Posted on 02/09/2006 5:36:17 PM PST by Coleus
The Governor's School of North Carolina describes itself as "program for intellectually gifted high school students, integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses." But one North Carolina couple is suffering some after effects of their son's involvement in the program. Jim and Beverly Burrows say after their son attended a Governor's School seminar called "The New Gay Teenager," he began telling them he was unsure of his "sexual orientation."
The parents believe the seminar was intentionally scheduled as the last optional one before classes ended in order to leave a strong, lasting impression on the students and bypass any parental notification about the seminar.
Jim Burrows says he noticed a big difference in his otherwise normal son upon his return from the school.
"He [said he] was thinking now that he perhaps was gay -- and of course I was floored by this [pronouncement] and was, like, 'where did this come from?' This kind of came out of left field," the dad says. After questioning his son for an extended period, Burrows says he discovered the source. "I found out that this was as a result of this seminar."
According to Burrows, his son was instructed by two openly homosexual staff members of the Governor's School to question his sexuality as well as Bible passages that condemn homosexuality. And the students were also encouraged by instructors to start a Gay Straight Alliance club at their schools, he says.
The North Carolina dad explains that his son's subsequent struggle with homosexuality has turned his family upside down. "As far as our family is concerned, the damage has already been done," he laments. "There's no way that we can go back and undo what has been done."
Still, Mr. Burrows feels he needs to warn other parents of the homosexual indoctrination his son encountered at the Governor's School. "[I]f I can keep one other family from having to go through this, then all this trouble has been worthwhile," he says.
Homo agenda ping?
seminars make people gay? Or was his son pretty much on the way to gay anyway?
The Governor's School of North Carolina describes itself as "program for intellectually gifted high school students,who don't yet know what their rectum is for." Here at governor's school we like our students to expand their sphincters as they expand their minds.
Why on Earth is this permitted in schools at all? How did we let it get this far?
Optional by who? The student or the parents? If it was optional to the parents why in the world would they allow their child to go a class called "The New Gay Teenager"?
Ass kicking time.
Oh, I see, its fine to quote the Bible if you are gay but it isn't okay if you aren't.
"seminars make people gay? Or was his son pretty much on the way to gay anyway?"
Well it is a choice. People that are weak can make bad choices with bad peer pressure.
Sue em for turning your kid into a homosexual. Could involve billions of dollars in damages.
I hope you later thought better of such a comment and now regret it. Purposefully encouraging an extremely dangerous behavior on young people who are just learning about their own sexuality is predation on the weak. That it was state sponsored makes it even more abhorrent when it operates under the rubric of being a government by the people.
Somehow I think that one voluntary meeting at school where they pass out literature is not something that is going to cause a secure, heterosexual young man to get brainwashed into a life of homosexuality.
I googled the website for the terms "gay," "homosexual," and "homophobic," but didn't find anything.
I did find this interesting statement, however:
"When you visit our Web site to browse, read pages, or download information, we automatically collect and store the following information:
Internet domain and IP address from which you access our site
Type of browser and operating system used to access our site
Date and time you access our site
Pages you visit
If you came to our site from another Web site, the address of that site
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors, and to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use."
Big Brother at work?
The trust and the position, IMHO, was violated here...and the coousre could have caused such a teenager, who is naturally questioning his parents at that age anyway, to begin thinking and looking at things differently.
I am so shocked. And I thought Maggie Walker in Richmond was the only gifted program to offer such diverse opportunities to explore ones pubescent urges.
"seminars make people gay? Or was his son pretty much on the way to gay anyway?"
I attended a gay seminar once and woke up the next morning in a bath house with a sore butt and a thankyou note in my hand. sarc/
The homosexual indoctrination in schools is scandalous....why can't they leave children alone? Oh well, we know the answer to that one, don't we.....
The sad fact is that while North Carolina is a conservative state (in that most of its residents hold traditional values), and while it has reliably voted GOP for most federal races, the Democrats nonetheless dominate state politics.
We've had very few GOP governors (maybe just 2), and only briefly held the statehouse in the mid-90s. I think all but maybe one statewide office is held by Democrats. Thousands of people who have voted for Reagan, the Bushes, Helms, Dole, and Burr have turned around and voted Democrat for most other offices.
State House and Senate Democrats, many of whom run as conservative Democrats, won't even let a ballot initiative on gay marriage reach the people, even though it would likely pass with 70-75% of the vote, and even though Dem Gov Easley came out in support of it before being reelected in 2004 (that he did so in an election yr was no surprise, but he actually didn't need to do so as never failed to enjoy a healthy lead in the polls).
NC isn't alone in the South as a state which has gone GOP federally but retained strong Dem loyalties for state offices. Part of the problem is obviously the media, but the rather strong liberal element in the NC state legislature is very frustrating.
My websites collect the same info. I suspect most others do as well. No conspiracy at work, at least as far as the data collection.
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