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Official says father's view on gays didn't spark fight (David Parker insulted by Superintendent)
Boston Globe ^ | June 20, 2006 | Maria Sacchetti

Posted on 06/20/2006 5:54:24 PM PDT by lexfreedom

Lexington's school superintendent yesterday denied assertions that a first-grader was beaten up on a playground last month in retaliation for his father's campaign to stop the school from teaching his son about homosexuality. School officials, citing interviews with the children involved, said the fight actually started over where students would sit in the cafeteria and then spilled onto the playground. The student, the 7-year-old son of David Parker , who filed a federal lawsuit in April over the teaching of homosexuality in school, was punched several times during the May 17 fight. ``These were two first-graders having a child squabble on a playground," said Superintendent Paul Ash . ``Some adults are exploiting these children for political purposes." The playground fight ballooned into a School Department inquiry after a Waltham-based parents' group, MassResistance, alleged that a group of children pounced on the boy on the two-year anniversary of the legalization of gay marriage. According to school officials' investigation, one child hit Parker's son two to four times during recess, and the boy fell to his knees as about five students watched . A teacher's aide intervened. The child who hit Parker's son was sent to the assistant principal's office, where he wrote an apology and was denied recess for two days. Parker's son and the boy have since had a play date, Ash said. School officials contacted authorities, who declined to investigate, Ash said. Parker said he was unconvinced that the fight had nothing to do with the outcry. He said other students have talked to his son about the issue. Parker was arrested last year when he refused to leave Estabrook Elementary School without a guarantee that his child would not be exposed to teachings about homosexuality. In April, he filed a federal lawsuit over the issue.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: davidparker; gaystapo; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; parentalrights; pinkbrownshirts; publikskoolz
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1 posted on 06/20/2006 5:54:28 PM PDT by lexfreedom
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To: DirtyHarryY2K; little jeremiah; DBeers
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2 posted on 06/20/2006 5:55:30 PM PDT by lexfreedom
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To: lexfreedom

If this man truly believes this, why is his son still there?


3 posted on 06/20/2006 5:57:12 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: lexfreedom
Lexington's school superintendent yesterday denied assertions that a first-grader was beaten up on a playground last month in retaliation for his father's campaign to stop the school from teaching his son about homosexuality.

And if I flap my arms hard enough I can fly like a bird.

4 posted on 06/20/2006 5:58:23 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: lexfreedom
I support Parkers quest to take back parental rights from Superintendent Ash and the Mass body politic.

Absent evidence to the contrary this seems like a schoolyard fight. My advice to Mr Parker, teach your son how to defend himself and forget the play date crap.

5 posted on 06/20/2006 5:58:38 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07

Play dates? Boys should have to make up by shaking hands.


6 posted on 06/20/2006 6:04:05 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: jwalsh07
Absent evidence to the contrary this seems like a schoolyard fight.

The principal of the elementary school, Joni Jay, who was responsible for David Parker's arrest is moving on to another school in a neighboring town, Sudbury. The Parker's son has been called out and blamed by other students, first graders, mind-you, for the principal's departure. Who do you think is causing the teasing and taunting in the classroom other than parents who are taking out their anger on the Parkers through their own kids. Sure it might have started as a playground fight, but one that may have been escalated by kids egging each other on.

7 posted on 06/20/2006 6:05:50 PM PDT by lexfreedom
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"Parker's son and the boy have since had a play date, Ash said."

uuuuuhhhhhg. Do these people even know how gay they sound?

8 posted on 06/20/2006 6:06:32 PM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: lexfreedom
Sounds like a HATE crime to me. But then the anti-humans do not do hate crimes so the left says.
9 posted on 06/20/2006 6:10:32 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT
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And since he'll be outnumbered, teach him to crush a trachea or snap fingers and wrists. Since the school authorities are dead set against protecting this kid, he had better learn to play for keeps. Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six. For any here who believe this post inappropriate - I envy your peaceful childhood.
10 posted on 06/20/2006 6:11:14 PM PDT by MrEdd (I would have gotten away with it too - if it weren't for those meddling kids and their stupid dog.)
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To: jwalsh07
And since he'll be outnumbered, teach him to crush a trachea or snap fingers and wrists. Since the school authorities are dead set against protecting this kid, he had better learn to play for keeps. Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six. For any here who believe this post inappropriate - I envy your peaceful childhood.
11 posted on 06/20/2006 6:11:16 PM PDT by MrEdd (I would have gotten away with it too - if it weren't for those meddling kids and their stupid dog.)
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To: lexfreedom

Is this the first time the Globe has reported on this? I wouldn't be surprised.


12 posted on 06/20/2006 6:14:17 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: lexfreedom
It happens. Kids do things like that. It has nothing to do with the issue at hand which is the states co-opting Parkers parental rights.

I think Parker makes a mistake when he doesn't teach his kid to defend himself and when he specualtes about the motives of playground fights.

Sorry, but that's the way I see it.

13 posted on 06/20/2006 6:15:44 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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This little boy was assaulted by seven other boys who knocked him to the ground and then kicked him in the head, the groin area and his stomach. I grew up next town to Lexington. The gays and lesbians have taken over the town little by little over the past 10 years. I am 66 y.o. and I can't believe what is happening in MASS, and I am afraid for the first time in my life. Cambridge MA is communist and is listed as so...


14 posted on 06/20/2006 6:25:20 PM PDT by Patriotic Bostonian
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More on the David Parker story.

15 posted on 06/20/2006 6:25:45 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: lexfreedom

Thanks for the ping.


16 posted on 06/20/2006 6:26:45 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: lexfreedom
Parker's son and the boy have since had a play date

Wish they would have had that punishment when i was in 1st grade. I would have beaten up a lot of girls.

17 posted on 06/20/2006 6:31:58 PM PDT by RCNOVA
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To: Unam Sanctam
Is this the first time the Globe has reported on this? I wouldn't be surprised.

It is the first Globe article I can remember AND it just seems like a rehash of information that has already been out there...

18 posted on 06/20/2006 6:32:01 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: MrEdd
krav maga comes to mind
19 posted on 06/20/2006 6:32:08 PM PDT by Charlespg (Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
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To: CindyDawg
Boys should have to make up by shaking hands.

I'd argue for padded gloves and a squared circle. Nothing works better on bullies than giving one a good beating in a fair fight...

20 posted on 06/20/2006 6:32:23 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu l’aidera)
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