# Lesbians chosen high school's "cutest couple" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434 "2002-12-17T22:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/1 "2002-12-17T22:36:19Z")
I just wanted to share a [story](http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=7224&sd=12/17/02) that made me smile. And recognize the wisdom of a teen: > [@](#): > > “This isn’t 1952 anymore. I think people need to realize there are different people everywhere,” said Rachel Urban, a 17-year-old Crete-Monee senior. “If 15- and 17-year-olds are mature enough to handle this, the rest of the country can.” Sometimes the future looks bright. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/2 "2002-12-17T22:40:11Z")
It’ll be even brighter when a story like this is not newsworthy… …but you’re right. Kids kick ass sometimes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/3 "2002-12-17T22:50:00Z")
Just make sure it’s for the right reasons. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/4 "2002-12-17T22:51:40Z")
Similiar thing occured in NH last year. Families knew of the relationship, though. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/5 "2002-12-17T23:04:01Z")
Awwwww. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![B.Pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@B.Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Pants)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/6 "2002-12-17T23:09:36Z")
That story gave me my warm-fuzzy-feeling-fix for the day. Thanks, **Homebrew**. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/7 "2002-12-18T00:25:33Z")
I’m bookmarking this for whenever someone tries to tell me that all news is depressing nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/8 "2002-12-18T02:33:31Z")
Mr. Bill **“I’ve appointed myself Chief Moralist for the United States”** O’Reilly was planning on devoting several minutes to screeching about how perverted the whole thing is on his nightly screamfest that FOXNews tries to pass off as an objective and balanced _news_ program. Sure guys.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/9 "2002-12-18T02:40:55Z")
I thought O’Reilly loved the gays. He skewered that ex-gay-ministry, Christian dude when he had him on. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/10 "2002-12-18T02:54:55Z")
O’Reilly’s piece was on the trend for non-Lesbian girls to have sexual relationships with their best friends, because it is the cool thing to do. It was not about Lesbians. The only time “Lesbians” was said was in a question like: “These girls are not Lesbians?” I am wondering if this thread is about recognizing Lesbians equally with other couples or about this new trend. If it is about the former then I concur with the sentiments expressed. That seems to be the case, but just in case I’ll say that I don’t think much of the trend discussed on O’Reilly’s Factor. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/11 "2002-12-18T03:03:07Z")
Cute story. And O’Reilly just hates everyone - that’s how he claims to be fair and balanced. Fair and balanced curmudgeondom. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/12 "2002-12-18T03:24:31Z")
Aww, an adorable pair 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/13 "2002-12-18T05:43:19Z")
That just made my day. Good on them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/14 "2002-12-18T06:33:21Z")
Been seeing this story as it played out in the local news. I didn’t realize it had gone national. I am glad that the Advocate didn’t play up the admistration as bad guys for delaying this a bit. The students walked out (about 60 of them, as I recall) because approval was not immediately granted to put the picure into the yearbook. School officials said it was because they wanted to get permission from the girls’ parents. I did get a kick out of the Superintendent, trying to sound as if her school just doesn’t have any of those troublesome issues that plague other normal high schools. Knowing the school and the district, it gave me a bit of a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/16 "2002-12-18T13:54:53Z")
I wish O’Reilly didn’t have the same last name as me. I officially disown him from the family. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/17 "2002-12-18T14:13:05Z")
This is very cool. If I remember, I’ll tell my wife about it. She’ll really appreciate it as well. And **auntie em** , you’d be amazed at what some people think is “newsworthy”. I had to do a story this week about the skyrocketing prices of local pay-phones. Which are now the same price as every other pay phone I’ve seen in the past two years. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/18 "2002-12-18T14:37:26Z")
No picture, I can’t judge how cute they are ☹ ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/19 "2002-12-18T14:49:56Z")
Isn’t there some song out there that uses Mr. O’Reilly’s quote of "I want to go to a gay bathhouse’? I’m serious, I read it in Savage love. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/20 "2002-12-18T18:43:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Adds Nick Renfroe, another 17-year-old senior: “They really are the cutest couple.” Sorry, but I had to be the crass one who jumps in here and says yeah, I _bet_ he thought they were ‘cute’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kezermezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kezermezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kezermezer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434/21 "2002-12-21T03:40:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey America, let’s evolve, shall we? OK if I snag this for my sig? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-chosen-high-schools-cutest-couple/143434.md?page=2)