Mandatory 'gay' day for K-5 students (required for students & parents can't op-out)

WorldNetDaily ^

[greatdefender]

A California school district has approved a mandatory homosexual curriculum for children as young as 5 – and parents will not be allowed to remove their children from the lessons.

The mandatory program, officially titled "LGBT Lesson #9," was approved May 26 by the Alameda County Board of Education by a vote of 3-2. Students from kindergarten through fifth grade will learn about "tolerance" for the homosexual lifestyle beginning next year.

The curriculum is in addition to the school's current anti-bullying program and is estimated to cost $8,000 for curriculum and training.

Parents will not be given an opportunity to opt-out of lessons that go against their religious beliefs. Some parents are threatening to sue the school board and mount a recall. Opponents presented a petition with 468 signatures from people who don't want the homosexual lessons in the curriculum.

At the board meeting, parent Julie Kim said, "The topics covered in this curriculum for all the grades should be left up to the parent to discuss with their children."

The district's legal counsel recommended against giving parents an opportunity to opt out of the lessons, claiming only health or sex education topics require opt-out provisions:

[Impy]

Any freepers sending their kids to public school?

[taxcontrol]

It is time to stop with the kid gloves. File the lawsuit already!

[joejm65]

I don’t have children, so maybe a Freeper parent can help me out with a question: do 5 year olds have any idea what ‘gay’ means?

[ClearCase_guy]

Darn! My kid has a sore throat.

[theDentist]

Pull your children out of school... home school.

[TLI]

Parents will not be given an opportunity to opt-out of (homosexual) lessons that go against their religious beliefs.

Time for all good solid parents to crank up their exit plan. There are a LOT of good places to live other than CA that would laugh this out of the courtroom.

[MrB]

Probably from leftist propaganda being shoved down it.

[Venturer]

The only thing left now is to have a pedophile come to the clas and demonstrate the proper way to go about it .

After all that is the real reason behind this, in the first place.

[darkwing104]

Dear people of California...Sometimes disobedience is an option...The School board members and the legal defense need to join the legions of the unemployed.

[silverleaf]

How do you explain “gay” to an elementary school kid (or anyone) without making it “sex education?”

[metmom]

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I pinged a similar thread yesterday but IIRC, that one said that parents could opt out. This one says they can't.

[AppyPappy]

We need to teach Tolerance and we will not tolerate anyone being intolerant of the curriculum. You must be tolerant or suffer the consequences.

[brytlea]

They can, and should, however remove their children from the school. Schools make $$ based on # of students in attendance each day. If enough parents simply pull their kids and put them in another school or homeschool (not sure what CA laws are so I’m not sure what option is open) the school would be forced to capitulate to them.

[metmom]

ping

[Glenn]

Hey, Parents!

Fight back!

[massgopguy]

Five year olds don’t know what sex is. And anyone who wants them, to should meet Mr. Dead.