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CAL THOMAS: Parents should "come out " from public schools .../( Home and private education)
orlandosentinel.com ^ | March 4, 2008 | Cal Thomas

Posted on 03/05/2008 6:13:37 AM PST by wintertime

LOS ANGELES - As one group attempts to use California public schools as laboratories to assist children in "coming out" with their nontraditional sexual orientation, another is urging parents to come out from these schools and educate their children with their values at home or in private schools.

Last Sunday, a group called "Exodus Mandate" (www.exodusmandate.org) began placing literature in scores of Southern California church lobbies, urging parents to take charge of their children's education and oppose attempts by activists and politicians to shape the worldview of young people, a worldview that runs counter to what many taxpaying parents believe and teach in their homes and places of worship.

The final straw for some was the decision last fall by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign SB 777 -- a bill opponents say will have a long and significant effect not only on California public schools, but also on public schools everywhere. That's because California is one of the largest purchasers of school textbooks and publishers tend to shape content to reflect the wishes of the state that buys the most books.

SB 777, or the California Student Civil Rights Act, requires "nondiscrimination" against sexual orientation, as well as other characteristics. Opponents take that to mean favorable teaching about homosexuality, bisexuality, gender identity and any and every other form of sexual expression for which there is an advocate.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: education; exodusmandate; homeschool; homosexualagenda; moralabsolutes; publiceducation; publicschools; sb777; schools
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Does anyone recall the 3 Stooges ( Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Bill ORielly) covering this story? I don't.

That the Marxists and homosexuals are attempting to destroy the family though indoctrination in our government schools is one of freedom's **most** serious threats,,,and,,,The 3 Stooges ( Rush, Sean, and Bill) seem to be ASLEEP!

If the Marxists and homosexuals succeed in the goverment schools all freedom will be lost in the voting booth! If the family and freedom buckles at the knees in the U.S., the entire world will be lost in a 1,000 year Dark Age.

Thank goodness, people like Cal Thomas are beginning to write about it. Thankfully, he is saying what needs to be said, "REMOVE YOUR CHILDREN!" Hopefully, more conservative writers will join him.

1 posted on 03/05/2008 6:13:38 AM PST by wintertime
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To: wintertime

Here’s a lesson for young skulls full of mush the world over-

“What is Political Correctness?”


2 posted on 03/05/2008 6:19:08 AM PST by equaviator ("There's a plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: SoftballMominVA

Ping


3 posted on 03/05/2008 6:22:23 AM PST by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*RWVA)
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To: metmom
Metmom: SB 777 is Another Reason to Homeschool. Thankfully, Cal Thomas is writing about. I wish other conservatives ( particularly Rush, Sean, and Bill OReilly, would give it the coverage it deserves.
4 posted on 03/05/2008 6:34:46 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: wintertime

Ah, but on another thread this morning, a Ca district court ruled that (effectively) homeschooling is illegal.

You better know that this is coming. The left is after your kids, and they will use the courts to get them.


5 posted on 03/05/2008 6:36:21 AM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: narses
Narses: Catholics should be very interested in the Anti-family SB 777. The government schools couldn’t survive if Catholics in California removed their kids.

By the way, the **first** and **most** important mission field of any Catholic or other Christian should be their **own** children. The second most important and urgent mission field should be the children of their congregation. St. John Neumann understood this. Gee! If we could only resurrect him today.

6 posted on 03/05/2008 6:36:23 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: MrB
The left is after your kids, and they will use the courts to get them.
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Yes, they are. Homeschoolers must be very vigilant and brave.

Even in conservative Utah, judges are very hostile to homeschooling.

7 posted on 03/05/2008 6:38:22 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: wintertime

Even in conservative Utah, judges are very hostile to homeschooling

Who appoints these judges? Or, are they elected? Thanks for any information.


8 posted on 03/05/2008 6:47:56 AM PST by Travelgirl
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To: wintertime
The final straw for some was the decision last fall by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign SB 777

The Exodus Mandate was operating LONG before SB-777, which is turning a trickle into a stampede. It's going to be VERY interesting to see what will happen after this recent appellate decision.

9 posted on 03/05/2008 6:50:17 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power with desire for evil.)
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To: Travelgirl

I don’t know. I don’t live in Utah. However, there was a story about a woman whose school district lost her paperwork and the judge ordered the kids into government school. She left the state with her kids.

I haven’t seen any follow up stories on this formerly Utah family.


10 posted on 03/05/2008 6:53:22 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: Carry_Okie

It’s going to be VERY interesting to see what will happen after this recent appellate decision.

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Are you familiar with the ancient Chinese curse?

“May you live in interesting times!”


11 posted on 03/05/2008 6:54:28 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: wintertime
I wish other conservatives ( particularly Rush, Sean, and Bill OReilly, would give it the coverage it deserves.

Referring to them as "stooges" will entice them to do so I'm sure.

12 posted on 03/05/2008 6:55:55 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: DaveLoneRanger; 2Jedismom; aberaussie; Aggie Mama; agrace; Antoninus; arbooz; bboop; bill1952; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the “other” articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. If you want on/off this list, please freepmail me. The main Homeschool Ping List by DaveLoneRanger handles the homeschool-specific articles. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list.
13 posted on 03/05/2008 6:56:05 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: wintertime
I'll just declare my kids graduated and put them in Junior College.
14 posted on 03/05/2008 6:56:14 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power with desire for evil.)
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To: wintertime

You’ll want to read this:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=58061

Next on school agenda:
Teaching communism


15 posted on 03/05/2008 6:57:36 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I have.

I think the frog in the pot of boiling water is dead.


16 posted on 03/05/2008 6:59:33 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: wintertime

I am constantly amazed at the thickness of the blinders on parents’ eyes these days.


17 posted on 03/05/2008 7:03:27 AM PST by elk
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To: Balding_Eagle
Referring to them as “stooges” will entice them to do so I’m sure.
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I believe their underlings search the web ( and especially Free Republic) for comments both negative and positive.

I doubt that Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill OReilly like being identified as being asleep on the job. ( Which they are, in my opinion!)

By the way,,,,have you seen or heard of them covering SB 777? I haven’t!

Have you ever heard them call for parents to remove their kids from government indoctrination camps? I haven’t.

Have you ever heard them identify Marxism as being a serious threat in our government schools? I haven’t!

I haven’t heard any of them stating that government schools are unredeemable and should be SHUT DOWN!

Have you heard them identify Marxist and homosexual ideology in our government schools as being a threat in the voting booth as future generations graduate? I haven’t!

In my opinion, these guys ( Rush, Sean, and Bill) have pickled brains!

I am utterly exasperated with the three of them!

18 posted on 03/05/2008 7:06:36 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: wintertime

“If the Marxists and homosexuals succeed in the goverment schools all freedom will be lost in the voting booth! If the family and freedom buckles at the knees in the U.S., the entire world will be lost in a 1,000 year Dark Age.”

I saw the sky falling the other day.


19 posted on 03/05/2008 7:19:40 AM PST by gracesdad
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To: MrB
You can read about that tyrannical California anti-homeschooling ruling HERE. HSALDA is telling tens of thousands of CA homeschooling families to just carry on as usual, while they figure out some sort of appeal. There are too many homeschoolers for this one corrupt judge's ruling to prevail. It cannot stand.
20 posted on 03/05/2008 7:37:07 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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