An article in the New Zealand Herald reports of a school, Ponce de Leon High School in Florida, whose principal engaged in a "witch hunt" against homosexual and lesbian students. The incident was initiated when a lesbian girl complained to the principal of harassment based upon her sexuality. His response was, in the words of the New Zealand Herald, "[to tell] her homosexuality is wrong,[to out] her to her parents and [to order] her to stay away from children."

Recently, the California Supreme Court overturned legislation that put an effective ban on gay marriage. Some of the first couples were married in the last few days.

Naturally, this has created quite a stir, and these couples' newfound civil rights hang precariously upon a proposed amendment to the California constitution. This amendment would etch into the highest legal writ in the Golden State that marriage is a union of a man and a woman.