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When a couple was caught kissing in the halls of California's Santiago High School, school administrators, following their rules, notified the parents. For their courtesy to Mom and Dad, the school district got sued. Why? The students self-identify as lesbians, and one of the girls was outed to her mom.The American Civil Liberties Union and the Gay Straight Alliance Network brought the federal suit, claiming the girls were disciplined because they were gay. Judge James Selna disagreed, saying the discipline, "was not motivated … by sexual orientation.""Schools have a right to set rules for public displays of affection, and they have a right to enforce these rules with appropriate discipline," said Kevin Snider of the Pacific Justice Institute. "If the student had won in this case, that would have undermined the Bill of Rights. It's not surprising in many ways that the ACLU once again shows its confusion over due process rights."Melissa Fryrear, director of the gender issues department at Focus on the Family, said she wasn't surprised that gay activists took up the case."We know that one of the common tactics is to try to make people involved in homosexuality look like victims," she said. "Thankfully, in this case the judge saw through that charade."Gay activists cannot have it both ways, to be considered a special class at whim whenever it does or does not benefit them."As in the days of Noah...
