Posted on 03/03/2005 4:28:44 PM PST by franky
We Are Family Video To Be Delivered To 61,000 Elementary Schools March 11
WAFF pulls information from web site following AFA article
If you have children or grandchildren in elementary school, you need to know about a new video being sent to 61,000 elementary schools. The “We Are Family” video will be delivered on March 11. It is produced by the We Are Family Foundation (WAFF), a pro-homosexual organization. Homosexual organizations have long used the schools to promote homosexuality.
When AFA alerted supporters about the video in our January AFA Journal, WAFF threatened to sue AFA for exposing the pro-homosexual content on WAFF’s Web site. WAFF attorneys threatened to sue us unless we recanted our statements, removed the article from our Web site, and issue an apology to WAFF. We refused. Thus far, WAFF has not sued AFA, primarily because they had no cause.
The AFA Journal article focused on a video project involving the 1970s hit song, “We Are Family,” co-written by WAFF’s founder, Nile Rodgers. The video features over 100 characters from children’s television. A teacher’s guide will accompany the DVD to encourage discussions after children view “We Are Family.” The video will also air over the Disney Channel, PBS and Nickelodeon on March 11.
Under the guise of promoting tolerance for other categories such as race, gender, age, disabilities, etc., the WAFF Web site openly promoted homosexuality as a normative lifestyle. There was a “Tolerance Pledge” that encouraged signers to pledge respect for homosexuality, and work against “ignorance, insensitivity and bigotry.”
While everyone should promote tolerance, a promotion of homosexuality should not be thrust on little children and unexpecting parents. It is absolutely wrong for schools to be used to promote the homosexual lifestyle.
While there is nothing questionable in the video itself, the site included a teacher’s guide to use with the children to discuss the video that aggressively normalized same-gender attraction and same-sex marriage. There was also a recommended reading list for children and adults that included such illustrated children’s books as the lesbian tome, “Heather Has Two Mommies,” which discusses artificial insemination, and “Daddy’s Roommate,” which included an illustration of two men in bed together.
he WAFF Web site ran a list of “allies” that virtually ran the gamut of homosexual advocacy groups: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network; Human Rights Campaign; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; and Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians & Gays.
Following publication of the AFA article, the controversial materials on the WAFF Web site were immediately removed from public access. The only exception was the tolerance pledge, which was altered from its original format. Evidently WAFF did not want parents to know what was on their site and in the teacher’s guide.
A good school system will always work with parents, not against them. We encourage parents to find out what, if anything, will be going on in their schools in connection with the ‘We Are Family’ video.
AFA is recommending that parents take the following simple steps – always ensuring that communications with school officials be conducted in a polite and civilized manner:
If you are concerned, here are things to do:
1. Ask another parent or a small number of parents to join you. Contact your school’s principal. Ask him or her if they plan to show the ‘We Are Family’ DVD at school.
2. Ask if the teacher’s guide will be used in facilitating any discussion, and ask for the opportunity to review the teacher’s guide.
3. Ask very specifically if the subject of homosexuality will be brought up by teachers or discussed if brought up by a student.
4. If the school assures you that homosexuality will not be discussed, thank them politely. If you are informed that homosexuality will or may be discussed, ask for permission to sit in on the discussion. Invite other parents to attend with you. A good school will welcome involvement of parents.
Should you have problems with your school, or if you would simply like to tell us about your experience in dealing with this issue, e-mail us at contact@afa.net.
One of their supporters:
http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,321198/639/record.html
Their Web site:
http://www.waf.org/
"This is why my children never have, and never will, attend public school"
Just curious - what do you do about educating your kids when they are high school age?
(I've noticed private high schools are few and far between and usually very expensive and I would guess that most parents aren't able to homeschool all of the advanced high school subjects., ie., I could homeschool physics, chemistry, and calculus - but never English composition or literature! So, options are limited for the upper grades until we get public education fixed. And our economy will go under if it is not fixed, so we can't just ignore it. But I digress.....)
Unfortunately that's how I learned about Safe Sex day at school. My then five year old daughter came home from kindergarten and asked me what a homosexual was and what a condom was. Apparently they didn't do a good enough job explaining it the to five year olds. I was as mad as a wet hen; when I complained to the school the next day they told me I was the one being ugly! How does one explain perverted sex to a five year old?
In some instances, schools sent home slips of paper that detailed what the agenda would be and parents objected and withdrew their kids that day.
Other schools did not give any advance notice and only found out about it when the kids came home and told them.
Heather Has Two Mommies is a book that's been read by kids in schools since the 80's and it's getting MUCH worse. These kids are vulnerable and the radical gays know it...but somehow they've gotten the power to press their agenda.
You don't want to know.
Hence, I have nothing but one word for those who use government schools: FLEE.
I have successfully home schooled two kids through high school and I have only a high school diploma. I'm getting ready to start kid #3 this fall. It's a lot of fun!
My oldest took the ACT and got a very respectable 32. The second oldest went into the military so didn't take any placement tests.
A lot of homeschool curricula are geared towards independent learning and minimal teacher instruction. If you are even passable at a lot of subjects, taking a high-schooler through homeschooling is not difficult.
In Pennsylvania, where I live, there are several excellent cyber schools which are funded by the state and use good curriculum like Clavert, Saxon, K12, etc. You are homeschooling but they are also technically enrolled in a public charter school (the state gets the federal money, you get free computer, materials and access to teachers, and school gets to operate). THis can be an alternative to public school. Check and see what charter/cyber schools your state offers
Private schools are expensive but so is the loss of your child's soul. Where there is a will, there is a way, THERE REALLY IS!!!!!
I agree, I've been home schooling for 16 years. The incident of the Safe Sex day was the straw that broke the camels back. I couldn't argue with the Lord much after that. We've had a great time, I wouldn't do it any other way and both of my older kids are planning to home school their kids when the time comes. Actually they are already teaching their kids; they just don't realize it yet!
Good job with homeschooling your kids!
It's coming up... ping.
U go Granny!
Liberals get public propaganda funding through NPR, PBS and the NEA. They have NO RIGHT to propagandize to our children through public schools.
I always thought it was the school's job to teach kids academics and the parents job to teach morality, among other things.
The cyber school you describe sounds ideal. I guess the libs allow it because the state does get the money and that's all they care about. And kids get a good - and parent-controlled - education!
I'll look into it here in CA. So far, I'm leaning towards the public high school here because we're in a conservative town and moved to the expensive side of town just because of the good schools. Middle school has been ok - no overt liberal influences as yet. And as a substitute teacher in the high school, I will be infiltrating and finding out who the liberal teachers are and what they are up to - and keeping my son away from them, I hope. But I'll keep the cyber/charter school idea in mind, as Plan B. Thanks!
Patrick?
It is a sad state of affairs to be second guessing the "education" system.
Fortunately, the staff - from principal on down - are good people, IMHO. The wife and I are involved enough that they know us on a first name basis.
There have not been any "surprises" so far. I don't think they go for a lot of the crap I see or hear other schools doing.
Still....Dad will be late to work next Monday...stopping by the school for a chat.
Blood pressure under control........so far.
LVM
There's an interesting vanity here: High School Equivalency Exam... There's a growing number of folks who think high school is a waste of time... While I don't know if we'll skip high school, by the time our children go through 8th grade, they'll have a better education than those who graduate from today's public high schools.
Because leftist societal engineers absolutely hate 'traditional values'; they have defined traditional values as not politically correct. It is no mystery why democrats defended their degenerate president clintoon and now deify him and his 'sainted wife' for their resiliency!
Would that it was only a "waste" - but it's worse than that. It's toxic.....and this article is just another indication of same.
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