The only rat spitting hate is you Kenny. Can you tell me why people should not give their opinions regarding something they view as objectionable? It's not like the school had to bring in police or security to protect the silent protesters. (Unlike some universities in this country). For someone who obviously views themselves as a tolerant progressive you are a better hater than any conservative I know.
Grow up Kenny - either debate or shutup.

If you will excuse the pun, the article is a little left of field. Like so much of the 'only in America' stuff we see, the author, like so many, doesn't like people who disagree with them. The same would complain about George Bush being prescriptive...

Whilst I would be a bit annoyed at my children's school being hijacked to promote any number of 'tolerance' day (drug users, underage drinkers etc etc) I would exercise my parental 'boycott' and keep the children away.

Like a local media commentator, Julia Baird, as much as she may like to equate the average Joe's dislike of some behaviours as 'Taliban' fundementalism, the reality is that we tolerate this departure from our societal norms as we do not consider violence against these people as a solution. That said, nor should we be left in a position where our rights and beliefs are those -and only those- that we as a community can agree upon or the result of the majority sitting back and do nothing for the sake of not offending.

Notions of what 'secular democracy' is, cannot exist in a vacuum devoid of history and tradition