NEA Delegates Accept Resolution Endorsing Same-Sex 'Marriage'

Agape Press ^ | July 6, 2006 | Jim Brown

[DBeers]

NEA Delegates Accept Resolution Endorsing Same-Sex 'Marriage'

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(AgapePress) - The National Education Association (NEA) has voted overwhelmingly to endorse legal civil unions and same-sex "marriages."

The president of the Alabama Education Association had asked that the resolution supporting legal homosexual unions be referred back to the Resolutions Committee. The NEA Resolutions Committee earlier had deleted a controversial amendment to its "Diversity" policy (known as B-8), which would have comprehensively endorsed same-sex marriage. Consequently, the Alabama delegate's request would have left the union without a homosexual marriage resolution for the upcoming school year. But NEA delegates voted not to refer the resolution, and then voted to accept the resolution.

The approved resolution affects Section B-10 of the NEA handbook ("Racism, Sexism, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification Discrimination"), in which the union states its belief that discrimination based on such factors as "... race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification ...." must be eliminated. The amendment to B-10 (in bold below) reads:

"The Association also believes that these factors should not affect the legal rights and obligations of the partners in a legally-recognized domestic partnership, civil union, or marriage in regard to matters involving the other partner, such as medical decisions, taxes, inheritance, adoption, and immigration."

California teacher Jeralee Smith, past chairman of the NEA Ex-Gay Educators Caucus, says she is considering leaving the union. "People who share our values, which is traditional family and a few other things, can have no integrity unless they are either active on the inside to try and change things, or they leave the union and take their money out of the union's hands," says Smith.

Smith acknowledges that Christian members of the NEA are faced with a decision. "I just think it's time for Christians to really pray about their relationship to the union and do some real soul-searching on their loyalty," she says. And if they find their loyalty is still with the union, Smith suggests they ask themselves "just how much loyalty does the union deserve at this point?"

Smith says she is outraged the NEA is pushing for "gay," lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues to be required content for teacher credentialing. The union's Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification issued a report stating "that the NEA advocate for the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues in the 'National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education' teacher education program review process."

The powerful teachers union, after heated debate, also decided to replace the word "tolerance" with the word "acceptance" in NEA policies.

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[austinaero]

OK, someone help me out here. What in the sam-hell does the NEA have to do with marriage?

God, does the local BINGO hall get to vote on endorsing the helmet law?

It's a big non sequitir response to this old dork. Shouldn't the NEA be interested in education laws?

[paul51]

I wonder if there is anything in the handbook about reading, writing and arithmetic

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Looks like the NEA pulled the old switcheroo by ceremoniously publicly dumping resolution B-8 prior to the convention but then amending resolution B-10 with the leftist promotion from dumped B-8...

[Don Corleone]

The LEFT just keeps going further and further LEFT every day.

[BenLurkin]

Perverts and pedophiles.

Don't let anybody from the NEA anywhere that children are present.

[DBeers]

OK, someone help me out here. What in the sam-hell does the NEA have to do with marriage?

If one pays close attention to the homosexual agenda pundits it becomes clear that part of their agenda being pushed is through a propaganda campaign directed primarily at young and impressionable children. THAT is what this nonsensical resolution is all about -the NEA seeks to assist with the promotion of homosexual delusion through leftist propaganda funded on the taxpayers' dime and time...

[funkywbr]

Teach OUR children Hell!

[upchuck]

The NEA is nothing more than a front for social engineering Communists.

I heard on the radio news today that 45 state have now outlawed gay marriage.

And, yet, here's the NEA going full tilt towards something the majority of Americans don't want.

Never have so many (98%) been held captive by so few (2%, maybe).

Some interesting links:

Georgia Strikes Down Gay Marriage
NY Denies Gay Marriage

And some good news about/from the NEA:
NEA To Challenge 'No Child Left Behind'
Challenging the NEA: Priceless

That last one is a hoot.

[Txsleuth]

Okay...this is crazy...WHY do teachers have to "endorse" or "come out" for/against anything to do with marriage???

AND, if they are....we need to bust these teacher's unions...one would think that teachers of all people...should be able to think for themselves and NOT NEED group think!!!

[gidget7]

Sadly, this doesn't surprise me one bit. If one watches what is going on in Lexington MA, they know what is to come of public education all over the country, unless it is stopped.

[JCEccles]

What in the sam-hell does the NEA have to do with marriage?

Why, they're training up the children and youth of America in corrupt liberal values.

And they're doing a throrough job, too. Poll after poll shows the strongest support for gay-lesbian issues to be among youth, ages 14 through 24.

[mware]

This is the last straw. I am going to quit the NEA. I have overlooked them because of the insurance but I just cant stand by something like this.

[Always Right]

OK, someone help me out here. What in the sam-hell does the NEA have to do with marriage?

For some reason the top three issues for the NEA for years has been adcvancing the gay agenda, getting pornography into the libraries, and fighting vouchers.

[billhilly]

The NEA is not an educational organization, it is a functionary or the left wing of the democratic party, and organized labor. Excuse my redundancy.

[sageb1]

NEA's focus is quality public schools, not same-sex marriage.

Yeah, right.

[moehoward]

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[Recovering_Democrat]

Unions suck

[captnorb]

very simple......they teach our kids..

[Calpernia]

I propose that we introduce FR-1 that will elimate the NEA.