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Originally posted by Russ D
Just to clarify - I didn't intend to start this thread to discuss people's sexual orientation, it's more about hypocracy and double standards..... 
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I realise some of my posts have drifted that way. It isn't my intention to drag this thread in that direction.
I just can't see how a school with an entry requirment of being gay is going to work in practice. At least with a school for "fat people" it's absolutely obvious one someone is fat (unless you try to distinguish just being overweight rather than obese). How are they going to determine whether the applicant is gay? Will there be an entrance exam? (and now I'm being facetious)
To take the other side of the argument, no-one kicks up a fuss over schools take are just for boys/girls/Christians/Jews/Muslims/etc. Is the principle of this any different? Although that type is segregation doesn't tend to be implemented to reduce bullying.
This does seem to be very much a case of tackling the cause rather than the symptoms. Surely the better option would be to stamp out the bullying - through education of tolerance (not to be confused with promotion of homosexuality), and tolerance of all our differences - so that no child whether black/white/fat/skinny/gay/straight/whatever feels the need to go to a separate school.