Another lawsuit
May 15, 2007
I was on AOL today and there was an article about some poor little 8th grader who, along with her grandparents, is suing her school over a movie that was shown in class. It was “Brokeback Mountain” and most of us know what that movie is about. Now, as a parent, I can see why this girl and her family are outraged. It was shown by a substitute teacher. It was not on the agenda of the regular teacher and the administration claims that they didn’t know that it was going to be shown. As a parent I would also not want an R rated movie shown to my child without my permission, and there was allegedly none given in this instance. What I am not understanding, though, is the claim that they need $500,000 for pain and suffering as well as emotional stress. The grandparents claim that there was severe psychological harm done to their granddaughter and that they could barely cover her medical expenses. I have had to discuss some things with my 7 year old nephew that were a little uncomfortable. I would hope that these grandparents would be able to sit down with their teen granddaughter and talk about homosexuality and then relate it to their beliefs instead of suing and putting her in therapy. They claim that it is against their religion and that is fine. The grandfather has also complained in the past about cuss words in books that his granddaughter has to read. Again, as a mom I can see why he wouldn’t want his granddaughter around these things,, but once she is in the real world she will hear this stuff everywhere. I think that he should talk with her about these things instead of trying to get rid of it everywhere, especially if he is the only one complaining about it. That is part of our jobs as adults-to teach these children as best as we can before they go into the real world and learn it from someone else. I just hope that by saying that it’s against their religion to watch/read this stuff this family doesn’t take up court time or taxpayer money to get their point across.
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