Production of ‘Bat Boy' musical creates flap at Calif. school

[davidinalameda]

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005042930/

The spring musical at La Canada High School doesn't open until June 1, but it's already getting bad reviews -- from some parents.

Last week, detractors and supporters of "Bat Boy: The Musical," now in rehearsal, packed a meeting of the La Canada Unified School District board. Worried parents asked officials to cancel the production of the satiric comedy about a creature who is half-human, half-bat. A representative of the conservative group Focus on the Family flew in from Colorado to speak to the board, which met on the campus.

But defenders of drama teacher Gale Caswell, who outnumbered critics more than three to one, cried censorship.

[BR_Parkway]

1. FontheF? Are bats part of the gay agenda now? I missed the memo

I'm so glad these kids are standing up to these theocrats

[Richard Steele]

2. Oh, fer chrissakes...

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A couple who asked that their daughter's name not be used said she read the script because she had considered trying out for the show.

"She told me, ‘There is no way I would be in this play,' " the mother said, adding that she believed the play's themes ran counter to her daughter's values and the family's Christian faith.

In a letter addressed to the school board, the couple said that the material made their daughter "uncomfortable and fearful" and that reading the script was tantamount to sexual harassment.
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Some people just make me want to SLAP them...

[davidinalameda]

3. this has to be among the silliest things I've ever read

I can't put into words how I feel about this

these people need to get lives