This is funny stuff. The below Daily Herald reader wrote in to the paper sharing his opinion that a gay-straight alliance should not be approved at Provo High School because it wouldn’t have been in the 1940s.

Taxpayers shouldn’t pay bill for gay-straight alliance

When I went to high school in the early ’40s, we never suggested at any time having a gay club at our high school because we knew it wouldn’t be tolerated in our schools. After reading about the gay club at Provo High School, as a taxpayer supporting education I am thoroughly disgusted. I just hope they aren’t using my money to support that gay club in any way, shape or form. What happened to the good old days when the principals and teachers were supported in making the rules and giving our children a good quality education?

Elvin Loader,

Provo

Some reasons we can be thankful “the good old days” are gone:
the end of segregation
homosexuality removed from the APA’s list of psychiatric disorders
the U.S. Supreme Court striking down state laws banning abortion

Previous news on the story of a gay-straight alliance at Provo High School:
10/11/05 A Provo High gay club?
10/16/05 Gay-Straight Alliance club to be founded at Provo High School despite heated opposition

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