Isn’t it sad when sexual content and profanity are more offensive than murder?

From kgw.com:

BEAVERTON — A local high school has canceled a play about a gay man, after the principal deemed the sexual content and the play’s use of profanity offensive.

“The Laramie Project” was in production at Southridge High School.

The play chronicles the true story of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay college student, who was killed seven years ago in Laramie, Wyoming. The production — which has been performed at schools across the country including at a Hillsboro high school — pieces together the events surrounding the killing through the reactions of numerous residents of Laramie.

Members of the theater community are charging that the play is under attack because it features a gay character — and not because its content is offensive.

Southridge High School’s principal Amy Gordon could not be reached for comment.

At Century High School in Hillsboro, theater instructor Bill Johnson said “The Laramie Project” met initial resistance from school officials. It eventually ran after profanities and one sensitive scene were removed.