Indiana HS students put on LGBTQ-themed play themselves after it's canceled by the school,raise $84k

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After their principal canceled a gender-bent, LGBTQ version of Robin Hood, high school students in Indiana took matters into their own hands and put on the play themselves. Stella Brewer-Vartanian, one of the student producers, speaks to Yasmin Vossoughian about how they pulled it off in a matter of weeks, and the former teacher that helped make it a reality. "Sometimes all it takes is just a few people standing up and saying this is not right, and we're not going to let it happen."

Indiana high school students raise $84,000 to put on LGBT play with gay, 'nonbinary characters': 'Not a man'

High school students in Indiana raised $84,000 to put on a pro-LGBT play — "Marian: or The True Tale of Robin Hood" — despite reported protests from community members and parents.

The students put on the performance, which The Washington Post called a "gender-bending tale," at an outdoor theater outside of school grounds. The play had previously been canceled after "LGBTQ storylines drew complaints from parents, spurring Carroll High School to cancel ‘Marian’ in February out of concern for students’ safety," per the report.

Some scenes that especially caused controversy were when a female character reportedly confesses her love for another woman, and another character "declares they are nonbinary two scenes later."

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The Post reported that the "LGBTQ storylines drew complaints from parents," including from Kaye Niman, who identified herself as a pastor's wife.


"What we believe in is what the Bible says, and the Bible says that homosexuality is a sin," Niman said.

"It’s forgivable, don’t get me wrong, it’s forgivable and we love them, but nevertheless … I applaud whoever made the decision to not have this play go on," she told the students.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/indiana-high-school-students-raise-84000-to-put-on-lgbt-play-with-gay-nonbinary-characters-not-a-man/ar-AA1bWqiT

[Backseat Driver]

1. Those heroic students - Good on them! 84K - just wow! n/t

[republianmushroom]

2. I like it

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. me too.

[Deuxcents]

4. Good on these kids..just their determination is a lesson in itself. 👏

The plus is the money they raised! I have an idea they’ll put it to good use

[grantcart]

5. Don't they realize that the more forbidden it is the more attractive they make it.

[Tetrachloride]

6. I notice: Love the sinner theme from the right winger

and hate the sin.

I am so sorry to cancel your work. But i am not sorry.

Gods work.

insert sarcasm and ironic emoticons

[progressoid]

7. Excellent!

[AllaN01Bear]

8. hem. bravo on the kids . and up ur noze with a rubber hose to the " pastors wife ",

so called. peerhaps you should read the sep clause of the constitituiton and a followup treaty that says plainly that we are not and i underline not a christian nation.i hope the kids spend the monies well

[regnaD kciN]

9. Dear "Pastor's Wife"...

There’s not a single passage in the Bible that says homosexuality is a sin.

Sincerely,
Someone who’s actually read it

[Skittles]

10. WAY TO GO

stick it to the bigots!

[NowISeetheLight]

11. Good... and some clarity

First off. Good for these kids. Second, this quote always gets me going.

""What we believe in is what the Bible says, and the Bible says that homosexuality is a sin," Niman said."

Actually, if you get it correct, it's homosexual sex not being homosexual. Both are BS anyway but if you want to interpret the Bible like a bigot at least be correct about it.

[crickets]

12. Wow, this was a heavy lift given the money involved.

Good for the students for their perserverance, and kudos to the adults who helped them pull it off.