No Gays on Stage: School Cancels Rent

Via Queerty, a high school principal bans the school's production of Rent. Not because of the drug use of one of the key characters, but because there are homosexuals in it. Never mind that the most stable romantic relationship portrayed in the show was between two gay men (did the principal even SEE Rent?). Here's an account from an alumnus of the school:

Mrs. Asrani (the principal) is firmly against the portrayal of
homosexual characters in RENT, despite the fact that all displays of
affection have already been edited out of our script. Of course, a gay
couple kissing on stage should not be inherently more offensive than a
straight couple kissing, but that's beside the point (sort of). The
fact that the administration would not even allow a positive PORTRAYAL
of these gay characters, whose romantic tendencies have already been
neutered in Musical Theater International's "RENT: School Edition", is
appalling.

Maybe the principal would be happier with a play about dysfunctional straight couples, like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Oh wait, there's a gay in that one too. But then again, he's conflicted and closeted. So maybe that's okay.