Annandale Group Delivers Anti-Gay Message at Iowa School

DUNKERTON, Iowa (AP) - Potentially offensive messages from an Annandale group about homosexual and transgender people have prompted a contrary message of tolerance from an eastern Iowa school superintendent.

Dunkerton Community School Superintendent Jim Stanton talked to students Thursday afternoon that the messages delivered during an assembly earlier in the day.

Stanton says the messages delivered by a band Junkyard Prophet and a group called You Can Run But You Cannot Hide didn't conform to the district's teaching of tolerance. He says it was a mistake to invite them.

Jake MacAulay, the Annandale group's chief operations officer, told The Associated Press on Friday they only raised issues and let students and teachers discuss the topics..

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