Local School Board Member Accused Of Using Gay Slur
POSTED: 5:46 pm EST November 17,
2006
UPDATED: 6:22 pm EST November 17,
2006
A local school board member accused of using a gay slur when referring to a school organization is being asked to apologize. A national gay rights group is targeting the vice president of the Ambridge Area School Board for making anti-gay remarks in public.The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is asking school Boardmember William Scherfel to apologize."He referred to the gay-straight alliance at the high school as a sex club initially," said GLSEN member Tom Weise. "And then when he was asked to apologize, he called it 'fags.'"
The group is coming to the aid of the gay-straight alliance at Ambridge Area High School and is stunned and angered by the alleged remarks.Weise said the alleged remarks underscore a disturbing trend towards gay and lesbian members of student body groups across the state.The superintendent for the school district said it is a matter out of his jurisdiction, because it involves a board member and not an administrative staff member or teacher.
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