Posted on 04/28/2005 6:14:43 AM PDT by worldclass
LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 27. Lexington parent, David Parker, was arrested today by the Lexington Police for “trespassing” at his son’s elementary school during a scheduled meeting with the principal and the city’s Director of Education over his objections to homosexual curriculum materials and discussions in his son’s kindergarten class.
At the meeting, Parker demanded that the school inform him when homosexual subjects are to be discussed with his son, and allow his son not to be included in such activities. He said he would not leave until his request was granted. The Principal and the city’s Director of Education both refused his request. They then telephoned the Superintendent of Schools who also refused. Police were called, who told Parker that unless he left the school he would be arrested.
Statement by David Parker(April 27, 2005):
“I, David Parker, am the father of a kindergarten student at Estabrook Elementary School in Lexington, Massachusetts. Since the beginning of this school year, my wife and I have learned that school materials and discussions about gay-headed households/same-sex union issues have been exposed to the children. There are definitive plans to increase the teacher/staff/adult mediated discussions of these subjects.
“We have officially stated on many occasions—to the Lexington school administration—a request that we be notified when these discussions are planned, and want our 6-year-old opted out of such situations when arising “spontaneously”.
“Our parental requests for our own child were flat-out denied with no effort at accommodation. In our meeting on April 27, I, insisted that such accommodation be made and refused to leave the meeting room. I was informed that I would be arrested.”
Parker will be arraigned on Thursday, April 28, in Concord District Court at 9 am. “This is an unbelievable outrage,” said Brian Camenker, a friend and Newton, Mass. parent. “It’s where last year’s same-sex ‘marriage’ ruling has brought us.”
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Yup. We need more Thomas Mores.
I will add your name forthwith.
I also run a Moral Absolutes Ping list which has a wider range, not so busy ususally, since it's at my discretion, if you're interested.
As I read it, the statute applies to sex education classes. The Herald story specified that this involved a "story book" -- which makes it sound more like reading class. Hard to tell, of course.
Really nasty part is that any legal appeal would have to go through the Massachusetts courts (you've heard of them, I'm sure!).
BTW, is your screen name after the Black Elk in "Black Elk Speaks"? I read that years ago, can't even remember much about it...
Exactly!
I've also noticed over the years that there aren't THAT many foaming-at-the-mouth liberal teachers (not yet anyway:)
The teachers don't even like some of the 'approved' crapola, but lacking any parental input, they're stuck with teaching it anyway.
In reality, it's an abominable crime against children.
Legally, it makes perfect sense. Gay "marriage" is legal, and portraying "married" men in schoolbooks is as logical as portraying truly married couples. On what basis can a legal objection be raised, except for appealing to reality, or the natural law?
Post #225 was meant for you, too!
Read it again. I would say that any common sense reaing of the statute would have to hold that depicting homosexual couples as a norm falls under the rubrick of "human sexuality issues".
The Massachusetts courts get to interpret it. Ultimately, the MA Supreme Judicial Court, which found the right to same-sex marriage in the state constitution, which specifies that matters of marriage are to be determined by the legislature.
In CT, we are halfway down the slide. Civil unions just passed into law but civil unions ONLY for homoseuxals, blatantly unconstitutional in Ct.
Not necessarily. Parents will patronize voucher-redeeming schools that appeal to them. Whatever the nature of their schools, all voucher-redeeming parents will unite to fight government regulation because it will affect all voucher-redeeming schools.
This will represent an improvement over the status quo, since currently conservatives are pitted against liberals for control of the schools, and we're getting our butts kicked.
Mary, I said common sense. :-}
Hey, I agree -- unfortunately I don't sit on the Mass. SJC (though I've lived here long enough so that I could probably -- holding my nose -- write their opinion for them).
Wonderful post!
those who do not believe can laugh all they want BUT we are living in the "Last Days" and it will only get worse--the Evil in this world is attempting to take over everything good since it knows its time is short---if there is no God in Heaven, we are all in more trouble than we can believe---in my lifetime of 82 years, all of those younger have absolutely no idea of the changes in morals and lifestyle that have been imposed upon them to their personal detriment and the soul of this Nation---God Bless each and everyone one of you who read this and "God Bless our Troops"
We homeschool our 8 kids at about 100 dollars per child per year. In the public churches of humanism that pass as schools, it costs 10,000 dollars per child per year.
BUMP! Satan isn't creating billionaires of and empowering soul sellers just because he admires every mean as hell, teenie weenie shriveled up and ice cold soul that goes on the market.
Sometime, but not until it's too late, they will recall the scripture that says: "What doeth it prosper a man, if he gain the whole world and loseth his own soul?"
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