Posted on 08/04/2005 7:46:19 PM PDT by lexfreedom
Letter: Actions have hurt community Thursday, August 4, 2005
This is my perspective in the David Parker matter. Here's a little background. My wife, three daughters and I moved from California to Lexington in 2001. My daughter was a kindergartner with Mr. Parker's son this past year..
We chose to move to Lexington after looking at a myriad of towns. We sought a community with a commitment to quality education and one that reflected our belief in openness, inclusion and diversity. This type of decision-making is based on "the social economics of townships." Towns are differentiated with diverse values and services, thereby, providing consumer choice. Families are social consumers in this way. After becoming a member of this community, I expect to reap its benefits, i.e., openness and inclusion.
I support Mr. Parker's right to his beliefs, but do not agree with either the premise or the structure of his proposal. His "premise" would result in the school having to marginalize the existence of some families. In its structure, his request is impractical.
His wish to disrupt school activities, based on spontaneous discussions wherever his child is present with a resulting parent notification and the removal of his child from a school activity, is unworkable no matter what the subject matter. Without definitions of what discussions qualify as offensive to Mr. Parker, and without every adult in the school being made aware of both the student and the hazy definitions, how could the school possibly satisfy his desired outcome?
I also have a hard time reconciling Mr. Parker's words with his actions. Instead of working to get a solution that could be accommodated, he had one proposal. Instead of running for School Committee to institute change through community channels, he chose to be an activist. He chose to be arrested. He chose to align himself with outside groups to obtain administrative, media, tactical, financial and legal support.
He chose to use local, regional and national media to distort his case and denigrate Lexington. He chose to bring his crusade to communities as far away as Maine, just recently, speaking at the "Wake UP Maine Tour," a statewide rally opposed to homosexual rights. These conscious decisions speak volumes.
Mr. Parker's states he is "anguished that his arrest has caused any pain to this community." His continued promotion of this crusade does nothing but cause the community anguish and pain.
His actions speak louder than his words.
Craig Cyr
Revere Street
Please support David Parker in his expensive legal fight against the new tyrants in Massachusetts.
Visit:
http://davidparkerfund.org
to help out.
If the gay lobby can have activists, engage in civil disobedience, and align itself with outside groups to gain support, well, so can the opposing side.
If this letter writer believes in "diversity" like he claims, he could have picked dozens of Boston suburbs -- or parts of Boston itself -- that are far more diverse than Lexington. Lexington is affluent and safe.
Whenever you hear the sanctimonious word "families", watch out. It's people who have consciously created or adopted a child into a situation with two people of the same sex, knowing that the vast majority of the society frowns on unwed parenthood to begin with and gay parenting as well. The child is the human shield for the rest of their same-sex victimization whine. It's criminal.
The reason why parents who do not want to have their children indoctrinated into the wholesale acceptance of homosexual behavior would have to be notified every few minutes throughout the school day is the nefarious gay activists' educational curricula that mention gayness in every subject: math, history, language, you name it, all day long -- your child will have to hear who's gay. (The latest "outing"? President Lincoln.)
The express purpose of this completely interwoven educational "design" (indoctrination propaganda) is to prevent parents from opting their child out.
Gay teachers also want to trumpet their situation and talk about their "families" throughout the school day. They just can't understand why their illicit, aggressive behavior isn't appreciated -- no, adored!
All the more reason for conservatives to urge the complete Federal de-funding of schools. Homeschooling for as many children as possible! Of course, that would demand that the parents be financially settled and mature before having children....
Yep, he makes Mr. Parker sound like a liberal. Now if Mr. Parker could learn a few liberal obfuscation techniques like the following he would have it down pat.
His wish to disrupt school activities, based on spontaneous discussions wherever his child is present with a resulting parent notification and the removal of his child from a school activity, is unworkable no matter what the subject matter. Without definitions of what discussions qualify as offensive to Mr. Parker, and without every adult in the school being made aware of both the student and the hazy definitions, how could the school possibly satisfy his desired outcome?
Craig Cyr,
Mackenzie Real Estate Services,
38 Revere Street,
Lexington, MA 02420
Susan Cyr
Social Studies Workshop - The Learning Tree Store
Grades 4-7 2PDPs
Spend two hours learning how your students can "become" part of the past. Hands-on activities, along with project outlines, and bibliographies will get you psyched and ready to teach history to all your students. These ideas and activities are based upon the MA Social Science Frameworks for grade five.
Eastbrook PTA
Joseph Estabrook School Lexington, Massachusetts
Chair, Susan Cyr–ACT Performances
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