Schools, Parents Warned About Homosexual Mentors for Kids

- A Christian legal group is cautioning people about the potential fallout from a new anti-family policy being implemented by the largest mentoring organization in the United States.

Last year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) ordered all 490 of its local affiliates to allow homosexuals to mentor children. At that time, many pro-family groups -- among them Focus on the Family, the American Family Association, Concerned Women for America, and Family Research Council -- reacted strongly to the move. Dr. Bill Maier, a psychologist with Focus on the Family, called it a "recipe for disaster" to match up children who are emotionally fragile and starving for attention with homosexual men and women. [See Earlier Story]

Now, with a new school year starting, the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) has taken it upon itself to warn public school superintendents and parents across the country of the liability risks school officials face if homosexual mentors take part in the BBBSA program.

In letters sent last week to educators and parents, ADF acknowledges that "tremendous good" can be accomplished in the lives of young people through mentoring -- but that "a mentoring relationship that goes wrong causes great damage." ADF also points out that Big Brothers Big Sisters realizes it would be both risky and improper to pair children with mentors of the opposite sex -- and consequently does not allow that.

But amazingly, says ADF, the group that describes itself as "the expert in youth mentoring" does not apply those same precautionary standards when matching children with same-sex mentors who have a preference for homosexual acts. And that is despite the fact that several allegations of sexual abuse are filed against BBBSA mentors every year, according to a survey conducted by the National Mentoring Partnership [PDF].

Peter Gentala, a staff attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, says parents need to be aware of what is going on with the group that says its volunteers are, "foremost, friends to children."

"Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has admitted through its spokesperson that homosexual mentors can be matched with children without parents' knowledge," he says. "This type of relationship should not be instigated unless parents are apprised [and] unless they give full, written, informed consent for their child to work with a homosexual mentor."

He explains that the letters sent to schools stress it is in their best interest to obtain parental consent for participation in the mentoring program because BBBSA has "abdicated" a form of screening for mentors.

"[BBBSA has] decided they're not going to screen mentors in the ways that they used to," the attorney says. "By opening the floodgates like that and allowing just anyone to come in and be a mentor, that means parents are going to have to be that much more involved. And if parents aren't involved, then it ultimately [boils] down to the school's responsibility."

Gentala says the recent sex-abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church have shown that any time an adult is placed in a position with access to children, extreme damage can be done if the adult abuses that position of authority.

And like the Catholic Church, ADF says schools open themselves to "substantial legal liability" if physical or emotional abuse occurs as a result of a school-based mentoring program. In fact, ADF cites a recent Forbes article that states lawyers who are winning settlements from Catholic dioceses "are already casting about for the next targets: schools, government agencies, day care centers, police departments, Indian reservations, [and] Hollywood."

Just my two cents: Along with the socialist trend for "gay tolerance" now enveloping our public school system, the coming public school molestations will make the ones involving the Catholic Church look tame by comparison. My kids are out, thank God!

I have 1st hand knowledge of a homosexual in his 40's with a few convictions for lewd sexual acts who tried to become a big brother. This guy never had an interest in charity work or helping children ever.

This guy asked me for a referral letter. I promptly revealed what I knew about him. Big Broters ratted on me and he flipped out on me. I can only imagine what his intentions were.

This isn't a blanket condemnation, it is merely one case. There is no doubt, however, that the odds are greater that a male homosexual will molest a boy more often than a heterosexual male.

Why take the chance with a child?

"Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has admitted through its spokesperson that homosexual mentors can be matched with children without parents' knowledge," he says.

Just great! Lets add serial killers, porn web site owners and crack addicts to the list while we are at it.

So let me see if I understand this--you can't have a thirty year-old heterosexual male mentoring a fifteen year-old female because something bad might happen. But, you can have a thirty year-old, card carrying member of NAMBLA mentoring a twelve year-old boy. I suppose the zoo will now encourage lions to mentor lambs. Big Brother, Animal Farm, Brave New World. It's all coming together now.

"So let me see if I understand this--you can't have a thirty year-old heterosexual male mentoring a fifteen year-old female because something bad might happen. But, you can have a thirty year-old, card carrying member of NAMBLA mentoring a twelve year-old boy."

Sad that families should have to look to any organization for the mentoring of their children. My wife and I mentored our own and would never have thought to look ourside the family for help. But that was a few years ago.

Imagine if you will, a young man going through puberty (about 15 years old) who has been the target of a slanderous rumor that he is gay. He is insulted, threatened and harassed beyond belief. Now, imagine the person (usually an adult male) who started this rumor sitting down with this young man and stating "Hey, everyone else can see it! Why can't you? Your gay!" Can you imagine the mental anguish and pressure put on this young man? Now, imagine this happening to your son.

Keep up the pity the poor gay shit and electing pro-gay politicians (mostly liberal democrats) and you may not have to imagine it.

As a child of a homosexual man, I know the practice I described is pretty common among gays. I've worked with gays and noticed that they use it even when they KNOW the other person is gay. It is considered seduction. (I guess that's how gays get away with saying they don't recruit) I think of it as a cycle of abuse and whether you call it recruitment or seduction it's something I don't want practiced on any child of mine.

As time goes by, the vile anti-social behavior of Queers steadily gets worse and worse . . . as this current FReeper article demonstrates!!! Therefore, allow me to repeat my own personal rant one more time:

Oak Hay, so I'm very disturbed and continually puzzled about how a small bunch of contrary to nature freaks can destroy our entire civilization. . . BUT DAMMIT, THEY'RE DOING IT !!!

These unsavory and unclean sub-human creatures delight in ramming their urine exhaust pipes into the rectal relief tubes of young boys (and of each other) !!! They brag and crow loudly about their filthy behavior !!! They demand access to our young and innocent children... so they can commit sodomy and oral sex acts upon them!!! Then they scream and holler...

"Homophobe"

... when we seek to save our children from their filthy and immoral activities!!! WHY IS THIS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THIS ONCE-FREE REPUBLIC ??? DO WE NOT HAVE THE RIGHT AND MORAL DUTY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM SLIME LIKE THIS ???

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