FOLLOWUP: Florida HS says GSA has no members

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The Gay-Straight Alliance of Okeechobee High School no longer has any members and has been dropped from a lawsuit against the Okeechobee County School Board.

Meanwhile, attorneys for the school district want the judge to dissolve an order that had forced the school to allow the club to meet on campus. In a document filed Wednesday, school board attorney David Gibbs said it is "inequitable" to force the school to permit a club "that has no members, no officers, no meetings and no events."

After Gonzalez graduated in 2007, student Jessica Donaldson took over duties as president until February, when she transferred to another school, according to court records.

Another student, Stephanie Gardner, briefly served as president but since has left the school. According to attorneys for the ACLU, Gardner left because she felt the school "was not providing her with the support she needed in order to graduate." Gibbs said in his filing that Gardner "failed to abide by basic OHS rules" and "was withdrawn" by school officials.

Attorneys for the school board have argued that the Gay-Straight Alliance is a "sex-based club" that violates a state law requiring schools to teach abstinence "while teaching the benefits of monogamous heterosexual marriage."

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