Thought getting your local high school to set up a gay-straight alliance was a difficult job? Then get a load of this Wyoming school that won’t even let a “no place for hate” sign hang on the premises.

The Anti-Defamation League’s attempt at branding a public school as, uh, a safe place for students has been thwarted by the school board.

School board members in Wheatland rejected a request this week to put back up banners for an anti-hate campaign at several of their schools. The reason: They were sponsored by a gay and lesbian organization. One Wyoming attorney says the action may be unconstitutional. Platte County School District 1 trustees voted 4-3 to keep the Anti-Defamation League’s “No Place for Hate” banners down at Wheatland High and West Elementary. The schools were two of 25 in Colorado and Wyoming taking part in the program. One of the sponsors listed on the banner is the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado. Wheatland board members and parents took issue with that, according to the district. The others sponsors are Qwest and the David & Laura Merage Foundation.

Which makes sense, given what supporters of the sign are up against.