A Florida high school has brought itself national ridicule after suspending a 18 year old student who reportedly was being bullied after word got out that he was performing in gay porn - reportedly to earn money to assist his financially strapped mother. I'm not applauding the young man's job choice, but why wasn't the school punishing the bullies instead of the victim? Sadly, turning a blind eye to bullying seems to be the norm with school administrators, especially in states like Virginia where the anti-bullying laws are little better than a joke if they are enforced at all. Huffington Post looks at the uproar at Cocoa High School in Brevard County, Florida. Note how the assholes at the school define being gay as "a lifestyle choice." Here are highlights:
A story made its rounds on the Internet this weekend after a Florida high school allegedly suspended senior Robert Marucci when the principal discovered the student had appeared in multiple gay porn movies on popular site Sean Cody.
Originally reported through Reddit, the poster claimed that Marucci had been severely bullied after his classmates discovered his after-school job, causing school administrators to allegedly suspend him for "causing a campus disturbance." This suspension would reportedly have meant that Marucci would be unable to graduate due to an automatic "failure from absences," according to the Daily Mail.
The move by the educational institution sparked outrage on social media, causing students to rally behind Marucci through Facebook groups and campus demonstrations.
Now, Click Orlando is reporting that following an investigation school administers are allowing Marucci to return to school grounds -- though they reportedly won't give an exact reason for the suspension, citing privacy laws.
“It’s easy to become emotional about a situation when it looks like a student is being targeted for his lifestyle choices, that is not the case here,” school district spokeswoman Michelle Irwin told reporters. “We will continue to work with the student and his family to make sure he graduates and moves on with his education.”
Marucci's mother, Melyssa Lieb, however, told reporters that she believes her son's work in adult films is why school administrators suspended him.
"She [Dr. Sullivan] flat out told me that my son was expelled not just suspended," she reportedly stated. "He was expelled due to his explicit, adult, lifestyle career."
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