Posted on 01/24/2005 10:15:08 PM PST by DaveTesla
PRESS RELEASE
January 24, 2005 American Family Association P.O. Drawer 2440 Tupelo, MS 38803 URL: www.afa.net
Contact: Kathryn Hooks (khooks@afa.net) 662-844-5036 x227
AFA threatened with lawsuit for warning parents about video Tupelo, MS American Family Association (AFA) has been threatened with a lawsuit because it warned parents of elementary school children of a video that leads them to a web site that promotes the acceptance of homosexuality. We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) has threatened the lawsuit because of an article appearing in the AFA Journal regarding the video, scheduled to be shown simultaneously on the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and PBS on March 11. The video is a remake of the song "We Are Family" and also is scheduled to be shipped to 61,000 public and private schools. The article can be found at AFAJournal.org.
Schools are urged to use the video to promote the acceptance of diversity, including homosexuality. While the video itself does not overtly promote homosexuality, it serves as a hook to entice children and teachers to use the web site and the materials there such as teacher lesson plans, which explicitly promote the homosexual lifestyle. Lessons include such topics as "Talking About Being Out'" and "Uncovering Attitudes about Sexual Orientation." In these lesson plans, teachers are taught how to introduce students to "the concepts of homophobia and compulsory heterosexuality."
"Parents need to be aware that their children could be required by the school to participate in a discussion promoting the homosexual lifestyle," said Donald E. Wildmon, AFA Chairman. "Innocent little children should not be encouraged to accept homosexuality by any teacher or other authority figure," he stated.
WAFF says the article caused WAFF to be "exposed to substantial public ridicule and harm." WAFF told AFA to "render a public apology" regarding the article, or WAFF would "commence an action in the United States District Court against (Wildmon) and the owners of the AFA Journal."
Wildmon responded that AFA would not offer a public apology. "Our facts are well documented and truthful," Wildmon said. "No apology is necessary for telling the truth."
The program uses characters familiar to the nation's children. These will include Arthur, Barney, Blue's Clues, Bob the Builder, The Book of Pooh, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Dora the Explorer, Jimmy Neutron, Kim Possible, Lilo & Stitch:The Series, Little Meremaid, Madeline, The Magic School Bus, The Mupplet Show, Rugrats, Sesame Street and SpongeBob SquarePants.
"Contrary to what many media accounts have said, this issue is not about Sponge Bob being homosexual. It is about an attempt to promote homosexuality to elementary school children," Wildmon stated.
One of the teacher's guides available online at the WAFF Web site is called "Writing for Change: Raising awareness of Difference, Power, & Discrimination." Full of politically correct lessons on feminism, it is also a primer for teachers who want to promote the homosexual lifestyle to children.
According to the teacher's guide, children should be taught to reject the idea "that women are naturally' or innately drawn sexually and emotionally toward men, and men toward women," or that heterosexuality is normal and should be the only model for marriage.
Students are expected to be influenced by the lesson plans. One of the follow-up questions asks the kids: "How will understanding these definitions change your thinking about compulsory heterosexuality and homophobia?"
Countersue and charge civil rights and RICO violations based on conspiracy to infringe the rights of religious opinion and free speech.
Not to mention freedom of ones own concience.
It's not a teachers place to ask a little kid ANYTHING that personal! Or that age inappropriate to begin with.
They are really in league with the devil these people. I'll bet a lot of them aren't even homos, they just want to aid and abet, in every way available, the destruction of America.
You would be right. SOme are devout feminists.
AFA is a group of lawyers, and very good ones. They won't throw anything away.
One of the more subtle tactics in the lesson plan, but in my opinion the most damaging, is the excercise where the children are told not to be uncomfortable around people whose race, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation is different from their own. Remember, this is for the youngest group of kids (kindergarten thru 2nd I believe.) Then the children lay on large pieces of paper on the flour. Once they are relaxed, the teacher takes a marker, crayon, or whatever and draws the shape of their body on the paper. Then each child takes their paper and fills in the details (with clothes, etc.) Then they use the drawings to discuss their bodies.
So much for teaching your children not to let anyone touch them that way, and to trust their instincts about people they think might try to harm them.
I wonder if these freaks will demand that AFA offer a pinch of incense to the emperor?
Dianna,
FYI - bykrbayb has collected most if not all of the lesson plans and the links can be found here: We Are Family Teaching Guide
Also see post # 57 this thread for archived links from the WAFF website.
I homeschool my children- in part because of what I have seen in the school system regarding desensitizing our children to go against their instincts- and forcing conformity to things which I do not always support. I am not saying everyone should homeschool- I am just explaining why I have chosen to do so.
Besides it is better for all involved. I had an administrator explain to me, in a very nice way, I am their worst nightmare.. LOL.
And so I would be if I ever was made to deal with my children going thru such an exercise. My children are already tolerant of other people and understand that some people make choices which we may or may not agree with- and that people look different from each other and believe in an array of things which we may or may not believe in.
We talk about the fact that is their right to believe what they want to, to say what they want to and to love who they want to love- and they are still Americans with all the rights we have.
I will be the one to explain the birds and bees and the issues this brings up to them.
God help anyone who gets in my way of that.
You mean you don't let your friends touch your child's body, and teach your child to relax and enjoy it? Get with the program!
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