Pro-Homosexual School Posters Fostering 'Intolerance,' Says Family Advocate

AgapePress ^ | January 30, 2006 | Jim Brown and Jody Brown

[DBeers]

Pro-Homosexual School Posters Fostering 'Intolerance,' Says Family Advocate
CFI Leader Says It's Wrong to Imply Teachers Approve of Dangerous Lifestyle

(AgapePress) - A pro-family leader says five public school teachers in the San Francisco Bay area are putting their jobs on the line to protect their students from "propaganda" that homosexual activists have forced into the classroom.

  
Image compliments of WorldNetDaily  

Five teachers at San Leandro High School have refused to abide by a school district order to display a rainbow flag poster in their classrooms. The notebook paper-sized poster sports the logo for the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) as well as the inverted pink triangle, an international symbol for "gay pride." Addressing itself to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, [and] questioning youth," the poster reads: "This is a safe place to be who you are. This sign affirms that support and resources are available for you in this school."

Last week, WorldNetDaily reported that the five teachers refused to display the poster because of their religious beliefs. But SLUSD superintendent Christine Lim said the policy calling for the poster to be displayed in classrooms is designed to make schools safe for homosexual students.

"This is not about religion, sex, or a belief system," Lim told the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is about educators making sure our schools are safe for our children, regardless of their sexual orientation."

However, Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute (CFI) takes issue with that statement. He believes Lim's talk of safety is cover for the homosexual agenda. "What [such policies] produce is intolerance toward anyone who won't accept homosexuality," he says, adding that in this case, that means "teachers who know that it's not a good thing to sell kids on the idea that it's okay to be gay."

Bob Knight    

According to Knight, the heated debate going on at San Leandro High is not about safety at all. "This is about bullying people and saying you will kneel down and bow to the Baal god of homosexuality -- or we'll make your life very miserable," he says.

The CFI spokesman maintains the school district is demonstrating intolerance toward the five teachers who are choosing not to display the posters -- and those teachers, he adds, are courageous for standing up to the mandate.

"The school district has no business telling teachers to glorify behavior that has such a long list of known health risks," Knight says. "This ought to be treated as a public health issue -- not a matter of civil rights, as [homosexual activists] like to frame it."

And it is wrong, Knight adds, to force teachers into a situation that implies their approval of an unsafe and unhealthy lifestyle. "When you put a rainbow poster up in your classroom, you're lending the authority of the teacher to the gay-rights movement," he explains. In essence, says Knight, the district is saying: "Kids, go ahead and try this behavior. Even your teacher is for it."

The controversial poster was designed by students in the school's Gay Straight Alliance Club, under the supervision of a homosexual art teacher. The Chronicle reported on Thursday that tensions had eased at the school following faculty discussions about the "underlying message" of the posters. The principal says she expects to see the posters up in all 200 classrooms this week, and will have "a private conversation" with any teacher who is not in compliance with the policy.

[DBeers]

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[relictele]

We are told over and over that gays don't recruit. Well why the rush to put posters in school classrooms? If a person is truly and incontrovertibly gay won't their personality/sexuality blossom on its own?

[massgopguy]

"Children" don't have Sexual Orientation. And adults that want them to, need to be kept away fron them.

[chs68]

I suppose it just would not do to put up posters that say that every child is safe in a school.

[DBeers]

Gay panic

LOL -liberal troll panic. Alito - Alito - Alito....

[JamesP81]

The principal says she expects to see the posters up in all 200 classrooms this week, and will have "a private conversation" with give a severe a$$ chewing to any teacher who is not in compliance with the policy.

Fixed it.

[coconutt2000]

A companion sign to hang right next to the rainbow sign would be an all white one with the words printed, "If you feel like you're being trodden on for being white, Christian, or American - the area below this sign is a safe zone."

[x5452]

would not telling a homosexual they are free to be 'who they are' on school grounds encourage sex on schoolgrounds?

[lilylangtree]

Salute to the 5 courageous teachers!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

More sex clubs in school.

[oneofmany]

Finally, someone to reframe the debate back to its original meaning. Don't accept the twisted view of "tolerance" the left has propagated for years.Don't tell me I'm intolerant because I won't give up my convictions to satisfy you. I say, You are the intolerant one!

Thanks for the space to rant LOL

[dhs12345]

Wondering which bathroom or locker room a transgendered uses?

One of those "unimportant" details....

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[jazusamo]

"The principal says she expects to see the posters up in all 200 classrooms this week, and will have "a private conversation" with any teacher who is not in compliance with the policy."

Yes Maam, Madam Principal. And when will we be receiving posters to welcome atheists, devil worshipers and anyone else one of the students thinks should be assured that they're welcome.

[DBeers]

would not telling a homosexual they are free to be 'who they are' on school grounds encourage sex on schoolgrounds?

Duh... Though it could be argued that they do not encourage sex on school grounds (that would be irresponsible) - [they] just encourage homosexual sex to be embraced and experimented with as just another sexual option... Regardless what parents might wish to teach children regarding sexuality as to appropriateness of what, when, with whom -the school knows better how to properly educate and enrich children to be productive village members...

/sarcasm off

[Atlas Sneezed]

If it's to make all students feel safe, regardless of orientation, why doesn't it include heterosexual on the list of types?

[Blood of Tyrants]

You can be assured that if you disagree with the gay agenda, you WILL NOT receive safe haven to express your beliefs.