INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Students at Roncalli High School started a new school year without two of their guidance counselors, but with a show of support for the LGBTQ community.
Guidance counselors Shelly Fitzgerald and Lynn Starkey lost their jobs at the school over their same-sex marriages. The firings have been a big point of tension in the community.
As students returned to school Wednesday, several people held signs of support for the LGBTQ community in the high school's hallways. Some of the organizers said it's important to make sure every student feels supported, regardless of sexual orientation.
"We just thought it would be great to show them that we support them, especially after the news that came out this summer with Cathedral and Brebeuf and then Roncalli back in August," said Dominic Conover, chair of "Shelly's Voice." "They need confidence in themselves and we want to make sure that they know that there is a community out there – a Catholic community out there – that loves them for who they are."