Bat Boy 1, Focus on the Family 0

Sweet Jesus! I just got an insider update on the Bat Boy situation in La Cañada (see entry below). The Board has officially supported the drama department's decision to put on the play.

Even though, as my source tells me,

Bob Waliszewski showed up.  He is on the staff of Focus on the Family.  He flew in from Colorado Springs to ask the Board to cancel the musical.  He said Dr. James Dobson was horrified when he heard about the musical.

Apparently the drama students at the meeting were quite eloquent in defense of the freak (Bat Boy, not Dobson). God bless the little perverts.

My thanks to drama teacher Gale Caswell, administrators and staff of the school (this time, even the principal is on the side of the angels), the Board, and of course the students. They're all standing up to quite a lot of pressure, and I admire the hell out of them.

UPDATE: Another source who was at the meeting writes:

There was about an hour of public speaking, most on behalf of Bat Boy. Focus on the Family flew in people from Colorado Springs.

At the end, each school board member said a little piece in support of putting on the play as planned. For the most part the speakers on both sides were well spoken and intelligent. The guy from Focus on the Family quoted Keythe Farley saying the play was PG-13 or R-rated but conveniently didn't quote the next paragraph where he explained that the play could be modified to be appropriate for high school.

Normally I'd say it was over but the Focus Folks have a lot of cash behind them and evidently Dobson is "outraged."

To be continued, I'm sure.

This is a school board in a conservative area standing up for their students' right not to be treated like babies. As Dan Rather would say, Courage.

From what I gather, the board views this as an issue of academic integrity, and they're right.