Outtakes: “In School’s Efforts to End Bullying, Some See Agenda” in Helena, Mont., for the New York Times

Michael Gengler (17, male, dark jacket, high school junior) is a member of the Helena High School Gay-Straight Alliance. The group and these students has taken a position in support of revisions to the Helena public schools sex education and anti-bullying curriculum. Michael Gengler came out as gay at the beginning of the 2010 school year. Photographed at Bagel Co in Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Michael Gengler is a member of the Helena High School Gay-Straight Alliance. The group has taken a position in support of revisions to the Helena public schools sex education and anti-bullying curriculum. Michael Gengler came out as gay at the beginning of the 2010 school year. Photographed at Bagel Co in Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Kristi Allen-Gailushas, a candidate for Montana House District 82 formerly running as part of the Tea Party and a parent of 3 children in Helena area public schools, is an opponent of proposed changes the sex education and anti-bullying curriculum in the Helena school district. Photographed at Bagel Co in downtown Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Pastor Mark Seitz, of the Church of the Nazarene in Helena, Montana, USA, is an outspoken opponent of proposed changes to the sexual education and anti-bullying curriculum in the Helena School District. Photographed Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 at the Church of the Nazarene in Helena, Montana, USA. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Mary Decker (16, female, blue shirt blonde hair, high school junior) is a member of the Helena High School Gay-Straight Alliance. The group and these students has taken a position in support of revisions to the Helena public schools sex education and anti-bullying curriculum. Photographed at Bagel Co in Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Mary Decker is a member of the Helena High School Gay-Straight Alliance. The group has taken a position in support of revisions to the Helena public schools sex education and anti-bullying curriculum. Photographed at Bagel Co in Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Pastor Mark Seitz, of the Church of the Nazarene in Helena, Montana, USA, is an outspoken opponent of proposed changes to the sexual education and anti-bullying curriculum in the Helena School District. Photographed Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 at the Church of the Nazarene in Helena, Montana, USA. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Tess Dufrechou (16, female, white sweater dark hair, high school junior) is a member of the Helena High School Gay-Straight Alliance. The group and these students has taken a position in support of revisions to the Helena public schools sex education and anti-bullying curriculum. Photographed at Bagel Co in Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Tess Dufrechou is a member of the Helena High School Gay-Straight Alliance. The group has taken a position in support of revisions to the Helena public schools sex education and anti-bullying curriculum. Photographed at Bagel Co in Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Pastor Rick DeMato of Liberty Baptist Church in Helena, Montana, USA, is an opponent of proposed changes to the sex education and anti-bullying curriculum in Helena public schools. Photographed at the Liberty Baptist Church in Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.

Kristi Allen-Gailushas, a candidate for Montana House District 82 formerly running as part of the Tea Party and a parent of 3 children in Helena area public schools, is an opponent of proposed changes the sex education and anti-bullying curriculum in the Helena school district. Photographed at Bagel Co in downtown Helena, Montana, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Photo for the New York Times by M. Scott Brauer.