CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS
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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
What breathtakingly rich,Marxist towns like Newton need ($1,000,000+ houses are very common there today) is to see their property values and their stock portfolios drop by 50% so they can appreciate what's truly important in life!
In Newton,at least,they *are* the majority.Barney Frank
routinely carries Newton by 80%+ of the vote...on those
rare occasions when the Republicans even bother to give
him an opponent!
Homosexual Barf Ping!
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Now how did I know this was about NEWTON.
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Promote homosexuality, ban Religion. Yep, the communist goals of the 50'5 and 60's have been attained in BarneyFranktown. And the means to attain them elsewhere are firmly entrenched in our political and educational system. Don't forget they now masquerade as "Progressives".
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
More from Massachusetts. That state appears to be finished, gone, DOA, toes up, feet first, not breathing, etc. A weapon of Mass. Destruction imploded.
How can any right minded parent send their kids to public school there?
It's really ramping up. People who care about the destruction of human civilization should be considering options. What kind, you ask? I'm asking myself that right now.
Let me AND ItsOurTimeNow know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist. I may have to be gone for a couple of weeks because of (Grrr!) more computer probs...we'll see.
How about these gems:
"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."
{We'll twist history, biology, psychology and common sense to make it seems as though same sex sodomy is natural, normal, healthy instead of the reverse, and was throughout history, even though it really isn't and wasn't.)
"Multicultural education includes rigorous curriculum and inclusive teaching that challenges all students and staff."
(Even if some students and teachers are still rational, sane and have moral convictions, we're going to shove this down everyone's throats willy nilly. So STFU. Oh, and "inclusive" means sodomy only, in case anyone's wondering.)
"We are committed to developing a philosophy of multicultural education that can be infused across transformed curricula."
(We are obsessively committed to forcing same sex sodomy down the throats of each and every human being on the planet, and we especially want access to YOUR CHILDREN in each and every public school. Got it?)
SO your telling me that the Homosexuals outnumber the Parents?
This is easy. Keep your kids at home and/or hold an alternative "teach in" with other like minded families.
The man who taped the public forum which was subject to Federal Sunshine Laws was prosecuted and has since been driven from the state. He is a hero.
But don't say "Merry Christmas" because some might be offended. Gay is good and God is bad. Disgusting !!!!
The man who taped the public forum which was subject to Federal Sunshine Laws was prosecuted and has since been driven from the state. He is a hero.
Par for the course in Newton. I used to live in the town next door.
I remember reading about that in Mass. News.
And if there is time they might consider teaching some basic Algebra, but it will have to be through the eyes of a deaf, homosexual, obsesive compulsive, single mother...
Right. What a sick, twisted place!
Nothing like indocrtination to remind genetics from whence they came!
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