Education Secretary Advises School Districts on Homosexual Clubs for Students

Friday, July 08, 2011
By Penny Starr

(CNSNews.com) – Education Secretary Arne Duncan issued a “Dear Colleagues” letter on June 14 advising federally funded schools about establishing clubs on campuses, specifically Gay-Straight Alliance clubs for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

The letter was issued from the department’s Office of Civil Rights for elementary and secondary schools and was sent to all school districts in the United States, according to Jo Ann Webb, spokesperson for the Department of Education (DOE).

Webb said the school districts – the entity that oversees elementary, middle and secondary schools in a specific district in every state – will decide what schools in the district get the guidelines. the rest