River Valley alumni's anti-gay mencement speech sparks outrage

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A Florida high school graduate says he was told not to say "gay" his graduatn speech. So he said "curly hair" stead.

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'I FELT LIKE CRYG': ANTI-GAY MENCEMENT SPEECH AT OH HIGH SCHOOL SPARKS OUTRAGE

The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair. * anti gay graduation speech *

MARION, Oh — Public outrage ensued followg a Friday graduatn ceremony Oh where an alumni speaker nmned homosexual relatnships his mencement McGuire enuraged the graduat of River Valley High School to pursue the "Biblil prcipl" of only romantic relatnships between a man and a openg his speech by enuragg the graduat of the public school Oh's Marn County to spend time "learng God's word, " McGuire ma the followg ment about relatnships:"Choose a spoe, I suggt. Although River Valley High School has ma the vio of the graduatn ceremony private, the district ma public a full transcript of the speech along wh an official statement the admistratn origally sent as and email to graduatg senrs and their parents Florida:'Curly hair' be for gay Florida high school grad speech after senr says he was censored In the statement, the district clarifi that McGuire was speakg on his own acrd and not on behalf of the district. High school grad uldn't say 'gay' speech, so he did this stead.

The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair. Moricz me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy. Senr Class Print Zanr Moricz was tapped wh givg a mencement speech at Pe View School Osprey, Fla., but was given a rtrictn not normally attached to such an openly gay activist who is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast a new state law that rtricts what teachers n say class about genr and sexual orientatn, the teenager said publicly that he had been warned by his prcipal not to mentn his activism or say the word “gay.

A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

Kelsey Whealy, a spokwoman for Sarasota County Schools, said a May 10 email that Pe View’s prcipal “did meet wh Zanr Moricz to remd him of the ceremony expectatns” but did not say he had been told not to say “gay. ”The Parental Rights Edutn bill — which crics have labeled the “don’t say gay” bill — was signed March 28 by Florida Gov.

TOLD NOT TO SAY ‘GAY’ GRADUATN SPEECH, HE MA HIS POT ANYWAY

The law go to effect July platiffs the lawsu allege that the law harms LGBTQ stunts and fai and vlat their First Amendment right to eedom of speech, as well as their nstutnal right to equal protectn unr the n watch Moricz’s speech here:florida high school class print zanr moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” his grad speech, so he replaced gay wh “havg curly hair. 48 hours later, 10, 000 Say Gay stickers were claimed across Florida. Public outrage ensued followg the River Valley graduatn ceremony after alumni speaker Jim McGuire nmned homosexual relatnships Friday his mencement speech.

Divi worsens after 'Don't Say Gay, ' report saysPri Month:This is Ameri: The dualy of Pri MonthAfter openg his speech by enuragg the graduat to spend time "learng God's word, " McGuire ma the followg ment about relatnships:"Choose a spoe, I suggt.

' I FELT LIKE CRYG.' RIVER VALLEY ALUMNI'S ANTI-GAY MENCEMENT SPEECH SPARKS OUTRAGE

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