Seven-Year-Old Beaten at School For Father's Stand Against Homosexual Activism

LifeSiteNews ^ | 6/14/06 | John-Henry Westen and John Jalsevac

[wagglebee]

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, June 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On May 17—the two-year anniversary of same-sex "marriage" in Massachusetts—the first-grade son of a prominent pro-family advocate was dragged and beaten behind the Estabrook Elementary School in Lexington during recess, receiving multiple blows to the chest, stomach, and genital area.

Jacob Parker, the 7-year-old who was attacked, is the son of David Parker.  LifeSiteNews.com readers will recall that David Parker objected to homosexual curriculum in his son's kindergarten class.  At a meeting with the principal of the school last year Parker requested that the school inform him of when homosexual discussions would take place, so he could exclude his son from the activity. The principal refused and Parker said he would not leave until his request was granted. School administration called the police and had Parker charged with trespassing. (see coverage: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/apr/05042910.html)

The school system has since continued to refuse to notify parents of such material being presented in class. On April 27, 2006, Parker, his wife, and another family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school system.

According to Mr. Parker, school authorities determined from an investigation into the assault that the beating was indeed planned and premeditated.

Mr. Parker described the incident at the school saying:

"During the recess period, a group of 8-10 kids suddenly surrounded Jacob and grabbed him. He was taken around the corner of the school building out of sight of the patrolling aides, with the taunting and encouragement of other kids. Jacob was then positioned against the wall for what appeared to be a well planned and coordinated assault.”

According to Parker, his son related that one student in particular performed the actual physical assault while, “many children stood, watched silently, and did nothing as the beating commenced.”

"The group of kids surrounded Jacob and he was beaten and punched. Then, as he fell to the ground, another child was heard saying to the group of children, 'Now you all can finish him off,' and as he was down on his hands and knees, the beating continued on his back. Then, fortunately, one little girl ran to contact the oblivious playground aides to stop it.

"Four of the attackers were from Jacob's first-grade class; the others were from other classes at Estabrook.

"The teachers' aide apparently determined that since she could not see external bleeding, and since Jacob apparently was not hit in the face, she did not send him to she school nurse." The family was immediately notified of the incident.

Speaking to LifeSiteNews, Parker speculated that the cause of the attack is most likely what he called “displaced aggression.” “If children hear venomous things from their parents, the children do internalize this,” he said.

“I certainly don’t want to vilify the children in this,” he said. “We understand that skirmishes happen on the playground. It’s taking the child around out of view of the aides, and the number of children that stood around watching that concerns us.”

Parker noted that his conflict with the school over homosexuality is well known among the students.  "We are aware that the school administration sent notices home with all the young children concerning the Parker arrest, the 'King and King' incident and the federal lawsuit," he said. “They must know that the children read them.”

He pointed out that the date of the attack--the two year aniversary of same-sex "marriage" in Massachusetts--cannot be a coincidence.

The topic of Parker's beliefs has become so widespread among the students that Jacob says he overheard his fellow classmates ruminating that perhaps their current principle—who has resigned her position to take up a job elsewhere—was leaving the job because of Jacob’s father. Members of the community itself have organized public demonstrations specifically against Parker, in which their children have taken part. One of these demonstrations is pictured on the right. While prominently displayed in the student library are the back issues of the Lexington Minuteman that specifically deal with Parker’s case, for the children to read.

“We’re trying to be patient and tolerant," said Parker when asked if he was considering pulling his son out of the school. "We’re trying to hang on to the notion that the schools are for every child and for everyone. I don’t feel that we should have to leave for an injustice.”

But he added that “There are limits to how much patience we can have. I certainly understand why more and more parents are pulling their children out of public schools.”

Ironically, the school prides itself on its long-time involvement in various "Safe School" programs, which are geared to creating school environments "safe" for students who are homosexual.

Parker asked, "Isn't the school supposed to be addressing safety and preventing bullying and violence? Or are such programs only focused on children with homosexual parents? You can be certain that if this happened to a child with homosexual parents more would be made of this and that 'lessons' teaching tolerance and diversity of homosexual behavior normalization would be forced upon the young children."

The school and larger community are deeply divided over the Parker's stand against pro-homosexual indoctrination.  A group has been formed in Lexington to counter Parker's efforts.  The 'Lexington Cares' group maintains an anti-Parker website and has conducted anti-Parker letter writing campaigns and demonstrations. 

Calls to Estabrook school were not returned by press time.

To express your concern to Estabrook school contact:

Estabrook School
117 Grove Street
Lexington, MA
02420 USA

Phone: (781)861-2520 
Fax: (781)862-5610 

[TexasPatriot8]

IT's hard not to feel that way when you know a little kid was ganged up on 10 to 1 and kicked and beaten to horribly. It's the kind of thing I'd expect to see a bunch of good southern Democrats doing to some innocent black person who dared to venture into their town back when democrats ruled the south. May those days NEVER return.

The civil war and the kkk and segregation and blacks being bared from colleges and democrat opposition to the civil rights movement was more than enough to show that democrats and control of goverment are not a good thing to have combined, no matter what century you live in.

[Pajamajan]

EFN POS Communists did this (planned it). The man should sue the living hell out of the school, but he should take his son out of their NOW! He needs to protect his child.

The little boy is in first grade. He should not have to endure attacks from the spawn of evil fascists. He is supposed to be in school to learn. His father needs to wake up. Public schools are indoctrination centers. Resistance will NOT be tolerated.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Dese wuz no "innocent black persons." Dese wuz punx.

[Charlespg]

fagots and liberals =vermin

[TexasPatriot8]

Funny how the liberal elitist goose-stepping morons in this country have so quickly become the very thing they have accused Conservatives of being for decades. Fascists. I just can't get over that irony. Liberals of today have actually taken all of the worst mindset traits of nazis and socialists and incorporated them all into their way of thinking, including how to get power and put down those who oppose them. I would sincerely fear for my family's safety if there was any length of time where liberal democrats controlled the Congress and White House. Talk about America becomming an imperialist nation. Put the democrats in charge and see how fast that happens. The people saying that's what it is under Bush don't seem to see just how scary they are to the rest of us who think fascists and terrorists and communists need to be defeated, not emulated. THAT is real democracy and freedom. Defeating your enemies, not taking on their bad traits to stay in power.

Are there any rational democrats left anymore? I think when Zell Miller retired, he took the last shred of humanity and the last shadow of a soul with him, and now the democrat party has not a glimmer if either.

[TexasPatriot8]

Seeing your post reminded me, I had someone fuss at me for calling them "queers" and it made me laugh. I asked them "Have you not seen a militant gay person the past few years? They openly and loudly call themselves that. If they call themselves that with a smile on national tv, why should I be shy about calling them that? People shouldn't call themselves something in public and then get offended when someone else calls them that same thing. What's even more humerous is the person that chastised me is a strait liberal who should have known that gays call themselves "queer" and "homos", and other things I won't post here. :) Liberals are so stupid. If braincells were Uranium isotopes, your standard package liberal wouldn't so much as lose a hair.

[quietolong]

If you check out history in more detail in the 30s It was Rohm who was the leader of the Brownshirts and was a Homo. Who also wanted Hitler’s Job, Was behind the most ruthless attacks and corruption. As a matter of fact. Hitler was trying to rein in the ruthlessness of Rohm because he could see the bad PR it would generate.

Here's something we could use more of.


Poland Strikes Back Against Homosexual Education: Fires Teacher Responsible
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649430/posts

[sgtbono2002]

Go to baltimore Harbor and see the Constellation.

[weegee]

The press release went out Wednesday (from what I gather on news.google.com).

Here is a report from Townhall.com.

http://www2.townonline.com/lexington/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=516786

[CatQuilt]

Thanks for the link.

By the way, everyone seems to be assuming that the attackers were other first-graders. In none of the articles were their ages mentioned. They could be as old as 10 or so (5th-graders).

Mr Parker did not plan to have his son beat up when he began this fight. Let's not blame the victim here. When schools were being de-segegrated, black parents sent their children into dangerous situations too for a greater good.

It is unfortunate that this battle has to be fought but parents like the Parkers did not fire the first round. I don't know that I'd have the courage to make the kind of stand they did.

[Osage Orange]

2 mooch eyeron?

[bvw]

Bad for the bursitis. Tomato skins and potato skins too. Love eggplant to eat, but fifteen minutes later my joints will be aflame.

[MACVSOG68]

He probably won't know. Why don't you ask me what my source is if you really want to know?

[Amelia]

I'm a teacher too, and I said to start with that there was no way a competent playground monitor didn't know something was going on, especially with kids this age.

[MACVSOG68]

Do we really want schools to be PC zones, and force those not into PC to exit their kids from the school, even while paying taxes for such schools? Is it really necessary to get into PC notions about family arrangements of any kind in elementary school?

No I don't. Having said that, if Parker had taken any number of steps available to resolve his concerns other than arrest, I would agree. Once he insisted on being arrested at school, he should have removed his children from there. He left them to be taunted and humiliated at the least. That is unforgivable.

[YourAdHere]

Is this the tolerant left I've heard so much about?

[MACVSOG68]

Regardless of whatever Parker did - having kids beat up a 7-year old boy who has nothing to do with this is criminal. An investigation needs to ensue, filed under the Federal Hate Crimes Statutes, and the kids expelled, parents and complicit teachers/admin jailed for assault and battery with Hate Crime attachment. That's 25 years in the pokey. Then they can experience the wonders of homosexuality in person for 25 years. Wonder how tolerant they will be after that?

Wow, investigator, arresting officer, prosecutor, judge and jury. Pretty efficient. What if it really didn't happen at all?

[MACVSOG68]

Um, excuse you but I'm quite aware of the original story, and are you saying that as a parent he didn't have the right to refuse that a school teach HIS CHILD the gay agenda in FIRST GRADE!?!?

He had every right to protest to the school, which he did. He refused the agreement and made a demand no one could agree to.

And it's MORE than unreasonable to expect that he would KNOW that this would happen. For Pete's sake! I sure wouldn't expect for adults to put kids up to beating up my kid like that!

No it isn't. Once he insisted on being arrested, he put his kids into a no win situation, subjecting them to ridicule and scorn at the very least. He should have at least moved them to another school. As for what really happened here, how do you know who put them up to it?

You puttin the blame on him is BEYOND stupid. Please don't talk to me. I already don't like you and don't wish to discuss this with someone who will blame the father for expecing that a school and other parents would respect his rights as aparent without having his kid beaten within an inch of his life. You're irrational. Don't speak to me.

You posted to me. I didn't post to you. You insult me and then tell me I can't speak to you? Please make sure you follow your own advice. BTW, I have no personal animosity toward you at all, since you actually believe what you read and are saying.

[MACVSOG68]

One thing I would like to know from you, how exactly could you EDUCATE me on this huh? Were you there? Does your kid go to that school? Because unless you live in that town and your kids goes to that schoo, you don't know anymore about this than I do, so shutee

I did something most here didn't. I actually read all of the emails between the school and Mr. Parker. I read the police report. I read the interviews with both Parker and the school officials. In other words, I didn't just depend on anti-homosexual web sites for my information.

If you are there, and your kids does go to that schoo, then that means that you are likely one of the parents who doesn't mind a queer agenda book being force fed to six and seven year olds who are TOTALLY not psychologically developed enough to comprehend anything homosexual in nature.

Do you even know what was in the book? I would have told the school I did not want the book sent home. Apparently Parker was the only parent who did not get the information that the book would be sent home. Strange isn't it.

By the way, I thought you didn't want to talk to me anymore?

[ohioman]

You are wasting your time speaking with MACVSOG68, who is nothing but your run-of-the-mill, pompous, liberal as*hole. SHe/IT likes to pose as a conservative here, but is really trolling for trouble.