About 300 people turned out Tuesday night for a Union Township school board meeting to both denounce and defend Viki Knox, the high school teacher whose anti-gay Facebook comments have ignited a robust debate over free speech, gay rights and the separation of church and state.
... representatives from Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay-rights association, attended to deliver a petition signed by 75,000 supporters calling for Knox’s firing.
... Union parent Ondria Caffey said she corresponded at length with district administrators to express her dismay over the LGBT display — weeks before she learned of Knox’s comments.
"I rely on UHS for teaching my child academics, not for what this display represents," Caffey said at the meeting.
HRC Delivers 75,000 Petitions Calling for Viki Knox's Firing
October 20, 2011 at 3:16 pm
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