North Carolina High School Cancels Play With Gay Scene for 'Sexually-Explicit Overtones'



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North Carolina High School Cancels Play With Gay Scene for 'Sexually-Explicit Overtones'

53-5-K_a3jrgB8cRuJZfSKFAfSyyOKmo9eL7g5Ea0b0Though in 2010, it became the most widely-produced play among American High Schools, “Almost, Maine” has been cancelled due to opposition at a North Carolina high school, Maiden High School. The play is made up of nine vignettes about love, and one of the vignettes is about a gay couple

According to WSOC, “some parents and area churches complained”  about the play. The school then decided “Almost, Maine” was too controversial, cancelling it. In a statement on the decision, the school’s Principal Rob Bliss (pictured) cited “sexually-explicit overtones and multiple sexual innuendos that are not aligned with our mission and educational objectives.”

According to a Maiden student, Conner Baker, who spoke with ThinkProgress, the students had already paid for rights to produce the play — a cool $300. The show had already auditioned and was in rehearsals.


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www.towleroad.com/2014/10/north-carolina-high-school-cancels-play-with-gay-scene-for-sexually-explicit-overtones-2.html


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