Posted on 12/16/2004 10:05:07 AM PST by presidio9
Two parents, shocked at frank talk during a gay and lesbian awareness day at Newton North High, were forced off the property after one parent whipped out a video camera and started taping.
``This does not belong in curriculum,'' said Kim Cariani, who said four police officers and the principal told them they would be charged with trespassing if they did not leave.
``It's against my religion. It's morally wrong and forced in a child's face.''
Each year, some students at Newton North forgo classes during To BGLAD: Transgender, Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day with assembly-like sessions including ``Out at the Old Ballgame'' and ``Color Me Queer.'' Students are not required to attend.
Cariani kept her two kids home during the day, but she was curious.
Cariani and another parent, Brian Camenker, were in the audience when adults in a panel discussion talked about being gay. When one man told the students he was attracted to his sister's husband, Cariani said she started to record the ``propaganda, false information and lies.''
The principal demanded Cariani turn over the videotape or leave, Camenker said.
``They took the two of us and pulled us out and gave us one minute to leave and if we came back on the property we would be arrested for trespassing,'' he said.
Tom Mountain, a columnist for the Newton Tab, was also barred from the assembly ``for the safety and security of the children,'' he said he was told.
Newton schools Superintendent Jeff Young said it is a violation of school policy to tape or photograph students without parental permission. Cariani refused to give up the tape, so they were asked to decamp, he said.
The awareness day, held for the past 10 years, is one of several ways the schools highlight diversity, Young said. Students who don't want to go can go to the library or computer lab.
You prolonged this doomed thread because of that bolt of brilliance? I think it's time you considered finding something more productive to do with your time, friend.
Look: I showed you what an ass you are and you have yet to defend yourself. Every insipid response you make only bumps your stupidity for new readers. Maybe I'll make a spelling error. That would show everybody just how witty you are.
So, your point is that I can't make a point and that I'm an ass . . .
Based on what?
Based on the fact that you are unable to address specific questions. Try using your back button. It may help you find a clue.
No. Put up or shut up.
" . . . independent study or home schooling are easy options."
No they're not. My mother started homeschooling my siblings years ago in order to let them skip ahead a year, but because she's so busy working, they're left on their own to study, which means they get away with learning next to nothing. I worry about whether they'll do well in high school, or be accepted into a good college.
And even if parents do take this option, what about all the kids whose parents are less concerned about their welfare? Just because their parents let the state teach them, does that mean they should be brainwashed by the liberals. I've attended American public schools since second grade, and believe me, they do indoctrinate you with certain philosophical ideas (the Civil Rights movement gets almost as much attention as the rest of history combined, tolerance and open-mindedness are preached constantly, etc.).
I also worry that alternate types of education will be viewed with suspicion and contempt, especially as the difference between them and public schools increases.
On a happier note, each year my high school allows Aim For Success assemblies to be held, which promote abstinence until marriage as a safer, healthier lifestyle.
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