Posted on 01/04/2008 6:44:49 AM PST by wintertime
A school district following Maine's Human Rights Law and providing special accommodations to a 10-year-old with "sexual orientation or gender identification" issues is being accused of discrimination by a man whose grandson is being denied those same accommodations because of his sexual orientation – that of heterosexuality.
The dispute at Asa C. Adams Elementary School in Orono has the school committee on the defense, the grandfather on the march, and the local Bangor News newspaper trying to set rules for "Christian" behavior for the community.
Paul Melanson (Photo courtesy Christian Civic League of Maine)
At the heart of the issue is the treatment being provided an unidentified 10-year-old at the elementary school, according to documentation from the Christian Civic League of Maine.
The organization is reporting Paul Melanson found out his grandson's school was allowing another boy to use the girl's restroom, and decided that wasn't right. He told his grandson to follow the other boy into the girl's restroom whenever he saw the other boy doing it, and when he did, the boy was confronted by school officials and warned against such behavior, and the grandfather was confronted by police.
However, Melanson responded to those concerns by alleging the school was discriminating against his grandson by depriving him of the accommodations allowed others, simply because of his sexual orientation, an action banned under state law.
League attorney Steve Whiting confirmed Melanson has a point, noting that the state's "gay" rights law passed in 2005 indicates Melanson's grandson should be able to use the girl's bathroom if the school allows another 10-year-old boy to do that.
Now Melanson, whose battle may very well be foreshadowing similar issues that appear to be developing in other parts of the country with similar "gender issues" laws, is vowing to continue the battle.
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Also,,,What happens in California doesn't stay in California. It sweeps the nation and finally winds up in Maine.
It's time for Chritian teachers in this school district to quit. Personally, I don't know how they can justify working there.
What are they doing? What example for Christianity are they setting when they open the doors to this school and its classrooms?
1) Do they kneel before God and pray, "Help me to be sly and sneaky today so that I can sneak a few grains of Christian morality to my students today." If Christian teachers are doing this, then they are teaching by example that Christians are sly and sneaky.
2) Are they praying, "God, please help the students not notice that I am aiding and abetting a system that is utterly hostile to the Judeo Christian values that are universal for all men."
3) Are they asking God, "Please help me to act in a lukewarm manner about Judeo Christian values so that I can continue to collect my pay check and very generous vacation, retirement, and health benefits. Please help the students not notice that that I do this for money. "
4) Do they say to God, "Yes, Christ spits the lukewarm out of his mouth but please don't let my students be nauseated by me and my example."
Is it any wonder that so many Christian youth reject their religion within 2 years of graduating from government high school (85%). While homeschoolers stay faithful by 90% and more? ( Yes, I have links.)It is said that example is the best teachers, but what are teachers modeling? That Christians are sneaky? Sly? Lukewarm? And will betray their religious convictions for money?
Personally, I believe that example is not the "best" teacher. Example is the ONLY teacher! So?...What are Christian teachers teaching their students by their example? Answer: Plenty that is very negative!
If Christ would spit a lukewarm, fence sitting Christian teacher out of his mouth, I don't doubt students would be nauseated as well!
So?...Tell me. Will the job of true missionaries (that these formerly government school kids meet as adults) be harder or easier because of Christian teachers trying to use a salt shaker to spread a little Christian morality around? Answer: Harder!
The solution:
1) If you work in a Maine government school, get out of it the now! If you work in any government school heading in the same direction, do the same.
2) Or,,, If you continue to work in the government school, then stop being lukewarm. Get completely off the fence and get yourself fired!
3) Remember: Your own children and the children of your congregation are your most important mission field.
4)Work to start Christian schools in your congregations.
5) Once Christian schools are smoothingly functioning in your church, take in as many non-Christians as possible, provided it does not overwhelm the culture of the school. Mentor the non-Christian parents. Introduce them to the gospel. Teach them sound parenting practices. Teach them how to create a Christ-centered home where learning is valued.
6) Work with others to organize a massive school tax revolt, and SHUT these government schools down! They are destroying the Judeo Christian values, morals, and ethics, upon which ALL freedom rests. All it takes is one generation and freedom will utimately lose in the voting booth!
7) Think creatively. Expensive brick and mortar schools are not necessary. With today's technology an excellent education can be available to all in home schools, "micro-schools", one-room-schools, and through distance learning.
8) Work to form private Christian scholarship foundations that would give private vouchers to private Christian schools. Harvard has a $35 BILLION dollar endowment! We are a wealth nation. Every child wanting a free Christian education in our nation could have one! Christians could do this if they **wanted**! ( even every child in the world!)
Perhaps one reason that Christian education, and Christian scholarship foundations, are so weak in this nation is because there are too many Christian government school teachers sitting in the pews, and their ministers are too timid to offend them and their government paycheck ( a portion of which makes it to the collect plate). Follow the money.
Gender issues at 10??
Oh, that’s just fabulous.
As good teachers leave the district, the indoctrination would only increase. Instead they should stand their ground and stage a protest against this nonsense.
the state's "gay" rights law passed in 2005 indicates Melanson's grandson should be able to use the girl's bathroom if the school allows another 10-year-old boy to do that.
So one kid has a problem and the entire school district has to go homo? And the homeschoolers are crazy? Yeah sure!
There ... fixed it for us all.
And with this lawsuit, the school may just adopt the more “enlightened” policies of Penn and other schools where bathrooms are unisex/gender neutral. Everyone ****s together. Wonderful.
While the grandfather has a point, I’m not sure I would do the same thing, but... what goes around comes around, ping.
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Good show, old man. Hoist them on their own petard.
Instead they should stand their ground and stage a protest against this nonsense.
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Christian teachers in this district should do one of two things:
1) Stop being lukewarm, fence sitting Christians and protest and REFUSE to cooperate...and be fired!
or
2) Quit!
Is is any wonder that 85% of Christian kids stop being active in their faith 2 years after graduating from high school? Hey,,,is there anything more nauseating than lukewarm Christianity sprinkled with a little salt?
What example are these Christian teachers setting for their students????
You can see where that is working here, as the rules they made in 2005 apparently mean that if you let one male use the “girl’s room”, you can’t deny another male that same privilege based on sexual orientation.
Yes, children should not be used as pawns, but the grandfather felt he must make a stand.
GOOD point!
The answer is simple: Five bathrooms. Boys, Girls, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender.
Or, if you prefer, just one unisex bathroom.
Gay at 10? I was jumping dirt bikes and fist fighting with boys at 10. And I started dating somewhat early. Wow.
Scariest part of the story.
The Christian teachers should form a co-op, or something like “teachers on call” for the homeschooling community.
The good ones with good skills in teaching certain topics, and with a healthy respect for the supremacy of parental influence, could get paid fairly decently in such an arrangement.
What about the Lutonians, where do they go?
“One of Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals is to force your opponent to obey his own rules.”
This seems to work in most situations, IF you can make the rule makers obey the rules. That’s the sticky wicket sometimes.
Nothing as satisfying, though, as seeing some authoritarian squirm under the application of something he sought to impose on “the little people”.
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