Posted on 04/12/2005 11:52:33 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
(Editor’s note: The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has slated April 13 as the Day of Silence. School kids who are sympathetic to their peers who are perceived as “gay” are supposed to remain silent the entire day, regardless of how disruptive this is for the other students. It’s part of a full-court press to use the schools to normalize homosexuality. In the commentary/book review below, Christian free-lance writer Lee Duigon gives us a glimpse of what they have in mind. A link to a CWA resource paper to counter the Day of Silence is at the bottom. )
Sexual Orientation and School Policy by Dr. Ian K. Macgillivray
(Rowan and Littlefield, New York, 2004)
Is public education to be so "inclusive" that it excludes the majority?
According to a new book by James Madison University education professor Dr. Ian K. Macgillivray, yeah, sure, if that's what it takes for the homosexual movement to prevail in America.
Macgillivray is more than just a professor. He's an out-and-out advocate of homosexual militancy who has written many books and articles on the subject; a list is available at queertheory.com.
Revolutionaries always publish their plans in advance, and the rest of us always laugh them off. Europeans never took Hitler’s Mein Kampf seriously. America ignores the many documents in which the homosexualists outline their plans for this country and even reveal their tactics – as Macgillivray does in Sexual Orientation and School Policy.
For him, the public schools are to be used "to outwit or educate the opposition" (us), and to overthrow a conservative Christian value system that he considers "outdated" and "morally invalid."
As to the tactics, it's all very simple. First you set up a program or an organization and give it a name and a mission that nobody--least of all a Christian who's already shy about being pilloried as a hatemonger--will object to. Macgillivray likes a "Safe Schools Coalition." Everybody wants safe schools. No one wants to see kids bullied or assaulted because they happen to be "gay."
“By portraying homosexuality as a victim class, the activists put anyone with traditional values on the defensive,” said Robert Knight, director of Concerned Women for America’s Culture & Family Institute. “The approach is brilliant; it appeals to the best in us, the part that wants to defend the underdog. But increasingly, the ‘underdogs’ are becoming the bullies, using school programs and compliant bureaucracy.”
“We can and should teach civility without also promoting homosexuality, but parents and teachers are given a stark choice: go along with the pro-homosexual programs or be blamed for any incident involving a ‘gay’ kid.”
The school will also need a "non-discrimination policy," and no one will object to non-discrimination.
Now, how do we create safe schools where there's little evidence of discrimination? Work on the hearts and minds of those who are guilty of making schools unsafe, who practice discrimination — or, rather, work on the hearts and minds of their children. Turn them against the idea of "a heterosexual cultural norm." After all, as Macgillivray says, "Modernity is against moral conservatives."
Employ "restorative justice" in the classroom. It's not just about wiping out supposed violence against homosexuals; it's about "superseding a conservative heterosexual hegemony." (Don't hold your breath waiting for actual evidence of "violence" massively directed against "gays." That's one of those things you're supposed to take on faith.)
"Education" is to liberate children from the hetero cultural norm. Macgillivray admits that this is to be at the expense of the conservatives. There will be "winners and losers" in this battle, he says, and he aims to make sure his side wins. What life will be like under a homosexual cultural norm is not something I want to find out.
Meanwhile, wherever they encounter opposition, the homosexualists are to play the "bigotry" card. If you oppose them, you want violent schools, you probably think "gay" teenagers are to be stoned, blah-blah.
Macgillivray worries about Christians pulling their kids out of these schools. In the long run, he doesn't care if there's no one left in them but the children of parents who want their offspring to buy into the homosexual vision. He'd rather Christians left their children in public school to be "re-educated" as to the invalidity of their parents' moral and religious beliefs, but he'll take what he can get.
As the National Day of Silence looms, in which schools from coast to coast compel children to show their "solidarity" with the homosexual quest to reshape American life and morality, it would be well for parents to make some noise.
Millions of Christian parents have removed their children from the baneful influence of the public schools. Many millions more have not.
Whatever their reasons for leaving the children in these schools, there is no reason not to elect school board members who will put a stop to the Day of Silence and all the rest of it. Maybe if the schools were not so busy sexualizing children, they might find time to teach them how to read.
Be careful with the term oral
No; I'm a D who joined because I was appalled at the way the courts dropped the ball in Schiavo, and appreciated FR as a resource.
"(Don't hold your breath waiting for actual evidence of "violence" massively directed against "gays." That's one of those things you're supposed to take on faith.)"
Yeah, well, accept it they do. Otherwise, these agenda driven ideas would not take hold.
We should demand that actual accounts and numbers be given. And demand they are verified not anecdotal.
There just aren't that many "gay" kids to begin with.
They are the ones who should be "re-educated".
It usually starts with a pro-gay club like the gay-straight alliance. These clubs are associated with GLSEN, a national pro-gay organization aimed at promoting homosexuality in the schhols. If a school refuses to allow the club in their school, then they get sued. So they usually do it. Then you get the other stuff: day of silence, anti-bulling programs (front programs to promote homosexuality), posters and assemblies and on and on.
All of which is facilitated by the ACLU.
As a mother and former teacher I regard all this sex ed as child abuse.
At my kid's school, they're having an assembly. It's called a motivational assembly to talk about subjects such as "Diversity". I told the principal they weren't going to school - my kids think I'm the best Dad in the world ;)
interesting...Freppers were staunchly against the murder of Terry ... it really was sad. Now that she's gone, we will look into the problems of such issues? Its a sad day in America.
Wow. . . A Dem who is not frothing at the mouth and raving! Don't see that often around here. Hope you enjoy your time with us.
Oh, with a screen name like that, you're practically begging to be zotted. ;-)
Both my niece and nephew, who are products of the public school system, believe there is nothing wrong with homosexual marriage or relationships. They are well trained in their tolerance of all that is weird.
Free babysitting.
Employ "restorative justice" in the classroom. It's not just about wiping out supposed violence against homosexuals; it's about "superseding a conservative heterosexual hegemony."
We knew this already.
"Education" is to liberate children from the hetero cultural norm.
Modern schooling has always been about "liberation" from norms. Which is why they'll only get my kids over my dead body.
Me too. But it's not just in sex-ed class. It's in character education class, english class, history class, and even math class.... There are resources on how to introduce the issue in every subject studied. I'm afraid that by the time parents realize what's happening it will be too late. And yes, it is absolutely child abuse. But after time, once the child's mind is corrupted, he becomes part of the problem. It is like an abused child who grows up to become an abuser himself. Children who are taught this ideology of evil in the schools will grow up to pass it on to their own children. It's only going to get worse unless parents start paying attention and demanding that this stop NOW!
ping.
My husband, who teaches in the belly of the beast (a public high school in Southern California), printed out stuff for his classroom use.
Probably not. But parents don't seem to be asking their kids what is going on at school these days, or perhaps it is that they don't care even if the child tells them.
Oh my God...Christianity in school in SoCal? Good luck and God Bless You!
Homeschool. Buy less stuff, cut up the cards and homeschool.
It's only going to get worse unless parents start paying attention and demanding that this stop NOW!
Most of the time you can only push people so far until they push back big time. In this case, I hope that it happens and that I'm here to see it.
well .... we homeschooled our children until high school. then the kids wanted to go where dad taught. It wasn't ideal, but having dad there made the difference. Otherwise, it would have been home school all the way!
Are you planning College? I wonder how that will go...my kid is entering Univ. of Colo, the Springs...and I'm a little apprehensive about the liberalism. BTW...she has permission to stay home Wed 4/13/05 if she wants to avoid this nonsense.
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