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The conference sponsor, National Scholastic Press Association, was so taken aback that it issued a public statement distancing itself from the remarks. “This is not what our organizations expected. In his attempt to denounce bullying, Mr. Savage belittled the faith of others–an action that we do not support. Ridicule of others’ faith has no place in our programs, any more than ridicule of the LGBT community would.”
How the sponsors could not have expected this is beyond me. Savage’s presentation was not an anomaly. Maybe, like so many schools, they saw the White House’s endorsement and thought he was safe. But what did organizers expect to gain by inviting a self-described “sex therapist” to address a room full of children? Their error in judgment was painfully obvious in the first five minutes of Savage’s speech when he described how his “husband” looked in a Speedo and told teenagers that they would have to “pry him off his partner” if he were on stage.
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via Noble Savage?.