School principal persecuted for "persecuting" "Christians"

Dave Terwilliger, principal of San Juan High School in Citrus Heights, California, recently suspended 35 students for wearing T-shirts with gay-hating slogans on them, including a message that gay students were bound for hell. The students say that the shirts are an expression of their religious views, and therefore, they are being persecuted. The shirts, by the way, were selected for what the students called a counterpoint to the Day of Silence.

Over the weekend, the Church of the Divide's 20 members, who have already staged rallies in front of the school, took their show on the road and staged rallies in front of Terwilliger's church, Celtic Cross Presbyterian, where they called for his excommunication, and in front of his house. They gave his neighbors flyers that said "Your neighbor is persecuting Christians. You need to confront him over his tyrannical behavior at a public high school."

Right. Because it is fine and dandy to persecute gay students, several of whom are probably also Christian.

The Church of the Divide does not have a place of worship or a pastor, and its website is mysteriously down. Leader Dick Otterstad's son owns a company, No Gay Gear Inc., which sells anti-gay shirts and magnets. Everyone has to make a living, I suppose.