Posted on 08/10/2005 8:04:45 AM PDT by vrwc0915
David Parker (search) of Lexington, Mass., is scheduled to go on trial on Sept. 21 for asking his son's public school to provide parental notification before discussing homosexuality with the 6-year old. The actual charge is criminal trespassing. But the real issue is whether parents or schools will control the teaching of values to children The conflict began on Jan. 17, when Parker's then-5-year-old son brought home a Diversity Bookbag from kindergarten. Included was Robert Skutch's "Who's In a Family?" that depicts families headed by same-sex couples. Parker had wanted to decide for himself the timing and manner in which his son was introduced to the subject of homosexuality. (The Bookbag is supposed to be a voluntary program but the Parkers knew nothing about it in advance.) Parker immediately e-mailed the Estabrook school principal, Joni Jay (search). Parker expressed his belief that gay parents did not constitute "a spiritually healthy family"; he did not wish his son to be taught that a gay family is "a morally equal alternative to other family constructs." Parker acknowledged the equal rights of gays but objected to "the 'out of the closet' and into the kindergarten classroom mentality." In essence, Parker highlighted the difference between tolerance, which acknowledges someone's right to make a choice, and acceptance, which is the personal validation of that choice. The conflict moved quickly from the Diversity Bookbag (search) to the more general issue of parental notification. The Parkers wanted to know if sexuality was scheduled to be discussed in class so they could remove their son. They also wanted their son removed from any "spontaneous conversations" about sexuality that involved an adult.
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You guys have got to read this!!
It won't fly until the courts get involved. And they will. Wait for it.
The left knows they don't have public support for their agenda. So they use the courts to ram their agenda down our throats. It's worked beautifully so far. And they aren't done.
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
I wrote this letter to the editor over 2 years ago and have not saved my research.
I can tell you that I spent a long time researching that letter, found valid sources and another freeper up thread has mentioned she heard about the NEA's agenda as well.
If I could find the source for you quickly, I would.
And although I read Tammy Bruce's book a few years ago, I'll bet she has info in that book about the NEA's agenda.
Tammy Bruce would answer you and your question if you wrote to her. I think Drudge lists her on his web site.
He has no jurisdiction to require students to "adopt" any prescribed attitude about anything. One might make the case that the state schools have the right to teach what they want (personally I disagree) but the government doesn't (yet) have the power to legislate thought.
I still don't see it's making a real (rather than symbolic) difference. If you don't have a "recognized" diploma, you can get a GED. And employers and colleges will know who's a worthwhile candidate in spite of the obfuscation.
I find this situation absolutely amazing. Since when can a school dictate to a parent what their child will learn? I think home schooling would be preferable, but that is obviously not an option here.
For the sake of the parents who do not homeschool- I hope this case makes some new standards in the education of our children.
Yes, homosexuals have the right to have a family- but I do not need to explain it to my 7 year old. The "birds and bees" are confusing enough at that age- we don't need to throw politics into it.
Lets try teaching the kids to read,and do basic math in elementary school.
Take him into the bathroom. Beat him up. Mock his hairstyle, steal his money and shove his head down the toilet. Then make him sit at a little desk for six hours doing nothing.
Tell him "that's what public school is like".
I don't know about who has the "power",but I think that some are misusing their power---
I heard a few years ago, that some schools were forcing the kids to dress in Muslim dress and study the Muslim lifestyle...I read it a couple of times, but can't tell you where/when...
Anyway, what I am getting at is----I wouldn't be too quick to assume the schools can't/wouldn't do this stuff.
The NEA is a very powerful labor union...and has the money pouring into democraps pockets all the time.
When a 12 year old can get birth control without parental consent and 5 year olds are encouraged to touch their private parts, this sadly doesn't surprise me.
Lexington, Mass. is ground zero for liberty. The Founders are spinning like tops after hearing this news.
This was in California's junior high schools, iirc, right after 9/11.
Peach, where is your source. If this is the case, it is very frieghtening and we must do somthing and notify our legislatures.
Regarding this whole matter, it is equally frieghtening that the schools are no longer responsible to the parent for what they teach.
They might not get to that, but if not it would simply be an oversight on their part. It would be pretty stupid for them to expend all this effort and leave an alternative path so open (course if they weren't stupid, they wouldn't be liberals). It wouldn't be hard for them to make completion of a gay-indoctrination "seminar" (what a yucky word, in this context) a prerequisite for taking the GED.
I wrote the letter two years ago, but I think that particular bit of information came out of Tammy Bruce's book.
If you wrote to her, she'd help you find the specific source. Or, contact your congressman and tell him you've heard this and are concerned and see what they say.
I do intend to ask my congressman, and state rep about this. thanks for the heads up.
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