An anonymous e-mail
potentially sent to thousands of parents accused the Castro
Valley High School in California of promoting a "
gay agenda
" in its diversity program last week.
The high school near
San Francisco is the alma mater of lesbian MSNBC host Rachel
Maddow.
The two-day Days of
Diversity program, now in its ninth year at the school, teaches
students about the history of their community and country,
including inter-religious relations and civil rights, according
to principal Pete Alvarez.
Whoever sent the e-mail
thinks otherwise, however.
"I find out that the
influence of the gay agenda at CVHS is much worse than I had
been led to believe," said the message. "I already knew
that most of my child's teachers were gay."
Officials are unclear
how the sender obtained the e-mail addresses of parents, many
of whom expressed disgust with the antigay sentiments.
