"When a few classmates razzed Rebekah Rice about her Mormon upbringing with questions such as, 'Do you have 10 moms?' she shot back: 'That's so gay.' " Associated Press

Rice received a written reprimand in 2002 for using the phrase. Her family is now in court to get the reprimand off of her permanent record. I'd like to know whether or not the classmates received a reprimand for making fun of her being mormon, there is no mention in the article (which tends to point towards the fact that they weren't). I'd say that a phrase that really has nothing to do with the homosexual orientation except for the fact that the phrase has been used to describe them. It's something that would possibly be offensive to homosexuals, but I highly doubt it. They've used the phrase on Will & Grace and other gay-friendly shows.

I also think words used in a different context than what would be prohibited shouldn't be punishable. When I was in Catholic school we'd read bible passages that used the word "ass" to mean a donkey, this of course wasn't punished. There's so many things that kids do and say to eachother that probably should be punished usually go without reprimand. It just seems that with cruelty a norm in the school atmosphere that they wouldn't have time to reprimand little things like a student using a popular phrase that is in no way an outright offense to someone.