Gay Student's Campaign Controversy Spotlights Important Issue; Love Won Out Helps Nc Teens Who Don't Embrace Their Same-Sex Attractions

U.S. Newswire › April 27, 2004

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- North Carolina is abuzz today with talk of whether a gay Raleigh high school student can make his sexual orientation an issue in his campaign for student body president. The controversy spotlights Focus on the Family's reasons for bringing its Love Won Out conference to Raleigh's Crossroads Fellowship on June 12.

The case of 17-year-old Jarred Gamwell has made headlines all across the Tar Heel State: His principal at James B. Hunt Jr. High School forbade him from advertising his bid for office with posters proclaiming that "Gay Guys Know Everything" and "Queer Guy for Hunt High." Media coverage has focused on Gamwell's decision to sue the school -- and in doing so has missed a much more important issue, according to Mike Haley, manager of the gender issues department at Focus on the Family and Love Won Out conference host.

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Gay Student's Campaign Controversy Spotlights Important Issue; Love Won Out Helps Nc Teens Who Don't Embrace Their Same-Sex Attractions

"The sad truth is that there are thousands of boys and girls in schools across North Carolina and the country...

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