School Pulls Student
Paper
Over Gay Group's Ad
By AP from nbc10.com
from the Web, December 10, 2005
LAMPETER, Pa. Dec.9 -- A high
school newspaper in Lancaster County was pulled by school administrators because
of an advertisement by a gay and lesbian support group.
The Limelight, Lampeter-Strasburg High School's paper, was held for two weeks
before being distributed without the ad.
Administrators say they recalled 1,200 copies of the paper because of an
advertisement by the group Common Roads.
The small ad informed students of weekly meetings of an adult-supervised support
group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youths.
The Limelight was reprinted without the ad and distributed last week.
The student editor said it's a case of discrimination and he's collecting
signatures on a protest petition he plans to present to the school board.
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