Florida Principal's Facebook Post: Gays Should Be 'Put to Death'

Steve Kenney is suspended and sent to diversity training after posting horrifying messages on the Facebook site of OutSports editor Cyd Zeigler.

The principal of Center Academy in Pinellas Park, Fla., has been suspened without pay for two weeks and sent to mandatory diversity training and professional counseling, after labeling an OutSports editor "sick" and saying gays should be "put to death" on Facebook.

Steve Kenney is now facing repercussions for his Facebook screed, which came just days after the Pulse shooting in June. As a show of gay pride in the wake of the massacre, Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler posted a photo on his page of him kissing his partner. Kenney — not a direct Facebook friend of Zeigler's — responded to the photo by writing "sick." He followed that up with two passages from the Bible, including one where it is advised that gays be "put to death."

Zeigler then discovered that Kenney was a school principal.

Zeigler immediately informed Center Academy, a school for dyslexia treatment, autism spectrum, and attention deficit disorders that began in 1968 and previously won a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. While Center Academy CEO Andrew Hicks responded to Zeigler, he was not specific on what actions would be taken against Kenney.

On Thursday, Hicks finally released a statement.