Private school opens arms to gay partners
One of Australia's top private schools says it is happy for its students to bring gay partners to the end-of year formal following news that a leading Brisbane school will enforce a ban on the practice.
Scotch College in Adelaide said it had no restrictions on students who want to take same-sex partners to college events and they support openly gay students.
Deputy principal Craig Rogers said the school promotes student freedoms and the students themselves are very supportive of same sex couples.
"We've had students who are openly gay and it hasn't had an effect on their happiness in the school," he said
"It's a non-issue to be honest."
However, headmaster Mark Merry from Marcellin College in Melbourne said the boys school expects students to bring a female guest or come alone.
"We would expect that it would be a female guest, being a boys school and we invite females for a gender balance," he said.
Mr Merry said the school would not allow boys to bring same-sex partners because the move would not be supported by the school community.
Deputy principal Rogers said from his previous experience at an all boys school, it would be the students who would have more problems with same sex couples than the staff.
"Sometimes I think it can be that the administration is scared of what will happen to that student," he said.
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Scotch College in Adelaide said it had no restrictions on students who want to take same-sex partners to college events and they support openly gay students.
Deputy principal Craig Rogers said the school promotes student freedoms and the students themselves are very supportive of same sex couples.
"We've had students who are openly gay and it hasn't had an effect on their happiness in the school," he said
"It's a non-issue to be honest."
However, headmaster Mark Merry from Marcellin College in Melbourne said the boys school expects students to bring a female guest or come alone.
"We would expect that it would be a female guest, being a boys school and we invite females for a gender balance," he said.
Mr Merry said the school would not allow boys to bring same-sex partners because the move would not be supported by the school community.
Deputy principal Rogers said from his previous experience at an all boys school, it would be the students who would have more problems with same sex couples than the staff.
"Sometimes I think it can be that the administration is scared of what will happen to that student," he said.
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