Wichita School District Defends Publication of High School Editorial Citing Verses from Leviticus!

The Wichita School District is defending the publication of a student editorial in the Wichita East High School paper that said same-sex relationships are not normal and cited verses from Leviticus that the author claimed suggested gays would be put to death.

An online petition calling on the school to retract the editorial has more than 1200 signers.

LGBT groups that were planning a press conference in response to the editorial canceled it yesterday following the school's statement about the issue, which read, in part:

"East High Principal Ken Thiessen met with members of his school’s student organization representing students with alternative lifestyles, explained the circumstances leading to publication of this student opinion, and invited students with a different viewpoint to respond with their own opinion piece."

Read the student editorial HERE.