Associated Press: Backers of a proposed high school touted as a haven for gay and bullied youth have pulled their proposal, saying they wanted to spend another year to finalize their plans.

Under mounting pressure from ministers and gay activists alike, Social Justice Solidarity High School planners had already changed the school's name and focus to create a school that would be one of the nation's largest to serve any students who have fallen victim to bullying and harassment.

The plan -- pulled Tuesday night, hours before a scheduled Wednesday vote on its creation -- also was a less explicitly gay version of a plan first presented to Chicago's board of education in October by schools chief Arne Duncan.

The school's intended start date remains fall 2010, planners said.

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