Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:33:26 -0700
From: Jessea NR Greenman jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu

Regarding the below letter about the successful resolution of an issue about a Gay/Straight Alliance, The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project urges readers to write to the school and the District to support formulation of written policy permanently recognizing the right of clubs such as GSAs to meet on school property.
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the School Information

Valley High School
1140 35th St
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
Principal: Dr. Robert Brooks
Office: 515.226.2600
Fax: 515.226.2609

School District

DES MOINES REGISTER, November 20, 1998
Box 957,Des Moines, Ia., 50304
(Fax 515-286-2511 ) (E-MAIL: letters@news.dmreg.com )

LETTERS: APPLAUSE ALL AROUND VALLEY

I applaud the students of Valley High for their courage and perseverance in supporting the Gay/Straight Alliance in this time filled with homophobic hatred and harassment ("Students United in Support of Gays," Nov. 1).

I applaud the Valley High administration for realizing their mistake and once again allowing "unofficial" organizations their rightful recognition ("Valley Backs Off on Clubs," Nov. 4).

I applaud Adam Wells for expressing his Christian beliefs and yet respecting the rights of others with ideas and beliefs contrary to his own ("Equal Treatment" letter to the editor, Nov. 9).

Maybe there is hope that we will one day live in this world of diversity and turly be able to show respect for all.

-- Elaine Imlau, 1340 45th, Des Moines; co-chair, GLSEN Central Iowa.

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Jessea NR Greenman, jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu
"Talk does not cook rice." Chinese proverb.

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