Posted on 02/23/2007 1:09:23 PM PST by darkangel82
BOSTON, MA (FRIDAY FEB. 23) This morning, federal judge Mark Wolf issued an outrageous and horrific 38-page ruling dismissing David Parker's federal civil rights lawsuit against Lexington, MA school officials. David Parker had filed the lawsuit, along with his wife and Rob and Robin Wirthlin, last April after the schools refused to notify parents when teaching about homosexuality and transgenderism in the elementary school. School officials, aided by national pro-homosexual groups, had filed a motion to dismiss the case which was argued before Judge Wolf on Feb. 7.
Wolf's ruling is every parent's nightmare. It goes to extraoarinary lengths to legitimize and reinforce the "right" (and even the duty) of schools to normalize homosexual behavior to even the youngest of children.
In the ruling, Wolf makes the absurd claim that normalizing homosexuality to young children is "reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens in our democracy." According to Wolf, this means teaching "diversity" which includes "differences in sexual orientation."
In addition, Wolf makes the odious statement that the Parkers' only options are (1) send their kids to a private school, (2) home-school their kids, or (3) elect a majority of people to the School Committee who agree with them. Can you imagine a federal judge in the Civil Rights era telling blacks the same thing -- that if they can't be served at a lunch counter they should just start their own restaurant, or elect a city council to pass laws that reflect the US Constitution?
Wolf's reasoning uses the Goodridge ruling on same-sex marriage as well as Mass. Dept. of Education "Frameworks" and a flawed intrepretation of the state Parental Notification Law -- to effectively trump the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom.
He bolsters his decision with a patchwork of statements from other court decisions - some going back over a decade - and declares that these past decions are "law" which much be enforced when making his own ruling on this case.
The Parkers' lawyers have already announced that they will appeal the decision in Federal Appeals Court. They continue to be upbeat, passionate about this case, and confident they will prevail.
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This needs to go all the way to the top.
Romney's mecca. His disfunctional school system should be enough to disqualify him.
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...they will appeal the decision in Federal Appeals Court.
I hope the Federal Appeals Court makes this right -- and more than a directive to re-try the case...
They need to park Wolf's decision in his "left" ear with some reasonable amount of overwhelming force....
JMHO...
I will do my best to teach my Grandkids what is normal when they are home. Fudgepacking isnt even close.
A Reagan appointee who has apparently "grown", to use MSM doublespeak.
Or "progressed", as the left calls it.
I hope this effort succeeds. But on the short term, any parent with kids in public school needs to get them out, ASAP.
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if there is legal precedence for his position - i.e. case law - only an appellate court can get around that obstacle (if that is the case)
When Blacks gained their Civil Rights in 1964 was any other group required to lose some of theirs?
Yep. Probably because you didn't realize that enforcing the UN's earth charter, which promotes homosexuality as a normal, healthy natural lifestyle is something federal judges aspire to do after attentding the earth charter summit2. It's not American law, the American constitution, nor the American cultural society they protect, it's the global government, and it's charter they uphold.
The problem with public schools, of course, is the pathetic level of funding...
Pathetically high.
Could be he wants to keep the schools save for cruising.
Parents, vote with your feet!
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