This week Illinoisans were greeted with the news that the new CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, self-identifies as homosexual. Mayor Richard Daley's choice as head of the third largest school district in the nation, one that serves more than 400,000 students, has revealed both his ignorance about and involvement with sexual perversion.
This is exactly what students who already suffer from significant disadvantages don't need: a leader, and therefore role model, who affirms sexual deviance and who in his personal life volitionally engages in immoral conduct.
What a terrible example he sets, particularly for young men. I'm sure that Huberman possesses many admirable traits, but his sexual conduct is not one of them. There are no perfect people, and therefore there can be no perfect leaders, but possessing flaws and affirming immorality are two entirely different things.
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Wrong, this is exactly what students need. A leader, possible role model (although I don't imagine the "CEO of Chicago Public Schools" having much of a fan base among teenagers) who managed to get to a position of responsibility despite being a member of a much maligned minority. I say, kudos to the guy and mayor Daley.
On that note a shout out to our friends in Iceland who have just voted the first openly lesbian prime minister into office, and also to the cities of Berlin, Germany and Hamburg, Germany who both keep re-electing their openly homosexual mayors. (The latter one is a staunch conservative, no less)
Frankly, if the man is competent in his job, then his sexual conduct, as long as he is discrete, is none of your fucking business.
So the guy up at the very top, who no child will ever meet or probablty even know he exists, cant have bthe job cause he's gay. Even if we pretend for a moment the people whining about children being taught gay is okay wherent flaming bigots, theirs no teaching going on here. their complaining that a dirty faggot was given any job at all instead of being beatdown like these people want.
Really, it's the fundies who should be banned from positions of authority on ethical grounds. The head of a school system is responsible for the education of all students, not just the heterosexual Protestants. And given the quite strong fundie track record of terrorism (assault, rape, and murder used as weapons of intimidation) directed at groups who are represented among students in public schools, it's just not morally defensible to put a member of a terrorist-affiliated group in charge of these students' education.
@Doctor Whom: Funny you should say that. Only this morning I was thinking "if I ever have children I really want them to be educated in an inner-city school in an American metropolis, ideally one with a massive drug and weapons problem". But then again, I don't really like children ;-)
Sex in Illinois?
"Sex Scandal Ends Ryan Senate Bid"
"An Illinois principal, a teacher, and a teacher's aide at a suburban elementary school quit amid allegations they were caught on video having sex in the principal's office"
"Kathryn Vail-Wesley, 22, a teacher at Chicago Hope Academy in Chicago, Illinois has been charged with five counts of criminal sexual assault involving a 17-year-old male student"
"David Cameron, a former teacher at Brehm Prep School in Carbondale, Illinois has pleaded guilty to sex acts with a child"
And nary a gay one among them
Dear Ms. Higgins,
Please provide evidence of immoral conduct, sexual deviance, sexual perversion, and ignorance on the part of Mr. Huberman. Let me emphasize that I am requesting evidence - verifiable proof - not your beliefs and morals nor those of your friends and acquaintances.
Proof, please, or shut the fuck up.
Thank you.
What the man does in his bedroom has no bearing whatsoever on his ability to do the job in question. His job as chief administrator of the Chicago public schools system isn't to be a role model for the thousands of students who will remain oblivious to his existance, his job is to run the school system and his sexuality has no effect on that.
Now I understand what you are really trying to say, however covertly, It's that you don't think that homosexuals who are open and honest about their sexual orientation should be allowed to work or participate in any office or function that affords them the least amount of respectability or public exposure. Period. You want them all to stay in the closet, or preferably, not exist in the first place. You would rather have them hidden away so they don't upset you delicite sensibilities. You don't have a solution, you are not part of a solution, you are the problem , your mindset is the problem.
[What a terrible example he sets, particularly for young men.]
Actually, it's people like you who set a terrible example. People shouldn't be a afriad to be who they are. If a young person is gay, let them be gay. They shouldn't have to suppress who they are to keep you happy.
He's only homosexual.
Lets ignore all the real perverts and pedos around our children....
This just totally proves that she and her organization just plain hate gay people, in any context.
And, of course, I don't think many teens are going to pattern their lives based on that of the school superintendent.
400,000 pupils? Hell, woman, he can never get to that many, no matter how hard he tries.
...has revealed both his ignorance about and involvement with sexual perversion.
If he's an out gay man, I doubt he's ignorant of how to have sex.
Confused?
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