Indoctrination  Displaces  Education
Part Three

Political Correctness and Moral Relativism


Political correctness, in this case, is an effort to protect those who are easily offended, and especially their lawyers.  Moral relativism teaches that one belief system is as good as another, and that there is no absolute right and wrong.  (They're wrong.  Absolutely.)

See also Political Correctness vs. Traditional Family Values.


Sherlock Holmes Banned from Reading Lists for Being Anti-Mormon.  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories have appealed to generations — but on Thursday [8/18/2011] the Albemarle County School Board in Virgina voted to remove the detective's A Study in Scarlet from sixth-grade reading lists, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reports, because it is, as the board reported, age-inappropriate.  But as the Los Angeles Times notes, "The two gory murders weren't the problem.  The trouble was the way the book portrays Mormonism."

NY Officials Want Schools to Teach About Unwanted Baby Laws.  After two young moms recently abandoned their newborn babies — one of whom did not survive — New York officials are proposing that high school curriculum include lessons on what mothers can do if they give birth to a baby they don't want.  Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, State Sen. Eric Adams and State Assemblyman Hakim Jeffries are proposing state legislation requiring the change to high school health curriculum.

College-Bound:  Turning Your Child Over to the Campus Liberals.  Last week we headed south to launch our daughter on the next phase of her life:  college.  It was wonderful to see her eyes twinkling with excitement and expectant hope for the future.  We have confidence in her strength of character and strong sense of vales, and know she chose her college for all the right reasons.  But we still worked hard to prepare her for the reality that, on most college campuses, the prevailing orthodoxy seeks to challenge and even opposes both Christian values and conservative principles.

'La Cage' a folly in school.  A manhattan dad nearly choked on his Wheaties when his 14-year-old son timidly asked:  "Dad, do I have to wear a dress to school?"  No joke.  These conversations went on in kitchens and living rooms around the city, as a top school that educates learning-disabled and autistic children staged a student production of "La Cage aux Folles" — a cross-dressing, limp-wristed, gay comic romp whose main characters are a pair of "married" men.

Postmodernism:  A unified theory of all the trouble in the world.  Running under cover of academic freedom and educational "philosophy," postmodernists managed to do what other strains of totalitarianism only dreamed of:  insinuate their beliefs into every aspect and level of education.  Not since the Middle Ages has the West needed to regain the sure footing of classical values so badly.  The path we're on is headed in the opposite direction.

My Idea and Your Consequence.  [Scroll down]  Those who are most opposed to marriages and families are the ones most likely to teach "Marriage and the Family" on our college campuses.  And, unfortunately, most of those teachers are sociologists with a limited understanding of biology and a limitless desire to promote their radical political views in the classroom.

How the Academic Left Elected Obama:  [Today's] youth live and learn on college campuses where "diversity" and "tolerance" and "multiculturalism" — bogus buzzwords that apply only to ethnic, gender, and sexual diversity, not genuine diversity of ideas — reign supreme.  Racial diversity is at the crux of this academic trinity, the source and summit of the faith.  It is the molten, golden calf, where much of the intelligentsia and their disciples gather to worship.  Political correctness has supplanted traditional religion.  Thus, when the university community was presented with Barack Obama, a charismatic, impressive, seemingly excellent Democratic presidential candidate — who happened to be African-American — the reaction was nearly reverential, bordering on idolatry.

De-Programming Students.  Letters from parents often complain of a sense of futility in trying to argue with their own children, who have been fed a steady diet of the politically correct vision of the world, from elementary school to the university.  Some ask for suggestions of particular books that might make a dent in the know-it-all attitude of some young people who have heard only one side of the story in classrooms all their lives.

Mein Kampus.  College has long been bigoted toward conservatives.  We have all seen it in the elevation of relatively untalented radical Leftists like Angela Davis, Ward Churchill, and William Ayers to professorships while genuine conservative scholars like Newt Gingrich were denied tenure.  David Horowitz has built an entire organization simply to defend the individual rights of students against bullying by radical professors (professors, some of whom in their day overran college administration buildings and intimidated the campus faculty.)

Why black sheep are barred and Humpty can't be cracked:  Traditional nursery rhymes are being rewritten at nursery schools to avoid causing offence to children.  Instead of singing "Baa baa, black sheep" as generations of children have learnt to do, toddlers in Oxfordshire are being taught to sing "Baa baa, rainbow sheep".

Rainbow-colored sheep take Britain by storm.  Has anyone ever actually seen a rainbow-colored sheep?  That's surely what a few British toddlers are asking.  Teachers at nursery schools in Oxfordshire, England, have asked children to change the words of "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" to "Baa, Baa, Rainbow Sheep" to avoid the possibility of offending anyone.

Education at Its Finest.  For these professors, words and the literature that they make up have no inherent meaning or value.  Grammar itself is merely an artificial construct.  To the extent that any interpretation or work prevails, it is an indication of only the power of those who espouse that interpretation or work rather than any value intrinsic to the work itself.  No work, according to these professors, is inherently more valuable than any other, and the racial or sexual identity of the author is always more important.

A Quiet Defeat for Political Correctness.  Maybe this is how political correctness ends; not with a bang, but with a whimper.  Across the country, universities that had abandoned in loco parentis in the 1960s because it was too oppressive and intrusive have replaced it with in loco Big Brother programs of political and cultural re-education.

Anti-liberal universities.  [Scroll down] It is all right in sociology, women's studies or minority studies to express hatred toward men, toward Christianity, toward heterosexually, marriage and all whites.  Modern "liberal" professors usually require students to regurgitate their beliefs and opinions or the student suffers ridicule and disastrous grades.  Students are not allowed to discuss anything that may be disparaging, no matter how factual, about minorities, other religions, gays or feminists.

When sexual "harassment" is a joke.  By the year 2020, every American will be a victim.  Give it another 15 years, and there will be a study that puts every man, woman and child into one aggrieved group or another.

Universities limit students' exposure to conservative ideas.  Diversity is more than skin color.  It includes life experiences and viewpoints.  Missouri universities, especially Missouri State and Drury, lack true diversity.  Students are not exposed to diverse viewpoints because of a huge liberal bias.  Students are far more likely to be taught by liberal professors, read textbooks written by liberal authors and attend liberal guest lectures.  Exposure to conservative views is limited to a handful of conservative professors, guest speakers and outside readings.

Study:  Students Rarely Adopt Politics of Their Professors.  Conservatives complain that college professors lean left when it comes to politics — and the data mostly show that's true.  But new research suggests the personal politics of academics have little effect on what their students think.

No School is Safe and Free from the ACLU.  Many parents remove their children from public schools for various reasons.  Some do so because they believe their kids would excel in a private or religious school and get a better education.  Others do so out of concern for their religious values being impugned by the likes of Planned Parenthood who have been allowed to teach sex education to our children in some parts of the country.

Why Johnny isn't going to college:  It's too bad that male sports are being eliminated on most college campuses.  Except for Texas, USC, and a few other places, radical feminism rules in the athletic departments at the expense of popular male sports.

Cross Removal Stirs Va. College Campus.  [William and Mary's] School President Gene R. Nichol often goes to the 120-seat chapel alone at night to think in the quiet.  Nichol ordered the cross removed in October to make the chapel more welcoming to students of all faiths.  Previously, the cross could be removed by request; now it can be returned by request.  "It's the right thing to do to make sure that this campus is open and welcoming to everyone," Nichol said.  "This is a diverse institution religiously, and we want it to become even more diverse."

Why William & Mary's president is hiding:  By secretly removing the cross from the altar of the College of William & Mary's 275-year-old Wren Chapel last October, the school's president, Gene Nichols, has created a major crisis at the second-oldest campus in the nation.  W&M is perhaps America's highest-ranked college with the lowest endowment.

Update:
 William and Mary president resigns in disgrace.  The head of the College of William and Mary, Gene Nichol, has resigned in disgrace.  Several readers send along his resignation letter.  You'll recall that he roiled the campus with his decision to hide the cross at the famous school chapel to make it "less faith-specific."  More recently, he hosted a sex workers show on campus while restricting critics who wanted to tape it.

Call it what you will, it's still failure.  A group of teachers has proposed that the word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils.

Namby-pamby nation:  The left-wing Kumbaya crowd is quietly grooming a generation of pushovers in the public schools.  At a time of war, when young Americans should be educated about this nation's resilience and steely resolve, educators are indoctrinating students with saccharine-sticky lessons on "non-violent conflict resolution" and "promoting constructive dialogues."

Sack race is banned as health risk.  The sack race and three-legged race have been banned from a school sports day because the children might fall over and hurt themselves. … Laura Midgley, founder of the Campaign Against Political Correctness, said: "It's health and safety rules gone mad.  I think it's completely over the top.  The worst thing that could possibly happen is the children fall over."

[That's why the game is usually played in a grassy field, not a parking lot.]

Colorado School Bans Tag on Its Playground.  An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.  "It causes a lot of conflict on the playground," said Cindy Fesgen, assistant principal of the Discovery Canyon Campus school.  Running games are still allowed as long as students don't chase each other, she said.

The Editor says...
 When I was a kid, lots of things happened against my will at school -- starting with attendance.  But alas, this is the way the government prepares kids for their long careers in thankless, meaningless, unrewarding dead-end jobs.

Believing the true believers.  The time is long overdue for our media and our educational institutions to start presenting both sides of issues — and for our schools and colleges to start teaching students how to think, instead of telling them what to think.

I beg to disagree.  Where an argument starts is far less important than where it finishes because the logic and evidence in between is crucial.  Unfortunately, our educational system is not only failing to teach critical thinking, it is often itself a source of confused rhetoric and emotional venting in place of systematic reasoning.

Higher education in decline.  College costs have risen dramatically over the last several decades.  In many cases, it's difficult to find a college where per-student costs are under $20,000 each year.  Most often, tuition doesn't measure the true cost because taxpayer and donor subsidies pay part of the expenses.  While costs are rising, education quality is in precipitous decline, particularly at the undergraduate level.  Part of the reason is the political climate on college campuses, where professors use their classrooms for proselytizing and indoctrination and teach classes that have little or no academic content.

Schools told not to warn parents about lice.  School administrators in Scotland have been told to stop sending letters homes warning of lice outbreaks because they may hurt the feelings of the kids who are infested.

Numerous other examples  of political correctness in public schools.

The Wrong Question to Ask About The Tragic School Shootings:  If the fetish of being non-judgmental means more to you than your children, then what kind of parent are you?

Parent offended by lesson in vocabulary:  Use of a word that sounds like a racial slur has landed a New Hanover County teacher in the middle of a controversy.  Stephanie Bell, a fourth-grade teacher at Williams Elementary School, taught the word "niggardly" to her class last week in an effort to improve her students' vocabularies.

 Related story:   Rolling over on phony charges of racism:  When we succumb to this kind of bullying because we lack the fortitude to stand up for truth and principle, we damage our society and do nothing to abate racism.

Unless It's PC at UT, It's O-U-T:  An attorney with a leading public-interest law firm says the University of Texas is awash in "political correctness," and UT is attempting to silence any views that disagree with the liberal left.

College profs steeped in post-modernism:  73% of polled seniors say instructors don't teach standards of right and wrong.

College Professors Spread Moral Relativism:  Three-quarters of all college seniors report that their professors teach them that what is right and wrong depends "on differences in individual values and cultural diversity," a poll conducted for National Association of Scholars (NAS) reveals.  Only about a quarter of 400 college seniors randomly selected from campuses around the country said their professors taught the traditional view that "there are clear and uniform standards of right and wrong by which everyone should be judged."

The Professor vs. the PC Brigade:  If you thought political correctness on campus had gone the way of pet rocks and hula hoops, think again.

Group "Honors" Campus P.C. Extremists:  "Political correctness is alive and well on the American college campus," says the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, which has released its fourth annual list of campus outrages – including student financing of an S&M club and how-to guides on vandalism and arson.

School Cancels Production of 'Ten Little Indians' Over Concerns of Racial Slur.  An Ohio high school has canceled its student theater production of "Ten Little Indians" after local residents complained about a racial slur in the original title of the Agatha Christie novel, which never has been published under that name in this country.  The best-selling murder mystery originally was named "Ten Little N---ers" when it was published in England in 1939.  The name of the book was changed for production in the United States, and the school was using the name "Ten Little Indians" for the play's title.

Boy faces jail for slapping girl's bottom.  Accused boy's mother:  "It's political correctness gone mad."

More about Zero Tolerance Nonsense.

Sex Education



Springfield schools approve policy that could provide condoms for 12-year-olds.  The Springfield School Committee has given first-step approval to a policy that would make condoms available to students as young as 12.

Begin Sex Ed in Kindergarten, Says New 'National Standards' Report.  By the time they leave elementary school, children should be able to "define sexual orientation," and by the eighth grade be able to "define emergency contraception and its use," according to a report containing controversial new recommendations for sex education in U.S. public schools.  "Ideally, comprehensive sexuality education should start in kindergarten and continue through 12th grade," says the "National Sexuality Education Standards" report, drawn up by a range of advocates, academics and public education officials.

School Surveys 7th-Graders on Oral Sex.  A middle school in Massachusetts is under fire for requiring children to complete a graphic sex survey — without parental knowledge or consent — that included questions about sexual partners and oral sex.

Government Won't Let Failure Stand In Way Of Its Expansion.  There was a story on the Fox News Channel about schools that are using their time to indoctrinate kindergartners and fourth graders with politically correct attitudes about sex.  Anyone familiar with the low standards and mushy notions in the schools and departments of education that turn out our public school teachers might think that these teachers would have all they can do to make American children competent in reading, writing and math.

Warning:  Explicit sexual content.
 The Left's Dirty Little Secret:  Regardless of how the left spins it, children being forced to listen to one uncomfortable, repellant sex talk after another, is not safety.  It's also not education.  It's actually a state-sanctioned form of child abuse.  This is another of the left's dirty little secrets:  the ease in which they will use and abuse children for their radical agenda.  Back in the 60's, the secret was the molestation of kids in places like Berkeley.  Today, it's the widespread exploitation of children in the public schools.

Oakland 2nd Graders Reportedly Engage In Sex Acts, Teacher Suspended.  A teacher at Oakland's Markham Elementary School has been suspended indefinitely after school officials said a pair of second-graders performed sex acts on each other in class — with the teacher present.

The Climate of Depravity.  Since the early days of pioneer America, schoolteachers have been repeatedly forced to interrupt class so they can stop second-grade students from getting naked and engaging in oral sex before their classmates.  In this case, the teacher just stood and watched, which the school district describes as an "unacceptable lack of supervision."  Who is this unacceptable teacher?  The district won't say.  They've suspended the individual but will not release the name.  Yes, that's right, "suspended."

Make Way for the Milk Monitors.  The hardest thing to figure out is the dichotomous mind of a liberal.  Liberals are so confused that destroying a child's innocence is considered a virtuous accomplishment, but allowing M&M's in the cafeteria is an abomination.  Liberals remove soda from vending machines to protect the well-being of children and then, in some school districts, insist on teaching kindergarteners sex education couched in confusing stories like "Gloria Goes to Gay Pride."  Truth is, sanctimonious liberal educators believe they are fulfilling a higher calling if middle-school students are shielded from drinking Yoo-Hoo while being instructed how to properly place a condom on a cucumber.

Obama Supports Kindergarten Sex Ed.  The nursery rhyme "Rub a dub-dub, three men in a tub" could mean something incredibly different to grade school students in Helena, Montana if the public school system adopts a controversial sex education plan.  At the center of the controversy is a desire by educators and special interest groups to begin teaching a pro-gay sex education curriculum to children as young as five years old.

Sex Education for Kindergartners?  A proposed plan to teach kindergartners sex education has come under fire in Helena, Montana.  The Helena Public School system is considering a comprehensive plan for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.  It includes teaching first graders that people can be attracted to the same gender.  In second grade students are instructed to avoid gay slurs and by the time students turn 10 years old they are taught about various types of intercourse.

Helena, Mont., Mulls Kindergarten Sex Ed.  The Helena Public Schools Board of trustees faced a large and emotionally charged crowd at its meeting Tuesday night [7/13/2010] as it considers whether to begin its sexual education curriculum in kindergarten.  Members of the community were invited to give public comment on the proposed K-12 Health Enhancement Comprehensive Curriculum before the nine-member board votes next month.

Helena School Board, Blasted Over Sex Ed Proposal for Young Children.  A proposed sex education program that teaches fifth-graders the different ways people have intercourse and first-graders about gay love has infuriated parents and forced the school board to take a closer look at the issue.

Planned Parenthood Pushes Intensive Sex Education for Kids as Young as 10.  A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is advocating that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education...  The report, "Stand and Deliver," charges that religious groups, specifically Catholics and Muslims, deny their young access to comprehensive sexual programs and education.

Former Surgeon General Elders Advocates Sex Ed for Kindergarteners.  Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders got a standing ovation after speaking at the annual summit of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice where she advocated health clinics offering contraceptives on public school campuses and comprehensive sex education in the schools starting in kindergarten.

The Editor apologizes for the graphic nature of this article, but the truth must come to light.
 Upward Bound Is Down... Radical Sexual Indoctrination of Kids Is In.  Despite the runaway federal spending and record budget deficits, Barack Obama is including $410 million in the 2011 budget for his "safe schools" czar Kevin Jennings.  This is an increase of $45 million over last year's budget.  Obviously, some things are more important than others. ... Kevin Jennings, the founder of the GLSEN organization, has a long history of promoting sexual material in classrooms including books that describe sex between first graders and books that promote S&M.  The GLSEN group also pushes books that romanticize child rape and books that show men having sex with boy scouts in the background.

Funds for Schools that Give Birth Control to 11-Year-Olds?  A middle school in Portland, Maine, has decided to provide birth control pills and patches to its students, ages 11 to 13, and under the policy, parents may never know if their children get the birth control.

Same story...
 Abstainers Are Killers?  The lesson from the anything-goes crowd is so illogical it borders on the obscene.  In order to "protect the youth" from unsavory sexual messages, we should provide them will all the technology so they can have "safe sex" — even at age 11.  But who is responsible for this bombardment of sexual messaging in our culture that's fueling this fire?

Update:
 School Won't Back Down, So Lawsuit Over Contraception Will Proceed.  A conservative civil liberties group said it will proceed with a lawsuit against the Portland, Maine, School Committee for refusing the reconsider its policy on prescription contraceptives for middle school students as young as 11.

Sex Education Lesson:  Beat Up the Virgins.  Today's sex education and teen pregnancy prevention advocates claim that they stand ready with contraceptives and factual information to assist teens and preteens presumably possessed by the raging hormone monster.  The notion that their programs would somehow encourage sexual activity is laughable, they charge.  But a series of videos for teens promoted through a teen pregnancy prevention program, G-CAPP (Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention), mocks the idea of abstinence.

Sex ed planned for fourth graders.  The Springfield School District plans to introduce sex education to fourth-graders next school year, a grade younger than its current practice.  "Kids are developing a little more rapidly," said Kathy Hulcher, who oversees health education for the district and helped lead a committee that re-evaluated the sex education curriculum.

What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You About Abstinence:  From the media to the classroom, teens today are constantly being inundated with "safe sex" claims.  They will become sexually active anyway, the thinking goes, so let's teach them how to do it "safely" – that is, with contraception.  Teenagers are told it is fine to practice "safe sex" and abstinence is given short shrift.  But that lie could ultimately destroy them.

Exposing Failed Radical Theories and Policies.  A growing body of findings from objective social science research is providing defenders of the truth with the ammunition they need to counter the phony ideologically-biased research that dominated policy discussions in the aftermath of the sexual revolution of the 1960s.  While the radicals of the 1960s are still administrators of foundations, heads of leftist organizations and members of the tenured faculty of American universities — their remaining bastions of power — slowly, but steadily, these radicals are becoming more and more obsolete, like their enablers in the mainstream media.

Arkansas Parents Uncover Volumes of Vile Literature in School Libraries.  An Arkansas mother who succeeded in getting three sexually explicit books removed from Fayetteville school libraries says she has found there are more than a hundred books of that nature in the school district.  Now a mental health counselor is recommending a parental audit of all the books in the city's school libraries.

Teacher Reassigned for Anatomy Drawings.  A teacher has been barred from classes after having his seventh-grade students draw male genitalia on the blackboard during health class, a school spokeswoman said Friday [1/26/2007].

Judge rules sex-education curriculum violates First Amendment rights.  A federal judge in Montgomery County, Md., has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the teaching of a sex-education course because it violates the First Amendment.  I can't remember any other case in the last 30 years in which a judge sided with parents against a curriculum adopted by a school board.

Veggie porn in school?  Most states derive their sex-ed curricula, in whole or in part, from the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, a group with a decidedly liberal view of these matters.  SIECUS promotes sex ed starting in kindergarten, when children should be taught the proper names for body parts and the difference between good touch and bad touch.

Attack on decency.  During the 1960s, the education establishment launched its agenda to undermine lessons children learned from their parents and the church with fads like "values clarification."  So-called sex-education classes were simply indoctrination that sought to undermine family/church strictures against premarital sex.  Lessons of abstinence were ridiculed, considered passe, and replaced with lessons about condoms, birth control pills and abortion.  Further undermining of parental authority came with legal and extra-legal measures to assist teenage abortions with neither parental knowledge nor consent.

The Left Launches an Offensive Against School Abstinence Programs.  Rep. Henry Waxman, one of the U.S. House of Representative's most liberal members, has taken aim at federally-funded abstinence education programs, accusing many of them of promoting misleading information regarding abortion and sexually-transmitted diseases. … It is important that Americans understand that Rep. Waxman is a leading proponent of condom-distribution programs.  He is not simply an unbiased observer in this situation.

School System Pays for Squelching Student's Viewpoint on Homosexuality.  A federal judge in Detroit ordered the Ann Arbor Public School system to pay $102,738 in attorney fees and costs to the Thomas More Law Center, which defended a student who expressed her religious views against homosexuality.

In Scotland ...
 Schools told to give pupils gay sex advice.  Official guidance on how to teach Scottish schoolchildren about gay sex is being issued for the first time since the abolition of laws which banned "promoting" homosexuality in schools.

Texas Textbook Debate Revolves Around Issue of Abstinence.  Official debate over abstinence-only health textbooks in Texas public schools has ended.  Opponents of the proposed books — among them Planned Parenthood and the Texas Freedom Network — claim the texts should include lessons on condoms and birth control.

Inside the Texas Textbook Controversy:  The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is embroiled in a battle over textbook content that, media reports claim, could dictate public school curricula nationwide.  As the single largest textbook purchaser in the country, Texas is a major decision-maker regarding content of books available on the market, since publishers naturally cater to their most lucrative client.

Women's Group Fired Up About "Fistgate 2":  A national women's group is joining other conservatives in condemning a homosexual activist group's promotion of homosexuality in Massachusetts schools.

Teacher's porn lesson a shock.  [An Australian] teacher who told a class of teenage boys to research pornography online has been allowed to keep teaching.  Mark Heiberg won a promotion after Victoria's teacher watchdog dismissed a complaint about his assignment entitled:  "Is Nudity and Pornography the same thing?"

Pro-Gay Sex Education is on the Rise.  Those who think that granting homosexuals the right to marry won't affect them might want to reconsider in light of a recent National Public Radio broadcast about how instruction in gay-sex techniques is showing up in sex education classes in Massachusetts.

Mom's Resignation from National PTA:  My mother has resigned from the National Parent-Teachers Association.  And that is a significant thing, for my mom has been a leader in the local PTA in our hometown for the past 25 years.  She is fed up with the overwhelming political correctness that rules the National PTA, evident in its partnership with Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) at its recent convention.  "I do not think the gay agenda should be addressed with my dues money," my Mom explained.

Acceptance and Promotion of Homosexuality


School kids are being taught to accept perversion as normal behavior.  This is the inevitable result of liberal "envelope pushers" having control of the sex education curriculum.


Dartmouth: Dorm Assignments Will Not be 'Limited by Traditional Gender Binary'.  Dartmouth College is expanding its "gender neutral" housing program, opening up more rooms where "students of any gender can cohabitate," the school newspaper, The Dartmouth, reported last week.  The Ivy League school's website says Dartmouth "seeks to provide a living environment welcoming to all gender identities; one not limited by the traditional gender binary."

Anti-Bully Advocate Dan Savage Bullies High School Kids With Profane Bible Rant.  As many as 100 high school students walked out of a national journalism conference after an anti-bullying speaker began cursing, attacked the Bible and reportedly called those who refused to listen to his rant "pansy a····."  The speaker was Dan Savage, founder of the "It Gets Better" project, an anti-bullying campaign that has reached more than 40 million viewers with contributors ranging from President Obama to Hollywood stars.  Savage also writes a sex advice column called "Savage Love."

'Gender Bender Day' leads to 'Social Justice Week'.  Yesterday [4/24/2012], EAGnews.org reported on two events held during "Social Justice Week" at Chicago Public Schools' Jones College Prep.  One event featured a community organizer who taught students how to protest, and engaged in inflammatory rhetoric gainst the National Rifle Association.

Christian, Conservative Groups Counter Pro-Homosexual "Day of Silence".  A coalition of conservative, Christian, and pro-family groups contend that the "Day of Silence" is little more than a tool of radical homosexuals to engage teens in "gay" advocacy — and to recruit some of the more vulnerable ones into the destructive lifestyle along the way.  One of those groups, Mission America, encouraged parents to keep their kids home from school on that day.

If your child's school allows 'Day of Silence' propaganda, keep your child at home April 20.  The Day of Silence, which is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), fast approaches.  This year it will take place in most public schools on April 20.  On this day, thousands of public high schools and increasing numbers of middle schools will allow students to remain silent throughout an entire day — even during instructional time — to promote GLSEN's socio-political goals and its controversial, unproven, and destructive theories on the nature and morality of homosexuality.

Judge rules school must allow access to sexually explicit LGBT sites.  A federal judge has ordered a Missouri school district to unblock its web filters and give students access to sexually explicit material by the middle of March.  A US District Judge issued a preliminary junction against the Camdenton R-III School District banning them from using filtering software.  The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the district claiming it was deliberately restricting access to homosexual themed sites, while allowing students to view what it claims are "anti-LG BT sites that condemn homosexuality."

Alberta Law Would Ban Homeschool Parents From Teaching Against Homosexuality.  If you want to witness the eventual direction of "diversity" in America, you may want to take a long look at what is happening in Canada.  Under the new Education Act poised for implementation in Alberta, Christian schools and homeschool parents would be prohibited, as part of their academic program, from teaching children that homosexuality is sinful.

The Editor says...
 Please note:  This law does not pertain to the public school curriculum -- it restricts what parents can teach their children in their own homes.

Superintendent Bullies Student for Article Opposing Homosexuality.  A Wisconsin school superintendent may be rethinking how he dealt with a student who wrote a school newspaper article condemning homosexuality as sinful.  As part of an assignment for his journalism class, which is responsible for producing the school newspaper, 15-year-old Shawano High School student Brandon Wegner contributed half of a pro-con editorial feature on adoption by homosexual couples, using Scripture to buttress his case against same-sex couples adopting children.

Gay history law on Calif. books, but not in texts.  California's first-of-its-kind "gay history" law went into effect Jan. 1, but so far, state educators don't appear to be on the same page.  Given the state's budget crunch, the state Department of Education has released no companion curriculum or textbook revisions to comply with the FAIR Education Act, which requires schools to include the contributions of "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans" in instruction programs and curricula at all grade levels.  The law, which evolved from Senate Bill 48, also outlaws instruction materials "reflecting adversely" on those individuals.  The act also adds "persons with disabilities" to the list.

Disgusted Parents 'Occupy' the Classroom.  Some folks in this movement are protesting the left-wing socialist propaganda that passes in our public school classrooms for history, social studies, economics and literature curricula.  Others are focused on protecting their children's innocence and instilling their moral and religious values by resisting the so-called comprehensive sexuality agenda and its full-on mandate to normalize homosexuality and transgenderism, regardless of the religious beliefs of public school students.

Wisconsin School Punishes Christian Kid for Being a... Christian Kid.  Superintendent Todd Carlson of Shawano High School in Shawano, Wisconsin, is sorry a student observed his First Amendment rights and had his article published in the school newspaper that denounces homosexuals adopting children.  And so Superintendent Carlson is making amends by punishing this Christian kid for being so ... Christian.  Superintendent Carlson has also decided in his infinite wisdom to censure this article by having it sent down the memory hole so that no one else will be confronted with this evil Christian's views.

State-mandated "Sexual Brainwashing" Begins in California Schools.  Students in California public schools may not be leading the nation in their knowledge of the "three R's," but they are well on their way to being experts in deviant lifestyles.  Under a law signed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown (D), all public schools in the state are now required to promote homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality, and same-sex "marriage" at every grade level, including kindergarten — and to do so without parental consent or even notification.

Whitewashing History for California's Kids.  California's efforts to be inclusive in the classroom could spell disaster for education.  A new law took effect January 1 requiring public schools to include the contributions of gays, lesbians, and transgendered individuals in its history lessons.  That alone is proving unpopular with some.  But the real issue is that the law also bans teaching material that reflects "adversely" on gays or religions.

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 To teach children right from wrong, it is necessary to be able to speak "adversely" about things that are evil and wrong.  To teach children that all religions are morally equivalent is false and misleading, and it is pernicious and dangerous to teach them that perverse, deviant lifestyles are normal and natural.  Wherever the teachers are forbidden to speak the truth, the kids are wasting their time in the schools.  All they learn is how to stand in line and wait.

The Great Golden State Business Exodus.  California's in trouble.  Businesses are leaving along with intellectual and investment capital and skilled workers.  But rather than face up to serious problems, legislators pass silly laws. ... Beginning this year, the state requires schools to intervene if personnel see gay bullying.  Meanwhile, it makes schools teach the historical achievements of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals.

2012 ushers in new abortion, immigration, indoctrination laws.  Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers' U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory pro-homosexual indoctrination under state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.

Georgia Grad Student Fighting Expulsion Over Christian View of Homosexuality.  Faculty and administrators at a Georgia university are attempting to derail the dream of one of its graduate students to become a school counselor.  The reason:  Her Christian beliefs on homosexuality don't square with the politically correct doctrines embraced by the school.

Parents Outraged Over Teacher Removing Word 'Gay' from 'Deck the Halls'.  Christmas carols help us get in the mood to celebrate the holidays.  But would they have the same meaning if we changed a few words?  Parents of students at an elementary school in Michigan say, "No."  A music teacher at Cherry Knoll Elementary School in Traverse City decided to change the word "gay" to "bright" in "Deck the Halls" for the children's Christmas concert.  Her reasoning for the switch?  First- and second-graders would not stop giggling when they sang the word "gay."

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 This simply means that the children have not been properly instructed.  The word gay is perfectly legitimate, but it is a word that has been hijacked in recent years and now erroneously refers to homosexuals.  If homosexuals are mentioned in classrooms at all, they should be called homosexuals.  (I don't recall homosexuality being mentioned at all when I was in school.)  The children should also be told to wipe those smiles off their faces, because there is nothing funny or cute or heroic about homosexuals, transvestites, or others who openly engage in perversion.

Not-So-Free Speech in New Jersey.  New Jersey high school teacher Viki Knox may have been inspired by Christie's comments to think that it was okay for a New Jersey public employee to express an opinion about homosexuality, as if the First Amendment is alive and well in New Jersey.  Knox believes that homosexuality is a sin.  She posted her belief — not on an official school web site, but on her personal Facebook page.  The Union High School District is investigating Knox to determine if she violated school policies.

California schools scrambling to add lessons on LGBT Americans.  At Wonderland Avenue Elementary School in Laurel Canyon, there are lesson plans on diverse families — including those with two mommies or daddies — books on homosexual authors in the library and a principal who is openly gay.

Obama to Keynote Event of Gay Group That Promotes LGBT Curriculum in Elementary Schools.  President Barack Obama will speak on Saturday [10/1/2011] at the Human Right Campaign's (HRC) annual dinner in Washington, D.C. — the HRC is a pro-homosexual lobbying group that, among things, is promoting a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-inclusive curricula for children in elementary school.

Student Suspended for Saying Gay Is Wrong.  A Fort Worth high school student was sent to the principal's office earlier this week for telling another classmate he believes homosexuality is wrong.  Fourteen-year-old Dakota Ary spent most of the day Tuesday [9/20/2011] serving an in-school suspension.  It was punishment for discussion in his German class at Fort Worth's Western Hills High School.

Texas School Punishes Boy for Opposing Homosexuality.  An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal's office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong.  Holly Pope said she was "absolutely stunned" when she received a telephone call from an assistant principal at Western Hills High School informing her that her son, Dakota Ary, had been sent to in-school suspension.

Texas High School Suspends Student for Opposing Homosexuality.  [Scroll down]  The boy's family sought legal advice, and once an attorney from the Liberty Counsel entered the fray, the indefensible suspension was lifted and expunged.  By the sounds of things, young Dakota was the unwitting target of an instructor with a clear sexual-political agenda.

ACLU Bullying Schools Into Allowing Porn Access on Computers?  At different locales around the country, in places as diverse as Detroit, Mich., Lawrenceville, Ga., and Camdenton, Mo., the ACLU is sending letters and filing lawsuits seeking to disallow government school usage of certain Internet filters.  They claim their campaign is designed to end the blocking of "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" activist group sites, but in reality it will allow school children to access to pornographic websites.

ACLU Wants to Force School District to Allow Access to LGBT Websites Via School Computers.  The American Civil Liberties Union is trying to force a school district in the Missouri Ozarks to remove blocking software from school computers that restricts student access to homosexual and transgendered Web sites, but the district says it can't comply, because to do so could expose grade-school and high-school students to pornography — in direct violation of federal law.

ACLU battles schools over gay websites.  A fierce legal battle on free speech and family values is brewing about Internet filters used by school administrators to block students' access to gay educational and advocacy websites.  Gay rights groups say school systems cannot impose blanket bans on gay-related informational and cultural websites on school computers, while values groups warn that the absence of the blocking filters could leave children exposed to sexually explicit material.

Teacher Opposed To Gay Marriage Could Be Fired.  A former "Teacher of the Year" in Mount Dora, Fla. has been suspended and could lose his job after he voiced his objection to gay marriage on his private Facebook page.

Our "Gay Pride" President.  [Scroll down]  This is no doubt what Prof. Robert Weissberg (University of Illinois-Urbana) had in mind in his warning to America:  "Make no mistake, this is not just telling youngsters to ignore 'odd' classmates, the traditional tolerance-based solution.  Rather, this is a drive to legitimize homosexuality, swathed in the rhetoric of tolerance, by portraying this sexual predilection as 'normal' at a time when youngsters barely grasp sexuality of any variety.  This quarrel is hardly an academic one:  confrontations are real, and, ironically as so often is the case, their tumultuousness undermines the very social tranquility tolerance instruction is supposed to bring."

From Crayons to Condoms.  Under the guise of "tolerance" and reducing "hate crimes," students are often indoctrinated with the idea that there is no difference between homosexuality and heterosexuality even though what is being taught may violate the personal or religious beliefs of many of the students and their families.  Homosexual, bi-sexual, and transgendered panels are often brought in to discuss their lifestyles.  However, heterosexuals are not usually a part of any discussion.

Moonbeam brings queer studies to California grade schools.  The latest addition to the California public school curriculum will not help our children learn how to write a complete sentence, locate their home state on a map or even run a mile.  Instead, it aspires to sensitize students, as early as kindergarten, to the travails of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans.  The FAIR Education Act requires the inclusion of the contributions of "sexual minorities" in California public school history lessons and textbooks.  As this new law suggests, homosexual rights advocates have convinced many Americans that they are large in number but short on influence.  The opposite is true.

Taxpayer Money Will Help Homosexual Activists Establish 'Safe Spaces' in Public Schools.  A homosexual advocacy group is getting taxpayer money to increase the percentage of schools that set up "safe spaces" for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.  The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) will receive $285,000 annually for five years to partner with 20 targeted school districts across the country to help keep LBGT students safe and healthy.

California Governor Signs Landmark Law to Teach Gay History.  Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a landmark bill adding lessons about gay history to social studies classes in California's public schools.

Education Secretary Advises School Districts on Homosexual Clubs for Students.  Education Secretary Arne Duncan issued a "Dear Colleagues" letter on June 14 advising federally funded schools about establishing clubs on campuses, specifically Gay-Straight Alliance clubs for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.  The letter was issued from the department's Office of Civil Rights for elementary and secondary schools and was sent to all school districts in the United States, according to Jo Ann Webb, spokesperson for the Department of Education (DOE).

Calif. School Permits Transgender Propagandist in Classroom.  A school in Oakland, California wants to change boys into girls and girls into boys, Fox News reports.  The latest fad in the classroom is "transgender" education, or teaching the idea that boys and girls really aren't that different, and anyone can identify himself any way he wishes.

The "Fairness Doctrine" Is Unconstitutional.  [Scroll down]  The largest union of educators, the National Education Association (NEA) openly embraces the homosexual movement, and the acceptance of homosexuality.  They even have a Gay and Lesbian Caucus (GLC).  They teach young people that opposition to such deviant behavior is wrong and "homophobic."  Much of what is taught in our schools and institutions of higher learning is pure filth.  But there is one thing that they will not allow, and that is the teaching of traditional Judeo-Christian principles.  Feminist and homosexual groups are welcomed on campus, but many Christian groups have had to go to court to be allowed the equal right of having their groups.  They are the only ones who are not welcome.

Tennessee May Ban Teaching of Homosexuality in Elementary School.  Last week, the Senate Education Committee of the State Senate of Tennessee passed a bill that forbids public school elementary and middle school teachers from "furnishing any materials on human sexuality other than heterosexuality."

California set to teach gay history and rights in schools.  California is set to become the first US state to require the teaching of gay history and rights.  Children would take lessons on issues affecting gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, with schools granted discretion about what age to start the lessons.

Freedom to be Christian but banned from acting Christian.  Christians, Orthodox Jews or anyone with traditional views of sex and marriage should be barred from state university counseling programs unless they agree to violate their beliefs.  That's the gist of theamicus brief the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed Feb. 11 in a case in which a Christian student is challenging her dismissal from a graduate counseling program at Eastern Michigan University in 2009.

Paladino says kids shouldn't be 'brainwashed' into thinking homosexuality is OK.  GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino yesterday went well beyond his opposition to same-sex marriage, telling a Brooklyn Hasidic congregation that children should not be "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option.  It isn't."  He told about 50 worshippers at the K'hal Adas Kashau synagogue in Williamsburg that kids "would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family."

Carl Paladino Spoke the Truth.  For modern American liberals, there is no greater sin than to publicly express the view that there may be something wrong with homosexual activity and that children should not be taught to consider homosexual behavior morally equal to chastity and marriage.  No prominent politician who questions the wholesomeness of same-sex sex can escape a vicious beating by the liberal elite — because these beatings serve a strategic purpose.  They are designed to intimidate good people out of seeking political office and sticking up for the truth.  They are designed to uproot the laws and norms of our society from the immutable natural law that is the true foundation of our freedom.  They are designed to destroy truth and promote a lie.

'Gay lessons' in maths, geography and science.  Children are to be taught about homosexuality in maths, geography and science lessons as part of a Government-backed drive to "celebrate the gay community".  Lesson plans have been drawn up for pupils as young as four, in a scheme funded with a £35,000 grant from an education quango, the Training and Development Agency for Schools.

House Democrats Pass Bill to Grill School Children about Sexual Preference.  At the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing last Thursday [9/16/2010], Democrats passed a bill to require federal health officials to question anyone seeking services from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) community health centers or other programs about their sexual orientation and "gender identity."  Introduced by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), H.R. 6109 requires HHS to obtain, retain and analyze sexual identity information from patients who seek healthcare, including children.

Queering Education.  The recent court rulings against students Jennifer Keeton in Georgia and Julea Ward in Michigan reveal the power amassed by the cabal of radicals in academia who have pushed the gay agenda into education.  In both cases, judges upheld the right of counseling departments at public universities to expel Christian students who refused to counsel homosexuals in a manner that affirmed their homosexuality.

School must oblige transgender 6th-grader.  The radical homosexual agenda is making itself known in Maine, where a human-rights group has ruled a school must accommodate the sexual preferences of a sixth-grader.

Augusta State University to student:  Accept homosexuality or leave school.  An Augusta State University counseling student has filed a lawsuit against her school claiming it violated her First Amendment rights when it told her to change her traditionalist Christian views on homosexuality or get out.

Court:  Student Can be Expelled for Christian Beliefs.  A federal judge ruled in favor of a public university who removed a Christian student over her belief that homosexuality is morally wrong.  The decision, according to Julea Ward's attorneys, could result in Christian students across the country being expelled from public university for similar views.

Court Upholds Expulsion of Counseling Student Who Opposes Homosexuality.  A federal judge has ruled in favor of a public university that removed a Christian student from its graduate program in school counseling over her belief that homosexuality is morally wrong.  Monday's [7/26/2010] ruling, according to Julea Ward's attorneys, could result in Christian students across the country being expelled from public university for similar views.

U. of I. instructor fired over comments on homosexuality.  The University of Illinois has fired an adjunct professor who taught courses on Catholicism after a student accused the instructor of engaging in hate speech by saying he agrees with the church's teaching that homosexual sex is immoral.

Academic Freedom, for Some:  The Hounding of Dr. Howell.  Officials at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana have sparked controversy over their decision not to extend the hiring of Adjunct Professor Kenneth Howell, a highly rated instructor who has taught electives at the university since 2001 on the history and tenets of Catholicism.  Howell's apparent "offense" is that he accurately rendered those teachings in an e-mail distributed to students in one of his classes.

He wore a crown, he wore a tiara.  A pair of gay best friends were voted prom king and queen by such a wide margin at an upstate New York high school that the school didn't bother choosing runners-up.

Keep Your Students Home On "Day Of Silence".  Many public schools across the nation are planning to allow students affiliated with GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) to sponsor a "Day of Silence" on April 16.  Cooperating schools will allow students and teachers who support the homosexual agenda to remain silent during instructional time.  The AFA [American Family Association] is joining many other pro-family organizations around the country in calling for families to pull their students out of participating schools that day.  AFA president Tim Wildmon said, "No school should allow an organization like GLSEN to hijack classroom instructional time for political purposes.  This turns taxpayer-funded government schools into propaganda forums for promoting homosexuality and cross-dressing.  No right-thinking school officials should allow the educational environment to be prostituted in this way.

Day of Silence Still Sparks Protest.  The National Day of Silence encourages students to "take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools," according to the Day of Silence website. ... In Bedford, New Hampshire, high school students who observed the Day of Silence were given credit for fulfilling the "Democracy in Action" component of Real World Learning hours, a requirement for graduation.

The Cut-and-Paste Doctrines of the Left:  This semester, the gay activist group SoulForce will make its second visit in four years to the campus of the Christian university where I teach.  We are one of sixteen stops the group will make at campuses deemed to have policies which discriminate against gays.  Their annual tour is called the Equality Ride, an event which reflects the activists' desire for the gay rights movement to be the civil rights movement of our generation.

Maine Commission Moves to Ban Gender Specific Bathrooms, Sports Teams in Schools.  The Maine Human Rights Commissions taking heat over a proposal to ban schools from enforcing gender divisions in sports teams, school organizations, bathrooms and locker rooms, saying forcing a student into a particular room or group because of their biological gender amounts to discrimination.

Democrats Push HR 4530, a Radical Safe Schools Czar's Dream Come True.  On January 20, 2009 President Barack Obama promised to "begin again the work of remaking America."  He wasn't kidding. ... But you haven't seen anything yet.  The democrats in Congress are moving closer to passing the most radical anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-family bill through Congress that we have seen in decades.

H.R.4530:  Assault on Genuine Child Safety and Morality.  The purpose of this bill is not what is being stated, but is quite simply to mandate in public schools one acceptable viewpoint on the issue of homosexuality, using purported violence or harassment as the rationale, and the power of the feds as the hammer.  The goal is to silence those who may warn about or object to student expression of homosexuality or gender confusion.  Such warnings might literally save a child's life.

Kevin Jennings' twisted terminology:  Kevin Jennings is Safe School Czar not by some vetting breakdown.  He was an official in the Obama Campaign as its Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual fund-raising co-chair.  For twenty years until 2008, Jennings succeeded on a massive scale at pro-homosexual propagandizing of school children.  His adeptness and accomplishment at semantic deception are extraordinary.

Why Obama's Elementary Queering Must Be Stopped.  Kevin Jennings is not just your normal activist nominee.  He is a firm advocate of mandated affirmation of approval of homosexual actions by school children, and to this end, his involvement with the GLSEN's "Day of Silence" has moved them to go beyond that to demand "Queer Proms" in the local public schools, and to lobby for legislation in each state to change the definition of marriage to make it mean something it has never meant.  With Jennings' support, the GLSEN chapter in Connecticut has begun pushing not just for "tolerance" or "acceptance" of those who choose to engage in homosexuality in the public schools, but they have actually created an "activity" for the school systems which pushes "positive levels of attitude" such as mandated "admiration" and "nurturance."

Critics say Obama's 'Safe Schools' Czar is the Wrong Man for the Job.  [Kevin] Jennings was appointed to the position largely because of his longtime record of working to end bullying and discrimination in schools.  In 1990, as a teacher in Massachusetts, he founded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which now has over 40 chapters at schools nationwide.  He has also published six books on gay rights and education, including one that describes his own experiences as a closeted gay student.

Fairy Tales Don't Come True.  The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled recently that parents had no right to know about a very graphic sex survey given out to elementary school students in California.  In fact, the court said that parents have no right to claim sole responsibility for their children's sex education. ... Schools often give information without parental notice about multiple access points to enter such behavior through "gay" community groups, homosexual school clubs, local health clinics, Internet chat rooms, and politically correct youth organizations and clubs.

Why Obama's Elementary Queering Must Be Stopped:  Obama sought to distract with his own, "Once, Twice, Three times a Muslim" act in Cairo, all the while praying that no one would notice that a protector of a child sodomist was being given access to children in our public schools.  Kevin Jennings is not just your normal activist nominee.  He is a firm advocate of mandated affirmation of approval of homosexual actions by school children, and to this end, his involvement with the GLSEN's "Day of Silence" has moved them to go beyond that to demand "Queer Proms" in the local public schools, and to lobby for legislation in each state to change the definition of marriage to make it mean something it has never meant.  With Jennings' support, the GLSEN chapter in Connecticut has begun pushing not just for "tolerance" or "acceptance" of those who choose to engage in homosexuality in the public schools, but they have actually created an "activity" for the school systems which pushes "positive levels of attitude" such as mandated "admiration" and "nurturance."

Gay Curriculum Proposal Riles Elementary School Parents.  A group of parents in a California school district say they are being bullied by school administrators into accepting a new curriculum that addresses bullying, respect and acceptance — and that includes compulsory lessons about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community that will be taught to children as young as 5 years old.

ACLU demands schools allow access to gay Websites.  Students and parents are demanding Metro Nashville's public schools stop blocking access to Web sites about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.  They complained to the American Civil Liberties Union, which on Wednesday [4/15/2009] gave Metro and Knox County schools an April 29 deadline to announce plans to open access to the non-sexual sites.  A letter to the districts threatened lawsuits if they don't comply.

The Seventh Grade Is Invited to Teacher's Commitment Ceremony.  In Harlem a week ago, a 32-year-old math teacher handed out slips of paper inviting the entire seventh grade of Columbia Secondary School to his upcoming ceremony, where, the names on the invitation made clear, he'd be celebrating his commitment to another man.

The Editor says...
 The article above appears in the New York Times, which reports the incident as something laudable.  No wonder the NY Times is going broke.  There just aren't that many people who concur with such a viewpoint.

Plans for gay high school scrapped.  Designers of a plan to create the city's first gay-friendly high school pulled the plug on a watered-down version of the plan Tuesday [11/18/2008] but vowed to resurrect the idea next year.

College sued over speech against gay marriage.  A college student has filed a lawsuit saying a public speaking professor berated him in class for making a speech opposing same-sex marriage.  In the federal court suit filed last week, student Jonathan Lopez said that midway through his speech, when he quoted a dictionary definition of marriage and recited a pair of Bible verses, professor John Matteson cut him off and would not allow him to finish.  He said Matteson also called him a "fascist bastard."  A student evaluation form included with the lawsuit lacks a score for Lopez's speech, and reads "ask God what your grade is."

Public Schools Change Young Evangelicals' Values.  Barack Obama's selection for secretary of education is his crony Arne Duncan, who most recently made news by recommending the creation of a Chicago Social Justice High School-Pride Campus, where half the students would be homosexuals and the other half straight.  Somehow that school was canceled just about the time that Obama announced Duncan's appointment.

Chicago Schools Administrator:  Homosexual High School is "Necessary".  A proposed homosexual-friendly Chicago public high school is "necessary" for the well-being of students, a Chicago Public Schools administrator told CNSNews.com Wednesday [12/10/2008].  Joyce Brown, who is in charge of the public school district's high school counselors, said the "Social Justice High School — Pride Campus" is necessary because "the issue (of homosexuality) is out there."

Psychiatrist:  Gay Curricula Should Conform To Science.  The press for tolerance education for homosexuality in classrooms is driven by the desire to provide safe, learning-friendly environments for all students.  The program of education is based on the testimony of teachers that intimidation of children with same-sex attractions is rampant in schools, and prejudice against gay people is strong enough to keep teachers from "coming out."  However, a Philadelphia psychiatrist told The Bulletin that many of the conceptions that drive the push for curricula that endorse a homosexual lifestyle have no basis in scientific findings.

University Of Toledo Sued For Firing Christian Official.  The Thomas More Law Center, a public interest law firm that defends and promotes the religious freedom of Christians, filed a lawsuit yesterday [12/1/2008] against the University of Toledo for firing one of its officers for expressing an opinion against homosexuality.  Crystal Dixon, a high-ranking black official at the University of Toledo, was fired in May by the university because she wrote a newspaper commentary expressing her personal Christian views regarding homosexuality.

California Elementary School Parents Blindsided by Homosexual "Coming Out Day".  Parents of students attending an elementary school in Hayward, California, are in a frenzy after learning the school allegedly made no effort to inform them their children were to participate in today's homosexual "Coming Out Day" school event, reports the Pacific Justice Institute ... .

Yet another reason to pull your kids out of the public schools:
 School Clams Up on 'Gay' Pledge Cards Given to Kindergartners.  A California school system refuses to say what action, if any, it will take after it received complaints about a kindergarten teacher who encouraged her students to sign "pledge cards" in support of gays.  During a celebration of National Ally Week, Tara Miller, a teacher at the Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science in Hayward, Calif., passed out cards produced by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network to her class of kindergartners.

What same-sex "marriage" has done to Massachusetts.  At my own children's high school there was a school-wide assembly to celebrate same-sex "marriage" in early December, 2003.  It featured an array of speakers, including teachers at the school who announced that they would be "marrying" their same-sex partners and starting families either through adoption or artificial insemination.  Literature on same-sex marriage — how it is now a normal part of society — was handed out to the students.  Within months it was brought into the middle schools.

PETA Wants Proposed Homosexual High School to Have 'Vegan' Cafeteria.  In the name of "tolerance," People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants a proposed Chicago public high school designed for homosexual and lesbian students to offer a vegetarian-only menu.

US Supreme Court turns down David Parker's appeal.  Validates state's right to teach homosexuality to young children over parents' objections!  Allows outrageous lower court rulings to stand.

Class surprises lesbian teacher on wedding day.  A group of San Francisco first-graders took an unusual field trip to City Hall on Friday [10/10/2008] to toss rose petals on their just-married lesbian teacher — putting the public school children at the center of a fierce election battle over the fate of same-sex marriage.

Obama High: No child left benign.  Elected officials in Chicago made international news last week by proposing to create a public high school for gay, lesbian and transgender students. ... Yet no American journalist covering the presidential race has queried the Chicago-based Sen. Barack Obama about this radical development in education reform:  a key issue to which the young senator has committed much of his public life and all of his executive experience.

California Bill Would Force Public Schools to Honor 'Gay Hero'.  A conservative group is warning parents about a bill under consideration in the California Legislature that requires public schools to have an official "Gay Day."  AB 2567 requires Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to proclaim May 22 of each year as Harvey Milk Day, putting it on par with President's Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Update:
 'Gay Day' Bill Vetoed in California.  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have designated May 22 as "Harvey Milk Day," named after the homosexual San Francisco supervisor who was murdered in 1978.  Conservative critics said the bill was tantamount to establishing a "Gay Day" in San Francisco schools.

Irmo principal to resign after gay club approved for school.  The principal of Irmo High School has opted to resign rather than share his campus with an organization for gay students.  Irmo High School Principal Eddie Walker confirmed to The Associated Press he is stepping down in the summer of 2009.

Toledo Blade Article Gets University Employee Fired.  [Scroll down]  You know, I have often wondered why the civil rights establishment has allowed homosexual extremists to co-opt the mantle of civil rights for their own twisted agenda.  [Crystal] Dixon is exactly right.  I can no more "decide" not to be white as she can "decide" not to be black. … But, it is possible to decide not to be gay.  It is something eminently under the control of the individual to change.  It is a behavior, not an unalterable fact.

College Suspends Administrator for Op-Ed on Homosexuals.  The University of Toledo has suspended with pay one of its administrators for writing a newspaper op-ed that questions whether homosexuality is a civil rights issue.  The school said the administrator was suspended precisely because her views on homosexuality do not comport with those of the university, a state institution.

'Day of silence' generates controversy.  The silent observation is meant to highlight the plight of gay students who feel they must hide their sexual orientation for fear of harassment, bullying and discrimination, according to those who are taking part.  Those opposed to the activity say it is really a veiled movement to promote a homosexual lifestyle in public schools.  A number of Oregon City High School students and some teachers took part, writing their thoughts rather than speaking. … The school announced the day of silence over the school intercom, but Wallace said no notification was given parents.

'Be Happy Not Gay' shirt gets OK.  A US federal court has granted permission for a teenager to wear a T-shirt with the slogan "Be Happy, Not Gay" during a Christian day of action on Monday held in response to a gay rights protest.  The high school in Neuqua Valley, Illinois, had banned student Alexander Neuxoll from wearing the T-shirt in class on Monday, when a Christian group is organising a "Day of Truth" to show its opposition to homosexuality.

High School Officials Assign Racist "Gay" Porn.  Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois, had assigned the pornographic book "Angels in America:  A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" to students as required reading.  When a group of outraged parents found out, they filed a formal complaint.  Now the book has been changed to an "optional title," meaning kids may still select the book for peer study under the direction of a teacher.  The book is replete with profanity, overt racism through multiple uses of the N-word, an explicit description of a sex act involving Mother Theresa and some of the most graphic, vile and vivid depictions of homosexual anal sodomy every put in print.

"Gay" Sex Kills?  Can you imagine officials at a middle school, junior high or high school setting aside a day to promote "tolerance" for heavy smoking and drinking among children?  How about a day where teachers encourage kids to "embrace who they are," pick up that crack pipe and give it a stiff toke?  Neither can I.  The public would go ballistic, and for good reason.  But that hasn't stopped officials in thousands of schools across the country from promoting other politically correct and socially "in-vogue" behaviors that — both statistically and manifestly — are every bit as dangerous as the aforementioned frowned-upon behaviors.

Oklahoma lawmaker threatened with legal action for practicing free speech.  Oklahoma state lawmaker Sally Kern has had to obtain legal representation in the wake of a barrage of tens of thousands of hate-filled emails and threatened lawsuits after she spoke publicly about the dangers of the radical homosexual agenda.  During a recent speech at a Republican club meeting, Sooner State Representative Sally Kern said she was concerned that the homosexual agenda would destroy the nation and that the threat the movement poses is as big a threat to the nation as terrorism.  She also told how young public school children are being indoctrinated into believing that the homosexual lifestyle is normal.

Librarian sues OSU to get his job back.  A former Ohio State University librarian accused of sexual harassment after recommending a conservative book for freshmen has filed a lawsuit against the university and some of its faculty.  Scott Savage, who said he resigned because of personal and professional attacks on his character, asks for his job back and for OSU to be forced to change its sexual-harassment policies.  OSU is "an aggressive proponent of the homosexual lifestyle by virtue of its practices and policies," Savage says in the lawsuit, filed in federal court because he says his civil rights were violated.

Children's Book About Same-Sex Penguin Couple Causes Flap in Virginia.  A children's book about two male penguins that hatch a chick together has been pulled from school library shelves in Loudoun County, Virginia.  Parents complained that the book has a gay agenda and have called for its removal.  But supporters say the book's removal is censorship.

The Editor says...
 Yes, it's censorship.  So what?  Censorship has an important role in elementary schools.

Family of girl, 12, sues after 'Brokeback' shown in class.  A suit was filed on behalf of a 12-year-old girl who claims she suffered psychological distress when a teacher showed in class the gay-themed movie "Brokeback Mountain." … According to the suit, a substitute teacher introduced herself as Ms. Buford to Jessica's class at Ashburn Community Elementary School … She then said, "What happens in Ms. Buford's class stays in Ms. Buford's class," the suit claims.

'Gay' cowboy love scenes 'traumatize' schoolgirl, 12.  A 12-year-old girl who says she was traumatized when her teacher showed the film "Brokeback Mountain" featuring love scenes with homosexual cowboys is suing the Chicago Board of Education for $500,000.  "What happens in Ms. Buford's class stays in Ms. Buford's class," is what the substitute teacher told eighth-grade students at Ashburn Community Elementary School after showing the R-rated movie, according to a lawsuit filed Friday [5/11/2007] in Cook County Circuit Court.

One more reason to switch to home-schooling...
 School challenge:  Transgender student is age 9.  For school officials in Haverford Township, the challenge was daunting:  What do you do when a 9-year-old student, with the full support of his parents, decides that he is no longer a boy and instead is a girl?

The Editor says...
 The problem is "daunting" only because common sense and basic decency have been thrown out of the schools along with the Bible.

School disciplines students for using the term 'gay'.  The president of the Pacific Justice Institute says officials at a California public school are having their free-speech rights violated in the name of "tolerance" for homosexuals.  The school, he says, could soon find itself facing a lawsuit for telling elementary children they cannot use the word "gay" in a derogatory manner.

Outrage over San Diego school's involvement in 'gay pride' parade.  A San Diego, California, school district has rebuffed efforts by 12 Christian men and women to prevent minor children from being exposed to the city's 33rd annual homosexual pride parade.  This group, dubbed the "San Diego Twelve," is calling on the district school board to bar a K-8 charter school from once again marching its students under the school's banner in this summer's "San Diego LGBT Pride" parade.

Judge orders 'gay' agenda taught to Christian children.  A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the "gay" agenda taught to Christians who attend a public school in Massachusetts, finding that they need the teachings to be "engaged and productive citizens."  U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf yesterday dismissed a civil rights lawsuit brought by David Parker, ordering that it is reasonable, indeed there is an obligation, for public schools to teach young children to accept and endorse homosexuality.

You're Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage — You Must be a Member of the Ku Klux Klan.  Without question, the comments comparing Justin [Boone] and his teammates to members of the KKK were rude, offensive, and thoroughly unprofessional.  Moreover, given the fact that Justin is an African-American, these comments were especially derogatory, inflammatory, and demeaning.  The teachers should be reprimanded and disciplined for their rank unprofessionalism.

Just Say No to these Pro Homosexual Materials at School.  Some tolerance lessons taught to our kids — learning respect and civility toward people of all races and ethnic backgrounds — are valuable.  And certainly, we need to stop the cruelty involved in bullying.  Unfortunately, many of the lessons in our schools have been corrupted by adding to these positive messages the poisonous myth that accepting homosexuality and "transgendered" behaviors is desirable, while objecting to them — even in a civil way — is "harassment," "discrimination" and even "bullying."

School prepares for transgender second grader.  The issue of being transgender usually pops up with students in high school.  Now a second grade Colorado boy wants to dress as a girl and be addressed with a girl's name.

The Editor says...
 In the good old days, this kid and his parents would all be taken to the gates of the city and stoned.  Then their house would be burned down.  The next couple to consider converting their son to a daughter would then have a reason to reconsider.

Does Your School Promote Homosexuality?  The activities and policies listed in this article may sound nice, but in reality protect and promote homosexuality and sexual promiscuity, putting students directly in harm's way instead of cautioning them about risky behavior.  Is your school jumping on this foolish bandwagon?

Transfer denied for kids taught by transsexual.  Five parents who asked to transfer their children out of Batavia High School classes with a transsexual teacher have been denied, according to Batavia district Superintendent Richard Stutzman Jr.

Gender Terrorism:  The Transgendered Agenda.  Most Americans would be outraged at how rapidly revolutionary ideas about gender are invading our classrooms.  But discussions about cross-dressing, sex change surgery and even abolishing gender altogether are now part of the trendy "gay" agenda and are such are gaining widespread acceptance by teachers, the NEA, and school boards.

The California homosexual activists' assault on schoolchildren:  On May 11, the California State Senate passed Senate Bill 1437.  The bill demands "no teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school district sponsor any activity that reflects adversely upon persons because of their … gender … [or] sexual orientation." ... If a boy decides to come to school in a dress, teachers may not even request that he change clothes.

Parents' Suit Challenges Gay-Themed Book.  Two couples who say a suburban school district undermined their parental rights by giving out and reading storybooks with gay themes without telling them first have filed a federal lawsuit against school officials.  The couples claim the officials broke state law, violated their civil rights, and were trying to teach their children about a lifestyle they consider immoral.

Uninvited guests:  How hospitable should Christian campuses be to visitors who oppose their beliefs?

Pinch Me If I Am Paranoid.  A bill is close to passing in California that would make all government (public) schools mandate a "positive" portrayal of homosexuality in their textbooks and literature.  However, many of these same schools will not allow the mention of the word Christmas or Easter for fear that it will in some way "indoctrinate" the kids into Christianity.

Same Sex "Marriage", Homosexuality, and the Education of Children:  The legalization of same sex liaisons as "marriage" in the U.S would drastically alter the nature of what is taught to children in schools, community groups, camps, churches and in the media.  Currently, a high-pressure campaign by homosexual activists, supported by the National Education Association, is underway to promote acceptance of homosexuality among children, and a great deal of headway has already been made through the establishment of homosexual clubs, adoption of pro-homosexual school policies, the showcasing of homosexual literature, special occasion speakers, and so-called anti-bias programs.

Catholic League:  Homosexual High School Teacher Was Rightly Fired.  Jeff Crouse, a 45-year-old former seminarian, has been fired from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas after school officials learned he was trolling for same-sex dates on the Internet.

Homosexual Book for First-graders:  A North Carolina couple is outraged by a book their first-grade daughter brought home from the school library in which a prince finds his true love — in the form of another prince.

15 Good Reasons to Oppose 'Sexual Orientation' (Homosexuality) Codes in Schools

Falling Boulder:  Many American schools have sponsored pro-gay speakers, allowed pro-gay art displays, and sanctioned clubs called "Gay-Straight Alliances."  But Colorado's Boulder Valley School District is going a step further, advancing new curriculum standards that would require students to "demonstrate" their acceptance of homosexuality.

Gay Crime Syndicate?  The left’s latest experiment with segregation has certainly started out with a bang.  This September, New York City opened the nation’s first taxpayer-funded school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered teens — Harvey Milk High School — and a crime wave is already underway.

Is Harvey Milk High School really a good idea?  This is the new American myth.  Gone is the "rags to riches" ethic.  Now it's "woe is me.  Give me some special treatment."  In this country, it is now taken for granted that the principles by which our culture has traditionally functioned are no longer deemed appropriate.

California Tells Christian Club it Must Admit Non-Christians and Homosexuals.  A new Christian club at California State University–San Bernardino was recently denied official recognition by the university because it required its members to adhere to Biblical principles of morality.  Some of these principles, as explained by the student organizer, Ryan Sorba, include abstaining from premarital sex and homosexual relations.

School Sexual-Orientation Survey Not Approved.  Parents are angry and school leaders are promising action in response to a "Heterosexual Questionnaire," approved by two teachers, that asked students questions such as:  "If you have never slept with someone of your same gender, then how do you know you wouldn't prefer it?"  Hundreds of Port Washington High School students were told to submit written answers and discuss the survey.

Government Schools Promote Same-sex Marriage.  "Any parent who leaves his or her child in the hands of homosexual activists does not love that child.  They are declaring their indifference," said Robert H. Knight, director of Culture and Family Institute.  "It's a form of child abuse.  They're allowing their children to be seduced into immoral and dangerous sexual behavior."

Read this article:
 Colleges to avoid, part II.  Parents thinking of sending their children to Georgia Tech should visit the university website or stop by the campus to get a sense of how far the university has fallen in recent years.

Male, female, or other:  can I check all three?  On college campuses, psychotic is very trendy.  Next fall, my university will follow the lead of other schools by adding an 'other' category to the gender section of admissions forms so that "students will now be able to express exactly who they think they are."  In short, unfortunate delusions are to be treated as perfectly acceptable.

Comments on gays broadcast at school raise furor.  A teacher who condemned homosexuality as part of a broadcast at Miami Sunset Senior High has come under fire.

Under the radar:  Gay-rights groups are quietly but aggressively advancing their agenda.  While the news media focused on immigration last week, California Democrats focused on completing the transmutation of public-school social science curricula into a punctuated series of pro-homosexuality tracts.

Caution -- graphic descriptions throughout:
 The Hetero-flexible Gene.  The recent New York Times article on the Cuddle Puddle at Stuyvesant High School unwittingly undermines the legal strategy of the Gay Rights movement.

Baptists:  Probe homosexuality in schools.  A resolution urging churches to investigate the level of homosexual advocacy in their local school districts will be presented to the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee for possible consideration at the denomination's annual gathering [2005].

This article is soaked with liberal bias:
 Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies.  Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.  Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality.  But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation.

Forcing the "Trans-Gendered" Agenda on the kids.  What this whole story is about is a mentally ill old man who had his male parts cut off and is taking hormones to stop his body hair from growing.  Not to make light of any type of mental illness, but wanting to have your parts cut off by its very nature means you need to have your head examined.

"King And King" Promotes Perversion.  America's parents need to realize that homosexual activists are very serious about taking over our schools and brainwashing our children.  They want to indoctrinate our kids with the lie that homosexuality is normal and healthy, and that anyone (including their parents) who believes differently is a homophobic bigot.  If you want to get scared into action, check out the website of the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network.  They conduct seminars promoting the teaching of homosexuality to children as young as kindergarten age.

Gay Seminar Upsets Parents.  Parents of a student who attended a taxpayer-funded summer educational institute are upset that the program included, without their prior knowledge, a seminar that promoted homosexuality.

The Editor asks...
 Why is it necessary (and how is it possible) to promote homosexuality if, as they claim, "you're born that way"?

Court says high school can enforce dress code against anti-gay T-shirt.  The ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals addressed only the narrow issue of whether the dress code should be unenforced pending the outcome of the student's lawsuit.  A majority of judges said, however, that Tyler Chase Harper was unlikely to prevail on claims that the Poway Unified School District violated his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and religion for keeping him out of class when he wore a shirt with the message "homosexuality is shameful."

[You can bet that the ruling would have been different if the message on the T-shirt had been different.]

Same story:
 Public schools can ban anti-minority messages.  Public schools can prohibit students from displaying messages that attack gays or other persecuted minorities, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday [4/20/2006] in the case of a Southern California youth whose T-shirt proclaimed that "homosexuality is shameful."

The homosexual agenda.  Homosexual activists have set a well planned and well financed agenda that started in the 1960s and now includes not only tolerance of their lethal lifestyle but acceptance with privileges as a special class, as a minority group.  The key target is our youth.

ACLU Seeks Mandatory Homosexual Sensitivity Training.  The American Civil Liberties Union is suing school districts in California and Kentucky in an attempt to force them to conduct mandatory homosexual appreciation sessions for students and staff.

 Editor's note:   The notion of "mandatory homosexual appreciation sessions" is quite a large step in the downward spiral of our traditional culture.  Students may be encouraged to appreciate certain things, but when have they ever been required to appreciate anything?  Look up the word "appreciation" in the dictionary, and in its definition you'll see words like gratitude, admiration, favorable judgment, etc.  These students are now being told that tolerance is not enough — approval of homosexuality is now mandatory.

Public Libraries, The Left, and the Corruption of Children.  At the Upper Arlington Public library, near Columbus, the public library is embroiled in controversy for having allowed two explicit homosexual publications to sit in the foyer.  The foyer serves as a gathering place for elementary school children before school.

Temple University Faces Suit After Trying to Have Christian Student Committed.  Back in 1999 Temple University sponsored the controversial and blasphemous play Corpus Christi, in which Christ is portrayed as a homosexual.  Michael Marcavage, then a Christian student at the Philadelphia school, complained to administrators.  Temple officials eventually tried to have Marcavage committed to a mental institution because of his opposition to the play.

Not only must you tolerate perversion, you must do so quietly.
 WPU Censures Student-Employee for Expressing Biblical Beliefs Against Homosexuality.  A 63-year-old campus technician and student at a New Jersey university who sent a private e-mail describing lesbianism and homosexuality as "perversions" has been formally reprimanded by the school for violating its non-discrimination policy.

An Investigation of the Biblical Evidence Against Homosexuality.  Certain school systems today actively teach youngsters the idea that we must embrace every concept that society popularizes, else we will be unloving and intolerant.  Thus, many children are quietly convinced from a very young age that if they do not give everyone "complete and total acceptance," then they are bigoted and mean spirited.

On the use and abuse of labels:  The homosexual lobby [has] succeeded in getting some public schools to use the terms "harassment" and "bullying" as thinly disguised weapons to suppress the free speech of those who don't subscribe to their view that the state and society should affirmatively validate the homosexual lifestyle.  Students who simply utter opinions contrary to the prescribed dogma are stigmatized as harassers or bullies, when they engage in no harassment or bullying whatsoever.

UConn Students Divided Over How To Greet Scalia.  A same-sex kissing booth is not exactly what you'd expect to greet a U.S. Supreme Court justice visiting Hartford next week.  But for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his conservative rulings, strongly worded opinions and a recent hand-to-chin gesture that caused a stir outside church, it might not be that farfetched.

Gay Rights Activists Arrested at Liberty.  More than 20 gay rights activists were arrested on trespassing charges Friday [3/10/2006] when they stepped onto the campus of Liberty University, the school founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Judge Halts Pro-Homosexual Sex-Ed Class.  A group of parents took their opposition to the sex-ed courses to court last week, arguing that they depicted homosexuality as a natural and morally correct lifestyle and did not offer any contrary opinion.

S*x for Dummies:  The strangest aspect of the Montgomery curriculum is the insistence that students should ponder their gender identity.  In plain English, this means boys should examine whether they really want to be boys, and girls should wonder if they should be girls.  This is a current obsession in the world of sex ed, apparently inserted here to accommodate transvestites and transsexuals.

Homosexual Activists' Conference Angers Conservatives:  Conservative, pro-family organizations are blasting a homosexual activist group for continuing its campaign to "indoctrinate children in the nation's public schools by convincing kids that homosexuality is a normal and healthy lifestyle."

Young Activist Claims School Censored Protest Against Homosexual Event.  Members of a high school conservative group in California are saying their First Amendment rights were violated when they tried to protest an upcoming pro-homosexual "Day of Silence" event.

High School's Rainbow "Diversity" Flag Doesn't Fly With Some Parents.  A rainbow-colored homosexual pride flag has created a stir in a Michigan high school.  Members of the Howell High School Diversity Club recently hung the flag to promote different types of sexual orientation within the homosexual community.

Mom Wants Pro-Homosexual Poster Out of Arizona Elementary School.  At issue is a wall poster at Washington Elementary School in Winslow [Arizona] that includes information about the school's female art teacher and features a rainbow flag symbolizing homosexual pride.  The poster urges acceptance of all people, regardless of their race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Are SpongeBob's Pants Really Square?  Should the public school system be used to encourage sexual attitudes in children, especially attitudes to which their parents might object?

"Tolerant" Homosexuals are Intolerant of "Ex-Gays".  Following a "Gay Pride Week" observance, a Virginia school system rejected the idea of allowing ex-homosexuals to address its student body.  Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute says "ex-gays" seem to have no standing at all.

Attorney Claims Lesbian Teachers Using Schools to Push Homosexual Lifestyle.  Recently a group of lesbian teachers in the Scotts Valley Unified School District (Santa Cruz County) started hanging pro-homosexual posters in their classrooms, discussing homosexuality in their classrooms, and providing referrals to homosexual and bisexual organizations to students questioning their sexuality.  Numerous parents have complained to school officials, who said they would investigate matters. However, no administrative correction has been initiated in response to the complaints.

Suspension of Student Spawns Lawsuit Against San Diego School District.  Promotion of homosexuality is OK, but expression of faith is silenced.

In Defending Marriage — Take the Offensive!  For more than 40 years, the homosexual activist movement has sought to implement a master plan that has had as its centerpiece the utter destruction of the family.  The institution of marriage, along with an often weakened and impotent Church, is all that stands in the way of its achievement of every coveted aspiration.  Those goals include universal acceptance of the gay lifestyle, discrediting of Scriptures that condemn homosexuality, muzzling of the clergy and Christian media, granting of special privileges and rights in the law, overturning laws prohibiting pedophilia, indoctrinating children and future generations through public education, and securing all the legal benefits of marriage for any two or more people who claim to have homosexual tendencies.  These objectives that seemed unthinkable just a few years ago have largely been achieved or are now within reach.

Hiding truth from schoolchildren.  The boy featured in an 'educational' video about gay issues is no longer gay.  But that little detail is being repressed.

Homosexual Agenda in Public Schools Marches Forward.  GLSEN has achieved stunning progress over the past six years in our public schools by shifting the debate away from parent authority to sexual orientation, student safety, equal access, and anti-discrimination.

Homosexual Teacher Tells Class:  "I'm Married".  A middle-school teacher discusses his gay "marriage" in front of students.  In response to a few negative comments, he equated his "marriage" to historical topics ranging from suffrage and bigotry to the Magna Carta.

Stealth Agenda Trumps Academic Success in Schools:  Gov. Gray Davis and Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin preoccupy themselves with the sexual orientation of students.  Using the themes of "safe schools" and "tolerance," they have implemented policies that have paved the way for the normalization of homosexuality in the state's schools.

"Sexual Orientation" Codes are Harmful to Schools:  "'Sexual orientation' school codes are invariably used to advance one-sided, pro-‘gay' programs and classroom teachings," said Peter LaBarbera, senior policy analyst at the Culture and Family Institute.  "This bias violates parents' rights and the beliefs of the majority of students who oppose homosexuality."

The Legal Liability Associated with Homosexuality Education in Public Schools:  An assessment of the risks and liabilities associated with policies and programs that normalize homosexual behavior in public schools.

British schools 'will have to promote gay rights'.  New gay rights laws will force schools to teach homosexual equality, one of the country's most respected judges warned yesterday [1/8/2007].  Teachers who tell pupils homosexual sex is wrong will be guilty of breaking the law, former Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay of Clashfern said.

Parents face court action for removing children from gay history lessons.  Parents face possible court action for withdrawing their children from lessons on gay and lesbian history.  More than 30 pupils were pulled out of a week of teaching at a primary school which included books about homosexual partnerships.

Male teacher returns to school as a woman.  For 20 years, Nicholas Kintz has taught math at West Linn High School.  When students return to the classroom this fall, the longtime teacher says they'll be introduced to Nicole Kintz.


California's SB 1437

Bill Would Force Schools to Support Homosexuality.  Gender-neutral bathrooms in public schools?  Girls running for prom king?  Those are just a few of the possibilities which could result if the California Legislature passes SB 1437 which would force schools to adopt an exclusively pro-homosexual message.

California Assembly Passes SB 1437.  A bill which prohibits any California textbook from "portraying homosexuals negatively" been passed by the California Assembly and sent to the state Senate for a concurrence vote.

Tell California Officials to Oppose Pro-Gay Bill.  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did say last month that he would veto SB 1437 if it reaches his desk — but there is no guarantee he will follow through on that statement.  That's why it's imperative he and Assembly members hear en masse from Californians and others about why SB 1437 is a bad bill.

Gay Bill Battle Continues.  SB 1437 would ban teachers, textbooks, instructional materials or school activities from reflecting "adversely" upon people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. … The measure initially was wider in scope, seeking changes in social science curriculum to recognize the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.


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