Interesting story, I grew up not too far from this high school. I'm glad the Christian students on campus stood up for themselves. It seems that it is fine for Gay groups to protest and show their "pride", but when Christians do so, they are viewed as hateful....
The NBC story at least is pretty neutral on topic, although they have a lot more pictures of the pro-gay T-shirts.
From NBC5CHICAGO -- Several students at a suburban high school wore contrasting T-shirts Tuesday in support of and against gay tolerance, but some students and school officials had differing views on whether it created a problem.
Updated Images: T-Shirts Cause Controversy School spokesman David Thieman said the T-shirts did not create any problems."The day is off to a normal school. We're not expecting to have any major issues or disruptions. H.F. High School is a three-time blue ribbon award-winning school and we've been recognized nationally because we are diverse," Thieman said.There were no visible signs of conflict outside the school, Vatis reported, and security officers were posted on the campus. Students who tried to speak with the media were guided away, Vatis reported.Vatis spoke with two staff members of the student newspaper, Voyager, who gave a much different account of the scene inside the school."There was pretty much chaos in my first class -- students wearing the God T-shirts and students wearing the 'Gay Fine By Me' T-shirts," student Joe Maloney said. "Students (were) arguing with each other about the justification for wearing the T-shirts.""People who had gotten along in the past, and seeing each other in these different shirts saying, 'What's wrong with me? Do you have a problem with me?" student Sara McKee said.But school officials maintained that any disruptions would not be tolerated."Should there be a disruption we will immediately take the appropriate action to remedy it, but so far, normal school day, business as usual," Thieman said.Members of the Christian group said their campaign wasn't in opposition to the other campaign, but was instead a promotion of their own beliefs.
