Posted on 12/15/2004 7:50:22 AM PST by Ellesu
Topics include ‘queer families’ ‘gays’ in sports and ‘heterosexism.’
Students in Newton, Massachusetts, will be treated to an entire day of pro-homosexual propaganda on December 15.
“To BGLAD Day” features workshops and speakers who will make students feel good about homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism.
“This is so incredibly objectionable,” Brian Camenker, who heads the Article 8 Alliance and the Parents Rights Coalition, said of To BGLAD Day. “The parents are so outraged that this is being pushed on their kids that they don’t know what to do. To use children’s minds this way without even letting the parents know is horrible.”
A spokeswoman at Newton North told Concerned Women for America’s Culture & Family Institute that a notice was not sent home with students, but that the event had been posted on the school’s Web site and listed in event calendars at the beginning of the year, and that some e-mails had been sent out.
When asked if the events were mandatory, she said, “Classes are scheduled to attend various workshops, but if students are uncomfortable or their parents are uncomfortable, the students can instead go to the library.”
Camenker, whose son attends Newton North High, said he has sent a copy of the “gay day” schedule to the school superintendent and all eight school board members. He said parents will be at the school monitoring the events, and that he is working on a plan to bring in former homosexual Stephen Bennett, who has a ministry in Connecticut, to speak to students about overcoming homosexuality and countering the pro-“gay” slant.
At a previous “gay day” two years ago, a 20-year-old male wearing a dress addressed students and told them he was taking female hormones but hadn’t yet had his penis cut off, Camenker said. Last year, a boy was suspended for making fun of another boy who had come to school in makeup and a dress.
“They brought in this stuff through ‘safe schools,’ but ‘safe schools’ really means making the schools safe for kids to act out as homosexuals,” Camenker said.
Article 8 Alliance is a pro-family Massachusetts group dedicated to stopping “gay marriage,” unseating the four Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justices for their November 18, 2003, decision legalizing same-sex “marriage,” and freeing the schools from homosexual influence.
Newton is, among other things, the hometown of openly homosexual U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D). On October 9, 2001, the city’s schools adopted a “Respect for Human Differences Mission Statement, which in part says: “The Newton Public Schools will provide a climate that actively promotes social justice where children perform at the highest levels.” The long list of “human differences” includes “sexual orientation.”
The Newton schools also pride themselves on being up to date on the latest multiculturalism fads. Here is their statement on multicultural education under “core values.”
Effective multicultural education suggests a re-examination of the history, social constructs and dynamics related to race, class, gender, ethnicity, economics, and culture that impact curriculum and instruction. Multicultural education includes rigorous curriculum and inclusive teaching that challenges all students and staff. We are committed to developing a philosophy of multicultural education that can be infused across transformed curricula.
The day after “gay” day, the school is staging One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which the school Web site notes “explores the definition of sanity.”
And, although the school district’s calendar notes that September 16 is Rosh Hashanah, the period between December 24 and January 2 is listed only as “December recess.” The calendar does list March 25 as Good Friday, but ignores Easter.
Article 8 Alliance is supporting a Parents Rights Bill in the new Massachusetts Legislature. The bill would change attendance rules to make sex-related programs and courses “opt-in” instead of “opt-out” and would include all school programs and activities.
Since the administration of Republican Gov. William Weld (1991-1997), Massachusetts taxpayers have been dunned about $1.5 million annually for a Gay and Lesbian Youth Commission, which aggressively promotes homosexuality in public schools and helps schools create “Gay/Straight Alliances,” which are student clubs that advocate the acceptance of homosexuality.
The commission is continuing its work under Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, who has made no objections to the commission’s work and funding.
Here is the official “gay day” notice from the school’s Web site, complete with the long-discredited “fact” that one in 10 students is homosexual:
To BGLAD Day - (All day event)
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004
ToBGLAD: TRANSGENDER, BISEXUAL, GAY AND LESBIAN AWARENESS DAY
_________________________________
B Block (7:50-8:45 am) – Little Theatre:
A Day in the Life: Statistically one in ten students at this school are (sic) not straight. Teenage life is complicated enough, but how does it differ for Gay/ Lesbian/ Bisexual/ Transgender (GLBT) teens? Come to this panel and find out.
C Block (9:05-10:20 am) – Little Theatre: Student Speakout: Newton North students read original pieces about GLBT issues. Session 1: 9:05 – 9:35 Session 2: 9:45 – 10:20
D Block (10:25-11:20 am) – Little Theatre: Life Outside the Gender Norm: What happens when ones (sic) gender identity does not match their sex? In this session, speakers will talk about their experiences with gender identity and expression.
E Block (11:25 am -12:20 pm) – Little Theater: Out at the Old Ballgame: Athletes and coaches discuss what it’s like to be GLBT in the gym, on the field, and on the road.
F Block (1:00-1:55 pm) – Little Theater: Family Matters: What does it mean to be a family? What discriminations and legal obstacles do queer families face? Children and parents discuss living with queer family members.
F Block (1:00-1:55 pm) – Film Lecture Hall: GBLT What's in a Name: What is homophobia? heterosexism? Why is there a ToBGLADay? In this interactive presentation, we will use activities to provide the groundwork for talking about GBLT issues.
G Block (2:00-2:55 pm) – Little Theater: Color Me Queer: A panel discussion of race, culture, and sexual identity.
Newton North High School 360 Lowell Avenue Newtonville, MA 02460 (617) 559-6200
Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Activist Judges, is it any wonder the community allows this?
sadly, considering what state this is taking place in, I doubt many parents or students will even object to this :(
Can Judgement Day be really that far away?
All this for 1% of the population...why?
Of course they are celebrating it. Haven't you heard that the vast majority of Americans oppose gay marriage? That the majority of voting age Americans still consider homosexuality to be wrong or abnormal? They have to get to work on recruiting the young, because their agenda is obviously losing, badly, among everyone old enough to vote.
Color me offended.
This is outrageous. I suppose next our students will be asked to sit through a play about bestiality and how to get in touch with the "animal within". Homosexuality is NOT normal. If it is genetic (and that's a big "if"), it is caused by gene mutations, and is not hereditary, for obvious reasons. The human race was designed to reproduce sexually and homosexuals cannot (without the help of science) participate in this reproduction. Homosexuals have taken themselves out of the chain of life and we are supposed to celebrate that? What about having an abstinence day at school? Yeah, right--that would never happen.
ping for cultural decay red flag
Only in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts!
What a screwed up State.
I imagine they will have a workshop , teaching the Mechanics of Homosexual Sex.
To see the results of the influence of unbridled Homosexual Sex,one only has to review the past few years of its influence on the Catholic Church.
Pure DISASTER !!!
Godspeed to the Article 8 Alliance.
Dittos to all and sorry about the duplicate threads. That was not intentional.
This sh*t just never stops does it? If I were a parent in this district I would be even more outraged. But if you don't want your kid attending public school, where a day of learning is devoted to this, can you get a voucher to send them to a private school? Hell no! That would ruin the public schools! Color me disgusted!
Hmmmm, I wonder if any of those freepers whe were snivling about their kids being indoctrinated on the school bus by the likes of the good Mrs Mayor will have anything to say about this?
There is good indoctrination, and there is bad indoctrination.
This is bad indoctrination.
Time for the MAJORITY to RULE!! This Insanity has gone on long enough. Start to make oue community politicians know that we have TOLORATED enough of the Minority Insanity. If they don't get them out of office nad put people in who will do the Job, change the laws, do whatever.
They should propose a Catholic Day, then a Jewish Day, then a Black Day, and so on, until they have nothing but daily celebrations in school
Then parents can ALL pull their kids out and send them to private school, and school taxes can dissapper (or be used for vouchers)
And if "I'm offended" can nix the Ten Commandments and Silent Night, then SURELY someone who is offended by this can make a stink? Surely it goes both ways, doesn't it? Surely the libs play fair, don't they?? hmmmmm.
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