Posted on 04/21/2004 9:27:18 AM PDT by chance33_98
IFI Responds to 'Day of Silence': Schools Should Focus on Academics, Not Take Sides in Homosexuality Debate
4/21/2004 11:53:00 AM
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To: Metro Desk
Contact: Peter LaBarbera, 630-717-7631 or 630-546-4439, or David Smith, 773-405-6813, both of the Illinois Family Institute, Web: http://www.illinoisfamily.org
GLEN ELLYN, Ill., April 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Illinois Family Institute (IFI) is taking steps in Illinois to counter the "Day of Silence"-a national propaganda event organized by the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to promote the acceptance of homosexuality and "transgenderism" (gender confusion) in schools.
Today, students in over 100 Illinois schools are reportedly participating in some way in the organized D.O.S. protest, taking vows of silence all day to protest alleged bias against homosexual and "transgender" students in schools.
"If a school or teacher allows students to be 'silent' in school and not participate, that represents an endorsement of this pro-homosexual protest," said IFI Executive Director Peter LaBarbera. "This is part of GLSEN's larger campaign to use schools to push a radical pro-homosexual, pro-bisexual and gender confused agenda on impressionable students."
"The 'Day of Silence' is a distraction from the proper role of schools: teaching kids solid academics. It infringes on the rights of nonparticipating students. Schools should simply not be endorsing controversial sexual and political agendas," he said.
LaBarbera noted that "the saddest thing about all the pro-'gay' propaganda in schools is that the kids rarely hear the other side, particularly about the tremendous health risks associated with male homosexual sex."
IFI has responded to "Day of Silence" and other pro-homosexual activism in Illinois schools in the following ways:
-- IFI, in cooperation with the Concerned Citizens-Safety of Students, sent out thousands of postcards alerting parents of District 214 high schools (Prospect, Hersey, and Rolling Meadows) to 'Day of Silence' activism. The postcards state: "Parents want teaching, not activism...student participation, not special privileges for activists. Politicized, 'silent' protests are disruptive and interfere with other students' learning."
-- IFI, in cooperation with CC-SOS, sent out information packets to D214 administrators informing them about the other side of the homosexual issue, e.g., the existence of a large and growing "ex-gay" movement.
-- IFI is monitoring high schools throughout the state on their involvement in "Day of Silence" activities.
Illinois Family Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to defending marriage, family and the sanctity of life in Illinois.
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GLSEN and Its Influence on Children
An excerpt from 'Queering the Schools' with response from Kevin Jennings, Executive Director of GLSEN and the editors response to Kevin Jennings.
Its tough I agree, but one can "educate" ones child after school and let him/her know what the school is up to. The novels of Ayn Rand make a good starting point. This homosexual agenda is the last step towards multiculturalism, where everyone's culture is equivalent and everyone's morals and ethics are not to be questioned.
In fact, to not participate in the leftist cultural agenda is to be challenged as having "unacknowledged homophobia". Why conservatives abandoned the school system to the left is beyond my comprehension.
Of course none of this crap has any reason for being in the schools. The reason it is there is that the left thinking leadership has decided to change our culture and are using the day cares, schools, churches, and judges to do it. It must be countered in every case, but most importantly it must be countered in the justice system because that is where these teachers should end up.'
And yes, teachers have the kids more time than the parents, but parents should have more control. We managed to raise a conservative kid in a very liberal school system. But as you say, the worst has been in the last few years.
You are right on this one, I meant they "profess" that all cultures are equivalent, so they can shame anyone who supports one culture, (Boy Scouts For example) over another culture that believes in the equality of all sexual activities.
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