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.
I think most folks would agree with that. Still, I don't think the examples you listed are exactly to what Penni was referring.
Of course I'm not trying to speak for Penni, but from the context of the thread and her post(s), I think she was referring specifically to the issue of homosexuality:
Is that to what you were referring, Penni?
Yes, the DOJ is infiltrated. As are a great many government agencies, private foundations, corporations etc.
If people who see the truth of the "gay" agenda don't fight it, it's going to get much worse before it gets better.
I want a button supporting marriage so I can wear it constantly. If anyone knows of such a thing, ping me?
That's almost too obvious to state, is it not?
And the current generation is getting bombarded with homosexuality.
There's more openness about sexuality of all forms, but I haven't seen any evidence that the percentage of homosexuality in the population is rising - although the number of people practicing it openly may be, as are the number of heterosexuals who are living together without marriage and having one night stands, multiple sexual partners, or even illegitimate children without shame.
"CONSERVATIVE" GEORGE W. BUSH G.O.P. ADMINISTRATION?
Inquiring minds want to know what the hell is going on at the top of the Republican Party, that they're now siccing the cops on conservatives?
Bob's scandal isn't Bill's defense. "They all do it" isn't an argument, it's the fallacy of argumentum ad populum, a.k.a. the "bandwagon" fallacy.
But you're a teacher, so you know that.
Question is, why are you perping a fallacy in defense of the indefensible?
You're looking more like a seminar troll every minute.
Indeed, and thehumanlynx made that point over and over as a way the kid in the article could have been desensitized to the subject. Amelia, you should easily put two and two together here.
I'm trying to understand where you're coming from. You say "that's almost too obvious to state" but you don't see how bombarding the current generation with homosexuality could help confuse children today? You must see this.
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Pride is the recognized organization for all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered employees in all DOJ Offices, Boards, and Divisions; the BOP, DEA, FBI, USMS, INS, OJP, and USAO; and contractors in any of these components. The general purposes of DOJ Pride shall be:
to identify and address issues particularly affecting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender employees of the Department;
to support the Department in the development and implementation of effective policies and practices for the elimination of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in all Departmental activities; .....
So...... Who decided THIS?
She does.
Really? Does research corroborate that? I thought "questioning" meant "frail" or "confused" or any number of adjectives professionals have used to describe kids with these questions about their inchoate sexuality for generations now.
"Questioning" = "Gay" is a polemical assertion offered by gay advocates and seminar posters.
Maybe you could offer us a source or a link in support of this claim.
Kinda edited my statement didn't you. Now is that a nice thing to do?
The current generation is bombarded with sexuality, not just homosexuality.
No, I don't think that sexual orientation is changed that easily. I think that heterosexual children will notice the heterosexual sex that is so prevalent, and children who tend toward homosexuality will still tend toward it, but may tend to be more open about it at a younger age than was true previously.
I've noticed that heterosexual teens are much more open about their sexual activities than we were as teens (and indeed seem to be much more sexually active). I think this is partially because our culture is so sex-saturated, and partially because many of them have parents who are living with members of the opposite sex or have been married multiple times.
I read about this incident in the Eureka newspaper. I doubt if this is the only time such has happened. A lot of kids just shut up and swallow it.
Leftovers from the Clinton anministation. The sodomites gained ground Under Attourny general Janet Reno.
From this link..
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) coordinated a meeting today at the Department of Justice between gay organizations and Attorney General Janet Reno.
[SNIP]
The Attorney General seemed genuinely moved when we discussed the issue of hate crimes, and interested in using her office as a bully pulpit in condemning hate violence."
[SNIP]
Department of Justice Meeting Other Justice Department officials at the meeting were Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, Assistant Attorney General Eleanor Atchinson, Richard Roberts and Susan Liss of the Civil Rights Division, and Casey Cooper of the Office of Policy Development. Marsha Scott, Deputy Assistant to the President for Political Affairs, also participated in the meeting. In addition to NGLTF, other organizations participating in the meeting included the Human Rights Campaign Fund; Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund; the American Civil Liberties Union; the National Advocacy Coalition on Youth and Sexual Orientation; LLEGO -- the National Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization; Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund; Servicemembers Legal Defense Network; Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; and People for the American Way.
You could spend days going through all the links from a "Reno LGBT" Google search.
Results 1 - 10 of about 36,900 for Janet Reno LGBT. (0.15 seconds)
NOTE TO SELF... proofread and spell check when you post half asleep..
Problem?
Better still would be:
If he has always had homosexual feelings but been afraid to admit them before now, I think the situation might be more difficult, and perhaps it would be cruel to try to persuade him that his feelings aren't valid and that he doesn't feel what he thinks he feels.
It was cruel to expose him to seducers. It is counseling to address his previously-undisclosed feelings and help him organize his sexuality so that he can function in society as an educated, mature adult.
Thanks for the information.
I expect that this will have been part of the Clintons' "diversity" initiatives that they undertook throughout the Civil Service, to politicize it and attach Clintonista cadre, dubbed "change agents," to staffs throughout the bureaucracy.
The Red Army had that sort of parallel organization under Stalin. The political officers were referred to as zampolit and were widely feared and hated. Your officers could court-marital you, but the zampolit could get you shot.
After Stalin, the political officers continued to serve in all commands, at a reduced level of noxiousness.
How does this demurrer alter the truth of her statement? She was complaining about the growing gay presence in the Kulturschmog. Television is getting gayer and gayer -- now the quintessential American symbol, the cowboy, is being made to subserve gay agitprop.
Her comment addressed the gay message and its growing omnipresence. Penni's statement radiates parental concern. Yours, a teacher's, is flatly expository and does not display the same kind of concern.
Care to explain why you don't share Penni's concern for these students' psychological well-being in future, given the sexualization and coarsening of popular culture, and its progressive, aggressive, premeditated queering?
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