Wyoming SD Bans Anti-Hate Banners
School board members in Platte County’s School District 1 have declined to reconsider their
decision to ban banners promoting an anti-discrimination campaign because a gay rights group is helping sponsor the program. More than 50 parents, students and area residents packed the board’s Monday night meeting in Wheatland, many there to ask the board to reconsider its vote to pull the “No Place for Hate” banners from local schools. The program from the Anti-Defamation League is designed to teach young people about tolerance and respecting differences. District administrators removed the banners after parents and school board members raised concern because the banners list the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado as a sponsor/
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