“Some students staying home to protest gay-support effort”
Many students in Gilbert and nationwide will stay silent at school Friday to raise awareness of bullying against gays.
But some parents who disagree with the annual observance are keeping their kids at home - a form of protest recommended by a national conservative coalition.
Randy Bellino, whose son is a sophomore at Gilbert’s Desert Ridge High, said he will host a pool party and pizza lunch at his Mesa home Friday for about two dozen students who want to avoid the Day of Silence observance or who strongly disagree with it. The party will last throughout the school day . . .