School crowns gay homecoming couple, gets backlash

An awesome incident happened recently a San Diego high school:

 

Unfortunately some ignorant people are now trying to taint this event.

A local high school is being bombarded with phone calls and emails after students elected a lesbian couple to be homecoming king and queen this weekend, the district superintendent said Monday.

"I am disappointed that this happy and positive event has recieved national media coverage," Superintendent Bill Kowba said in a statement, "Which has attracted what I can only call a slew of hate calls and emails."

Friday, students at Patrick Henry High School elected senior Rebeca Arellano homecoming king. Then on Saturday night at the school's homecoming dance, Arrellano's girlfriend, Haileigh Adams, was crowned homecoming queen.

The non-traditional choice for homecoming king attracted international attention. Stories about it on online websites have attracted hundreds of comments. They have also prompted some very ugly responses directly to the school, which is in San Diego's suburban San Carlos neighborhood, San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Bill Kowba said.

Many of the adults who contacted the school are not residents of San Diego, and their comments were hateful and showed a lack of tolerance, Kowba said.

It's a semi-sad story. Sad in the fact that there are so many ignorant people with too much time on their hands. However, the fact remains that the couple had the support of the school from the get-go and continues to have the support of the school.

When you do something great, there is always pushback but generally this is because you are breaking barriers. These two young ladies, their peers, and the school in general should be commended not only for what they have done but for their courage in the face of such ignorance.