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LESS THAN ZERO TOLERANCE: Sharon Huff got a call that her son, Marcus, 7,
had said a "bad word" at his Lafayette, La., school. When he got home, a note from his teacher at Ernest Gallet Elementary informed her Marcus had used the word "gay" to describe his mother, who is a lesbian. Marcus was sentenced to in-school suspension and forced to write "I will never use the word 'gay' in school again" for an hour. He was also made to write a "behavior contract" about what he did wrong. "I sed bad wurds," he wrote, and in the future he should "cep my mouf shut." After a public outroar, school Superintendent James Easton declared "An apology is not due" to Marcus or his mother. (Washington Post) ...No apology for punishing him for telling the truth, and no apology for not teaching him how to write.
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