Even though he gave me several detentions, Eddy Walker was the best high school prinicipal I have ever dealt with. It crazy how a little minority of students outted a principal who benefited the majority. Gay students had the same benefits as straight. There werent any clubs based on straight students. And no gay students were ever unsafe at that school. If they felt unsafe, that was just their inner anxieties and insecurities.
I'm just glad that our country built and founded by fathers under God are now tolerating exactly what our God called sin.Unbelievable.
People who disagree with the lifestyle don't have to be bigoted or condemning, which happens way to much (hence the tearing down of the poster). But they can respond in love, as their God did when he sent his son to this earth to love people dispite their sin.
I struggle with many things that I need God to deliver me from.
@mdsnyder Wasn't founded on Christianity. Absolutely not. The gay community will get their rights as they deserve, and you will fade into the background. Enjoy the shadows.
@mdsnyder God does not respond in love you fool, Leviticus "20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." God HATES gay people. God has NO place in schools or in the minds of anyone with a brain.
im not hateful torwards gays and but i believe that there shouldnt be a club that is based on a sex preference. but also the way the club was brought up was immature. one of the administrators said that if the name was changed to the "tolerance club" and promoted tolerance to everyone the administrator and eddie would allow the club into irmo high school.
eddie isnt descrimonating. he is only doing what he thinks is right for a safe educational environment.
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its funny when they were promoting gay & straight alliance at our school, and put up a poster promoting it. A whole shit load of us ripped it down and tore it up. They shut down the idea.
hey this is tommy gordon, the first speaker in the video, thanks for putting this up on youtube. but i would advise you to disable comments because you start to get ones like from andman342 that are very hateful and disrispectful towards people. youtube is not a place to spread ignorant hate speech one videos that you don't agree with. but again thanks for putting this up.
Hi Tommy. I thought about disabling the comments, but I think it's healthy to know what's on people's minds - even if we disagree. Unless we know what we're up against (we being the people who work for civil and human rights) how can we fight the good fight? I may change my mind if this it gets truly nasty, but this video, which is also posted on the Progressive Network's YouTube channel, has generated some positive responses, too. So let's let it ride for now and see what happens.
@CaptainSpaulding123 I find it very very insulting to the gay community that you would put "God loves all of his children" on a sign and wave it around at a PRO-gay/straight alliance rally. According to the Bible, God does NOT love gays, and writes very clearly that in Leviticus "20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." Don't INSULT yourself by putting God in it
@CaptainSpaulding123 No, it should not be censored. We need to hear the foolish drivel from Christian tongues so that people can educate themselves as to how evil and intrinsically insidious Christianity and the other major religions are. How DARE they put a hateful "God" in with equality. God does NOT promote equality, God promotes HATE. I am deeply offended as a bisexual person. Wake the FUCK up America
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fucking gays at irmo high have to go and fuck everything up making a club for it...? wtf go and be gay some where else dont be gay and proud at fucking school...and i think eddie walker is smart for leaving irmo b/c of it dont support those god damn gays
as a rising senior at irmo high school. Eddie walker is the best principal irmo has ever had and will have..he cares for every student he knows everybodys name and is the friendlest guy...he didnt want to make it a big deal but you people think its all about your rights and now a great man loses his job for standing up in what he believes in..the school is not the place for this club..and now this brings up second guessing FCA club this is out of hand should have never started leave walker alone
A 2007 national survey of middle and high school students revealed that nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students (86.2%) experienced harassment at school in the past year, three-fifths (60.8%) felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation and about a third (32.7%) skipped a day of school in the past month because of feeling unsafe.
That is why a GSA is needed. It's the harassment that has no place in the school, not the support that a GSA offers.
@mulinlin7 Hey, can you tell me where you got those stats? I need as many stats like those so that I can use them in an action research plan for grad school. My goal is to make diversity training mandatory for faculty and staff
@kbowersk2 The GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) website. They have a whole section of research on LGBTQ youth in schools. They actually just published another school climate survey from 2009 like the one I was talking about from 2007.
Even though he gave me several detentions, Eddy Walker was the best high school prinicipal I have ever dealt with. It crazy how a little minority of students outted a principal who benefited the majority. Gay students had the same benefits as straight. There werent any clubs based on straight students. And no gay students were ever unsafe at that school. If they felt unsafe, that was just their inner anxieties and insecurities.
scginda803 1 year ago
thats my best friend tommy!!
dadibbels1 2 years ago
Its amazing how some people care enough to do something about it. Especially to the straight ones. I wish they had a GSA here in my HS.
JKiNG945 2 years ago
this is gay i lived in irmo
803Balla 2 years ago
this tolerance is so sad...so sad....
I'm just glad that our country built and founded by fathers under God are now tolerating exactly what our God called sin.Unbelievable.
People who disagree with the lifestyle don't have to be bigoted or condemning, which happens way to much (hence the tearing down of the poster). But they can respond in love, as their God did when he sent his son to this earth to love people dispite their sin.
I struggle with many things that I need God to deliver me from.
mdsnyder 3 years ago
you are a huge fool
soundchildissexy 2 years ago
@mdsnyder Wasn't founded on Christianity. Absolutely not. The gay community will get their rights as they deserve, and you will fade into the background. Enjoy the shadows.
XforeverlongingX 1 year ago
@mdsnyder God does not respond in love you fool, Leviticus "20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." God HATES gay people. God has NO place in schools or in the minds of anyone with a brain.
XforeverlongingX 1 year ago
i like cats, anyone here like cats?
buttonstheturtl 3 years ago
@buttonstheturtl I fucking love cats!
TheSleazySaint 1 year ago
im not hateful torwards gays and but i believe that there shouldnt be a club that is based on a sex preference. but also the way the club was brought up was immature. one of the administrators said that if the name was changed to the "tolerance club" and promoted tolerance to everyone the administrator and eddie would allow the club into irmo high school.
eddie isnt descrimonating. he is only doing what he thinks is right for a safe educational environment.
Teddrick3344 3 years ago
its not a 'gay club'
note the name: gay-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
its all about tolerance
soundchildissexy 2 years ago
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its funny when they were promoting gay & straight alliance at our school, and put up a poster promoting it. A whole shit load of us ripped it down and tore it up. They shut down the idea.
dhfdfhdfh 3 years ago
What's funnier is a bigot and thug being proud of it. Unreal.
edbex 3 years ago
@dhfdfhdfh yeah but he's a wannabe tough guy, will never be a real tough guy
XforeverlongingX 1 year ago
hey this is tommy gordon, the first speaker in the video, thanks for putting this up on youtube. but i would advise you to disable comments because you start to get ones like from andman342 that are very hateful and disrispectful towards people. youtube is not a place to spread ignorant hate speech one videos that you don't agree with. but again thanks for putting this up.
peace, love, and equality
-Tommy Gordon
CaptainSpaulding123 3 years ago
Hi Tommy. I thought about disabling the comments, but I think it's healthy to know what's on people's minds - even if we disagree. Unless we know what we're up against (we being the people who work for civil and human rights) how can we fight the good fight? I may change my mind if this it gets truly nasty, but this video, which is also posted on the Progressive Network's YouTube channel, has generated some positive responses, too. So let's let it ride for now and see what happens.
edbex 3 years ago
alright. good point.
=]
CaptainSpaulding123 3 years ago
@CaptainSpaulding123 I find it very very insulting to the gay community that you would put "God loves all of his children" on a sign and wave it around at a PRO-gay/straight alliance rally. According to the Bible, God does NOT love gays, and writes very clearly that in Leviticus "20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." Don't INSULT yourself by putting God in it
XforeverlongingX 1 year ago
@CaptainSpaulding123 No, it should not be censored. We need to hear the foolish drivel from Christian tongues so that people can educate themselves as to how evil and intrinsically insidious Christianity and the other major religions are. How DARE they put a hateful "God" in with equality. God does NOT promote equality, God promotes HATE. I am deeply offended as a bisexual person. Wake the FUCK up America
XforeverlongingX 1 year ago
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fucking gays at irmo high have to go and fuck everything up making a club for it...? wtf go and be gay some where else dont be gay and proud at fucking school...and i think eddie walker is smart for leaving irmo b/c of it dont support those god damn gays
andman342 3 years ago
as a rising senior at irmo high school. Eddie walker is the best principal irmo has ever had and will have..he cares for every student he knows everybodys name and is the friendlest guy...he didnt want to make it a big deal but you people think its all about your rights and now a great man loses his job for standing up in what he believes in..the school is not the place for this club..and now this brings up second guessing FCA club this is out of hand should have never started leave walker alone
irmosprincess00 3 years ago
A 2007 national survey of middle and high school students revealed that nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students (86.2%) experienced harassment at school in the past year, three-fifths (60.8%) felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation and about a third (32.7%) skipped a day of school in the past month because of feeling unsafe.
That is why a GSA is needed. It's the harassment that has no place in the school, not the support that a GSA offers.
mulinlin7 3 years ago 3
@mulinlin7 Hey, can you tell me where you got those stats? I need as many stats like those so that I can use them in an action research plan for grad school. My goal is to make diversity training mandatory for faculty and staff
kbowersk2 8 months ago
@kbowersk2 The GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) website. They have a whole section of research on LGBTQ youth in schools. They actually just published another school climate survey from 2009 like the one I was talking about from 2007.
mulinlin7 8 months ago
wow, didn't expect this in the US...
diabloiyab 3 years ago