost is all of this is the fact that, for all of the drama in this case, these students NEVER proclaimed that they were FALSELY ACCUSED. Nor, did they deny that their MySpace statements (one admitting to being bisexual; the other being unsure of her orientation, seen by the students and at least one teacher) were untrue.
In short, if you ain't gay, say you ain't gay and end the drama. They didn't. The principal made a judgment call which, at the end of the day, we find to be correct. They were lesbians, after all (from the NewYorkLawSchool link):
In this case, a student reported to a teacher that a female classmate had said that she loved another female classmate, without naming any names. The student told the teacher that he would be able to figure out who was involved by looking at the female students’ MySpace pages. The teacher reviewed the MySpace pages of his female students and discovered the two students who were subsequently expelled, each of whom had referred to being in love with the other. One of the students identified herself as "bi" and the other as "not sure" under the category of sexual orientation.clearly the school disagrees with you. Common courtesy disagrees with you. If you share a space with someone it's common courtesy to not do something that offends them or that they object to. Perhaps their praying was distracting or disruptive at least to Piazza and it prevented him from concentrating on his work. Maybe he just finds it offensive and he has that right to tell them to do it somewhere else. If the person who shares his office has an objection then they should take it up with the administrator but the students don't get a choice in the matter.
The court may disagree with your assessment. With that said, "common courtesy" would be that you simply ask that they not do that, NOT SHOUT at the student and threaten her with expulsion.
Furthermore, your statement makes no sense. Piazza walked into the office, while they were praying. They weren't doing so, while he was grading papers or something to that effect.
Either way, the other professor can use the office as he or she sees fit, provided it doesn't impede on his space (which both the professor and student did not, seeing as Piazza was not there).
Look most of this just boils down to common courtesy and a bit of tolerance. Personally I couldn't care less if someone wanted to do a quick prayer for someone if my office and it wouldn't bother me in the least. I would have to assume that, if I were inclined, I could mock them and ridicule them while they were doing it and they would have no objection. After all, I share that space too right?
Again, a little common courtesy is all that's really needed. I share some office space with a few other people and sometimes I have sardines at lunch. People hate the smell and so I go outside and eat. No one asked me to do this but I'm aware that it bothers them.
