Love Rules by Marilyn Reynolds

Author:Marilyn Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBT; Gay straight allies; Friendship; Sexual identity
Publisher: New Wind Publishing
Published: 2017-08-18T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

16

My head is spinning. Somehow Maxwell is shifting every­thing around so it’s like we’re the ones who were out of line!

“I warned Mr. Cordova and Mrs. Saunders we were asking for trouble if we let this homosexual club meet on campus!”

“In all respect, Mr. Maxwell, it isn’t a ‘homosexual’ club,” Woodsy says. “It’s a gay/straight student alliance.”

“Whatever you call it, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, chances are it’s a duck,” he says, giving Kit a long look. “I understand Frankie Sanchez is the president of the club?”

Woodsy shrugs her shoulders and turns to Kit, who nods her head.

“Walks like a duck, then,” Mr. Maxwell says, smirking.

Woodsy catches her breath. Straightens. She’s sitting at least a foot away from me, but I can feel her reaction as if we were side by side, touching.

“The issue here is one of extreme, pornographic harassment of a group of students against another student.”

“Ms. Woods, girls, let’s be sensible. As I said when I reluc­tantly, against my better judgment, allowed this new group to

meet on our campus, we were opening a can of worms. You can’t have students flaunting their total disregard for tried and true mainstream values without getting a reaction from those who uphold our American way of life.”

“This harassment is not our American way of life, Mr. Maxwell,” Woodsy says, picking up the dildo and slamming it down on the desk in front of him. “These acts are against the law! The American law!”

“So is spitting in the street, but let’s face it, it happens. Now think about it. This little group should go back to meeting at Sojourner High School, and save their outlandish dress for somewhere besides this campus. Then things such as this simply wouldn’t happen,” he says, indicating the reports and dildo on his desk top.

“Mr. Maxwell, the issue is what these boys have done! It’s not about how people dress.”

“I beg to differ. These students call attention to themselves with their extreme dress, bizarre hair styles, flamboyant manner­isms—these things incite . . .”

“We have to take action to ensure the safety of all of our students, Mr. Maxwell, no matter how they dress or wear their hair.”

Woodsy points to a thick book sitting on the shelf behind Maxwell’s desk. “If you will hand me your copy of the education code . . .”

“I need no instruction from you in the contents of the ed code! Of course I will take action to ensure the safety of our students. Katherine and Lynn, I’ll call your parents to come pick you up. Stay home on Monday. That will give things a chance to settle.”

“I have a test on Monday,” Kit says.

“I’ll arrange for you to make it up,” Mr. Maxwell says.

“Are you suspending these girls?”

“Nothing official, of course.”

“If you’re telling them they can’t come to school on Monday, it sounds like a suspension,” Woodsy says.

“It’s an informal suspension. None of this will go into their records,” he says, as if he’s doing us a big favor.

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