[KC_for_Freedom]

As to the bullying, perhaps if more Germans were "tolerant" of and better understood the Jewish faith, Hitler would have been expelled instead of the Holocaust?

Perhaps you are correct, but it still is not the responsibility of the schools to teach the social agenda of the land. (Of course Hitler and the left use the schools of today to their ends, but it does not make it a good idea.)

BTW, even if the schools taught patriotism and conservative values I would disagree that that is what we want from the schools. I would like the schools to teach a history that is fair, and could teach comparative religions in a course designed for this, but teaching that homosexuality is a reasonable way of life for those who prefer it and we should be happy for them is not a lesson that should be taught in any class or school assembly.

I don't like it when taught at work or school. I simply resent the government telling us how we should think. I do not mind the many religions telling us how to think, thats where this stuff belongs.

[KC_for_Freedom]

here is another post on this subject, for your interest:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1337131/posts

Of course it takes my side, in the debate.

[DaveTesla]

What ever happened to the 3 r's?

Social agenda is the right and responsibility of the
Family.
Not the school's.
Notice how the schools want to do the family's job and not
their own?

So young workers will know all about alternate
lifestyles but can't even use a ruler?
Can't write a letter, can't read an instruction manual
do simple math, or even count change?
So what skill would they have to offer a prospective
employer?

That should help the left BANKRUPT or nation.
Now that is what the left will achieve in the end.

[Smartaleck]

"BTW, even if the schools taught patriotism and conservative values I would disagree that that is what we want from the schools. I would like the schools to teach a history that is fair, and could teach comparative religions in a course designed for this, but teaching that homosexuality is a reasonable way of life.."

Nice summary and sensible. In a similar vein, one can teach about homosexual without advocating homosexual activities just as one should be about to teach religion without advocating it?

"I simply resent the government telling us how we should think."

Perhaps you meant to say that schools shouldn't teach children "what to think" but how to think. One who knows HOW to think will discern truth for themselves rather than relying soley on another for truth.