Posted on 10/30/2006 6:41:42 AM PST by presidio9
As part of an “activism class,” students at Solebury School, a private school near Philadelphia, were taken to an abortion clinic, donned vests worn by abortion staff, and helped to escort women into the building.
During the field trip students were not permitted to speak to pro-life demonstrators standing outside the building.
“This is very, very disturbing,” said Eileen Stone, a prayer service participant. “These students are only seeing one side. Shouldn’t they see another perspective? After all, education is about seeing the whole picture.”
The teacher organizing the trip, Jason Gordon, said the students weren’t permitted to speak with the pro- life demonstrators because he did not want them to become involved in activism, denying that what they were doing was already a form of activism. He admitted that the children were not given both sides of the argument.
You, of all people, have to ask???? ;o)
Child abuse of the worst kind.
Upon thee I bestow full rights thereto.
Raising little activists, I see. Whatever happened to field trips to the Liberty Bell or Valley Forge or the Franklin Institute?
WHAT????? There's colleges that cost less than that. Any parent ditzy enough to spend that kind of money on a school ..... never mind....
This is beyond sick. May God have mercy.
Thanks for the ping, bb. Bookmarked for later read and response.
From an ethical point of view, I'm skeptical of the decision to have students around women who are there for this situation. I wouldn't want any of the crisis pregnancy centers to which I donate to let a class full of kids come to the crisis pregnancy center to lead the clients around and watch what was happening. To do so would be an invasion of the privacy of those who came for help. While I oppose abortion, I still think that an abortion clinic allowing a field trip of this kind is an invasion of the privacy of the women who came to the clinic. The story isn't very complete, but my first impression from the description given was that the whole thing was similar to those old field trips to a dairy farm where every kid had a chance to milk a cow. Regardless of what one thinks about abortion, this place doesn't seem to be the kind of place where they care about the dignity of their patients.
I oppose abortion, but if a student wanted to volunteer at one of these clinics for six weeks and write a report, I wouldn't consider that assignment out of line. The school should allow other students to do the same thing at a crisis pregnancy center, but I can see these kinds of assignments being appropriate for advanced students in special studies programs. I like the idea of exposing young people to the reality of both sides of the issue, but this way of meeting that goal is wrong in so many ways.
Bill
Skip the field trip!
Just show them the results of the abortion.
A mangled baby. An arm here a leg there, brains sucked out on another one - they'll get the idea of what an abortion REALLY IS.
New Hope is crawling with gays and owned by the LEFT. It's an artsy type type with old victorian houses and an old fashioned "main street" where most of the shops are.
I'm very familiar with New Hope. They should change their name to Without Hope.
Thanks for the ping.
Just when I thought I've seen or read it all, THIS comes along!
Unbelievable!
Also posted here:
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_14525.shtml
Is the world going insane or what???? Is the next great evolutionary step up for humankind the descent into total lunacy, mass madness?
Thanks for the ping!
Bump.
Should be kept bumped.
What this school did was the same sort of induction ceremony, make no mistake. Blood is now on the hands of those children, and the Accuser will take full advantage of it, you can be sure. It is so very important that we be preaching the Good News everywhere on all occasions, for the time is short and bloodguilt is increasing hundredfold. We who know the hope and faith and love in Christ must be making intercession and proclamation at new levels of urgency and fearlessness.
The apostle Paul stated very boldly, "I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God." (Acts 20:26)
May Jesus Christ Who holds the keys of the Kingdom grant us many open doors through which to run, holding out the hope of the Gospel.
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