WHAT "GAY" STUDENT CLUBS WILL BRING TO YOUR SCHOOL

Clubs dealing with homosexuality are being considered in high schools, middle schools and soon (if "gay" activists have achieve their goals) in elementary schools in the U.S. Their advocates claim that these clubs are about "tolerance" and creating an accepting climate for students who are otherwise outcasts. And-this claim is made over and over- sex is NOT discussed at meetings. All the students want is acceptance and a "safe" place to go.

Is this claim true? And even if it is, would discussion of homosexual tolerance alone be a good thing? To be fair, some of the club meetings we've read about do seem to conduct business in a relatively mild tone. The students talk about teen concerns, have social "ice-breaker" games, and incorporate the perennial teen favorite---food. However, one still has to remember the bottom line reason these students are meeting-to defend their right to have homosexual sex, and to reinforce misinformation and bias against heterosexuality, traditional marriage and certain religions.

And sometimes the activities of the club are not so harmless. Here are some of the documented activities of these clubs, often called "gay/straight alliances" (GSA's), that should be of grave concern to parents and school officials.

1. A "gay" club will demand that the school hold pro-homosexual events. Many clubs have been the sponsors of "Coming Out" day in October, when students (and teachers) are celebrated for the "courage" to openly declare their homosexuality. Clubs have also been the catalyst for diversity events dwelling mostly on homosexuality and the massive April "Day of Silence" event. One Massachusetts "gay" club was given a rainbow flag symbolizing homosexual rights at a youth rally, and then persuaded the principal to fly it at their school just below the U.S. flag. Many complaints were received from both parents and veterans.1

2. Hostility and discrimination against those who don't endorse homosexuality will be heightened. A "gay" club in North Andover, Massachusetts sponsored a school forum on "homophobia". They also sent around a school survey which 154 students filled out. One of the questions asked how the person would react if asked out on a date by a person of the same sex. The goal of these students was to change any negative perception of such a social interaction. 2 Other clubs have spoken at teacher "diversity training "meetings, and many "gay" club members have appeared before school board meetings to present their requests. The GSA Network in California recently urged through its newsletter that "gay" club members attend a conference called "Expression, Not Suppression" in Fresno. One of the workshop titles for the day was "The Bible: Weapon of Love or Weapon of Hate?"3

3. Misinformation will be disseminated by the "gay" club to all students. One club in Florida - in a middle school - handed out flyers throughout the school promoting "gay" history month. The idea was that of their adviser, an eighth grade teacher, and was brought to a halt by the administration.4 This strategy is the invention of several activist organizations, and would teach children that major historical figures like Abraham Lincoln, George Frederic Handel (composer of The Messiah) and even the Apostle Paul were probably homosexuals.5

4. Sexual themes will be a substantial focus of the club and will encourage dangerous experimentation by students. A controversial one-day event held at Tufts University in March 2000 described in detail high-risk homosexual practices like "fisting" to students as young as 14. The attendance was drawn substantially from members of gay-straight alliances in the surrounding communities. GLSEN was a co-sponsor of this event.6 Despite widespread publicity and negative reaction, Tufts again hosted the event in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

In 2002, members of a middle school "gay" club at Murphy Junior High in Stony Brook, NY, attended a special presentation by the author of a novel called Rainbow Boys. This book describes teen boys engaged in high-risk heterosexual and homosexual sex. In one episode, a 17 year old has anal sex with a 29 year old man he meets on the Internet. Concerns of parents in the community who objected to this middle school club have been brushed aside. 7

The GSA Network reports on activities and announcements of "gay" clubs all over California. Movie nights are a frequent activity. One recent issue reported a movie night organized by a community "gay" group ( to which school club members were invited) and the movie for this particular night was comedienne Margaret Cho's "I'm the One I Want, " described by one reviewer as containing, among other raunchy material, a gross discussion of female genitalia and douching and how to perform oral sex on males. 8

Another popular movie, "Jeffrey," was one of the features of "Q[ for Queer] Movie Night" of the Hellgate High School gay straight alliance in Missoula, Montana last year. "Jeffrey" is a sexually explicit homosexual film featuring the exploits of a promiscuous "gay" man.9

A recent young women's event held at the Bay area community homosexual organization, LYRIC, was publicized by the GSA Network for its "gay" club members. It was "Make Your Own Sex Toy Night" held on March 27, 2003. These are the kinds of positive opportunities that students involved in GSA's can benefit from. "Let your imagination go wild and create a sex toy you can be proud of!" girls were told.10

5. "Gay" club members and networks have outside allies with their own agendas, including filing lawsuits against the school district. Students are trained as activists by their liaisons with the "gay" community and activist groups outside the school, and they go to the media, the school board, and their legal allies if they don't get their way. At Escambia High School in Pensacola, FL, a student trying to form a gay club defied his prospective club advisor and went to the media after being told not to do so.11 In Westerly, RI, a student reporter contacted the media on his own after the principal decided to pull a story from the student paper highlighting homosexual students. The decision was made to protect the privacy rights of underage students. As a result, the principal and superintendent had to defend its decision in the newspapers.12

Outside speakers from adult "gay" organizations like PFLAG and GLSEN frequently appear in schools to talk with club members. Students are frequently told that, if they need legal help, it is available to them.

The GSA Network in California sued one school district on behalf of a student who claimed to have been harassed without proper school intervention. As a result of the suit between George Loomis and Visalia Unified School District, the school paid a six-figure settlement and now must hold mandatory diversity sessions, some run by the "gay" club members themselves. One newspaper interviewed the executive director of the GSA Network, Carolyn Laub, and described the situation as follows: "Many districts in the Bay Area have long had anti-harassment policies and tolerance training. The Visalia training is different, Laub said, in that it includes annual updates by professional consultants peer-to-peer sessions led by GSA Network students. "13

out of curiosity I found this in california law:

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51553. (a) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high
school classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual
intercourse shall emphasize that abstinence from sexual intercourse
is the only protection that is 100 percent effective against unwanted
teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) when transmitted sexually. All
material and instruction in classes that teach sex education and
discuss sexual intercourse shall be age appropriate.
(b) All sex education courses that discuss sexual intercourse
shall also satisfy the following criteria:
(1) (A) Factual information presented in course material and
instruction shall be medically accurate and objective.
(B) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(i) "Factual information" includes, but is not limited to,
medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and statistical
statements.
(ii) "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by research
conducted in compliance with scientific methods and published in
peer-review journals, where appropriate, and recognized as accurate
and objective by professional organizations and agencies with
expertise in the relevant field, such as the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
(2) Course material and instruction shall stress that abstinence
is the only contraceptive method which is 100 percent effective, and
that all other methods of contraception carry a risk of failure in
preventing unwanted teenage pregnancy. Statistics based on the
latest medical information shall be provided to pupils citing the
failure and success rates of condoms and other contraceptives in
preventing pregnancy.
(3) Course material and instruction shall stress that sexually
transmitted diseases are serious possible hazards of sexual
intercourse. Pupils shall be provided with statistics based on the
latest medical information citing the failure and success rates of
condoms in preventing AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
(4) Course material and instruction shall include a discussion of
the possible emotional and psychological consequences of
preadolescent and adolescent sexual intercourse outside of marriage
and the consequences of unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
(5) Course material and instruction shall stress that pupils
should abstain from sexual intercourse until they are ready for
marriage.
(6) Course material and instruction shall teach honor and respect
for monogamous heterosexual marriage.
(7) Course material and instruction shall advise pupils of the
laws pertaining to their financial responsibility to children born in
and out of wedlock.
(8) Advise pupils of the provisions of Section 1255.7 of the
Health and Safety Code and Section 271.5 of the Penal Code, relating
to parents and others who voluntarily surrender physical custody of a
minor child 72 hours old or younger at a hospital emergency room or
other designated location without being subject to prosecution for a
violation of certain crimes such as child abandonment. In developing
and providing this advice, school districts and public schools may
adopt and use for this purpose appropriate information and materials
developed by nonprofit organizations with experience in child
abandonment. The advice required to be given under this paragraph
shall apply only so long as both Section 1255.7 of the Health and
Safety Code and Section 271.5 of the Penal Code are in effect.
(9) Course material and instruction shall advise pupils that it is
unlawful for males or females of any age to have sexual intercourse
with males or females under the age of 18 years to whom they are not
married, pursuant to Section 261.5 of the Penal Code.
(10) Course material and instruction shall emphasize that the
pupil has the power to control personal behavior. Pupils shall be
encouraged to base their actions on reasoning, self-discipline, sense
of responsibility, self-control, and ethical considerations, such as
respect for oneself and others.
(11) Course material and instruction shall teach pupils to not
make unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances, how to say "no" to
unwanted sexual advances, and shall include information about sexual
assault, verbal, physical, and visual, including, but not limited
to, nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual physical sexual
contact, and rape by an acquaintance, commonly referred to as "date
rape." This course material and instruction shall contain methods of
preventing sexual assault by an acquaintance, including exercising
good judgment and avoiding behavior that impairs good judgment, and
shall also encourage youth to resist negative peer pressure. This
course material and instruction also shall inform pupils of the
potential legal consequences of sexual assault by an acquaintance.
Specifically, pupils shall be advised that it is unlawful to touch an
intimate part of another person, as specified in subdivision (d) of
Section 243.4 of the Penal Code.
(12) Course materials and instruction shall be free of racial,
ethnic, and gender biases.
(c) All sex education courses that discuss sexual intercourse
shall teach pupils that it is wrong to take advantage of, or to
exploit, another person.

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I appears the ball is acutally in the individual teachers court with regards to outside lecturers. I also appears that EVEN Kalifornia has an absitinance first and advising the legalities of who can and can not have sex. It is interesting reading and parents should reald the nitty gritty of their states law. With respect to sex education, the law is on the side of straight education.

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