Kids these days ...

... are pretty damn cool. Especially these teens, in northern Virginia, who are a hell of a lot more articulate and principled than some of the adults around them:

The Loudoun County students who staged a play over the weekend about a high school football star's homosexuality heard some gasps, along with expressions of support, during their play's two-day, modestly attended run at Ashburn's Stone Bridge High School. [snip]

Del. Richard H. Black (R-Loudoun) e-mailed his supporters claiming that, in the play, "two male students engaged in a homosexual kiss onstage" and that public schools were "being used to promote a homosexual lifestyle." His son-in-law, Loudoun County Supervisor Mick Staton Jr. (R-Sugarland Run), followed up with a missive of his own, warning of the play's disturbing "indoctrination." On Sunday, activists blanketed Loudoun churches with fliers decrying the production. [snip]

"I try to promote tolerance in a school where there is not enough among teenagers and am in turn flooded with the intolerance of their parents," [playwright Sabrina Audrey] Jess said, in comments that prompted a standing ovation among supporters.

"People who are negatively commenting on my play are proving my point," she said.

More here; excellent local coverage here and here.

Update: It gets worse. Apparently, one of the local school board members thinks criminal charges may be in order for the drama director: "That’s really the issue for me ... when you’re dealing with minors the introduction of sexually-explicit materials [by adults] is in the criminal section. All the sudden we’re in a whole different realm here. It raises the question of motivation. If it’s motivated by a staff person. If we find out that the drama director is part of the National Organization for the Increased Awareness of Gay Rights, I’m going to ask for criminal charges."