Hawaii Parents Protest School's Plan to Show Pro-Homosexual Video to Kids

AgapePress ^ | June 3, 2005 | Jim Brown

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In addition to proceeding with plans to show the controversial film, the school administrators also ignored a simple request from parents that another video called I Do Exist be shown to supplement It's Elementary. Featured in I Do Exist is a man who, as a teen, was interviewed for the other film but who has since left the homosexual lifestyle.

That is indeed a very key point.

[Coldwater Creek]

Oh!but whatever you do, do not allow the children to be exposed to the Bible!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Oh!but whatever you do, do not allow the children to be exposed to the Bible!!!!!!!!!!!!

And here's a case in point: Student sues after Bible study banned.

[Dreagon]

So what do you do about something like this? How do you get momentum moving in your direction, when the school administration won't even listen to you? It's like you have lost before the battle is even joined.

[Coldwater Creek]

SO!!!!!!!

[Rushgrrl]

in context would be better and your point would probably be more obvious. :)

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So what do you do about something like this?

There are some here who believe parents should stay and fight the public schools. I'm not one of them. As I see it, removing your children from public school is the best solution.

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What did Gwotcha, who signed up today, say?

[upchuck]

If you're interested...

Info about "It's Elementary." Be sure to read the entire page. But not on a full stomach :) $75 to rent, $250 to buy and it looks like you may have to be an "educational" organization to buy or rent it.

Info about "I Do Exist." The DVD is just 20 bucks.

[Coldwater Creek]

They took a scripture verse out of context.

[popdonnelly]

If homosexuality is normal and natural, how come most of us ain't doing it?

[darkangel82]

Why aren't these perverts being prosecuted like the felons they are?

[scripter]

Thanks. I just may purchase It's Elementary (if allowed).

I have 9 more copies of the I Do Exist DVD. If you order 10 or more you can purchase them for $12 each. It's a great video, especially since there's a man interviewed on the DVD that is also on the It's Elementary video, yet now he's an ex-gay.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh I can feel the love just pouring off of you.

You have never actually read what He taught have you.

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However, since the school appears to have swept the parents concerns aside and is proceeding with the showing of It's Elementary to the students. Wilkerson admits that she and the other parents in the group are "feeling a little frustrated." The reason, she notes, is because, "when we're at the meetings, they express how wonderful it is for parents to be [involved] and how much they appreciate our presence and our concern," she says. However, the Maui mom adds, "Obviously, our opinion and what we have to say is unimportant, because we're still having this film."

It pains me to say this, but I believe the public education system in this country is beyond saving. They have their agenda, and they simply will not be stopped. It does not matter what parents or citizens or taxpayers think. The schools are going to do what they are going to do.

For parents, the only sensible alternative is to remove their children from the public school system. Catholic schools, private schools, homeschool, or whatever, it has to be a better alternative than the public schools. Putting your child in public school is simply not an option, because they will work to defeat you at every turn.

I know it is expensive, but what are one's children worth?

I know we all have to pay for public education whether we use it or not, but this will not change. Throwing your precious children down the educational rat-hole after you have already thrown in your money just compounds the error.

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So what do you do about something like this? How do you get momentum moving in your direction, when the school administration won't even listen to you? It's like you have lost before the battle is even joined.

You can't. Get your children out. Save yourselves. You can't save the schools, because they don't want to be saved.