Acting on intolerance
Advocate, The, March 15, 2005
Student Sabrina Audrey Jess's play Offsides had a modest two-day run at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Va., in February. Still, it caused an uproar because a high school football star grapples with being gay and kisses another boy. The school district received hundreds of e-mails, and local Republican lawmakers are denouncing its pro-gay message.
"I try to promote tolerance, in a school where there is not enough among teenagers, and am in turn flooded with the intolerance of their parents," said Jess at a Loudoun County school board meeting February 8.
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