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Parents protest gay-themed school plays
Washington Times ^ | 2/21/02 | Ellen Sorokin

Posted on 02/21/2002 8:36:53 AM PST by gohabsgo

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:51:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A group of parents is suing a public school district in Novato, Calif., for allowing their elementary school-age children to see pro-homosexual plays at school without any prior notice or parental consent.

The parents charge that their constitutional and civil rights to the free exercise of religion and to direct the upbringing of their children were violated when their children saw the presentations at school assemblies in the Novato Unified School District last spring without their consent.


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What? you mean parents have rights?
1 posted on 02/21/2002 8:36:53 AM PST by gohabsgo
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To: gohabsgo
Dear Califonians,

Bend over.

signed
NEA

2 posted on 02/21/2002 8:40:26 AM PST by Dawgsquat
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To: Dawgsquat
The San Juan School District in Sacramento, California cancelled a field trip for three schools in the district to see Vice President Cheney, because one parent (who works for Gov Gray Davis) objected. They claimed it was partisan, even though the same school district allowed students to meet Vice President Gore in a fund raiser for a person (Garimendi) running for some office in California in 1998.
3 posted on 02/21/2002 9:01:53 AM PST by notaliberal
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To: gohabsgo
The lawsuit is of particular importance in California, where state legislators in 2000 passed a law mandating that public schools there address homosexuality. The California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act required educators to revise state curriculum in such a way that students would be able to acknowledge homosexual, lesbian, transgender and bisexual historical figures and events.

Secular humanism at its finest. (Who said you can't have religion in the schools?)

4 posted on 02/21/2002 9:03:57 AM PST by Pete
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To: notaliberal
Sounds about right.
5 posted on 02/21/2002 9:07:04 AM PST by Dawgsquat
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To: gohabsgo
When the parents asked school officials why the school district had not complied with their opt-out requests, school officials said many of the forms were "missing," according to court documents.

Uh huh..."missing." Like many legal documents at Enron and Arthur Andersen turned up "missing."

That shouldn't stand up in court. It may, if the wrong judge is hearing it.

6 posted on 02/21/2002 9:14:29 AM PST by L.N. Smithee
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To: Dawgsquat, gohabsgo
I am pretty damned sure I saw this Pavia person on the news a couple of days ago saying that parents can take their kids out of public school and "practice racism" and other things at home or in a private school. I blew a gasket. This lawyer is right to label her a Nazi and a Stalinist because she is basically forcing people to bow down to the state.
7 posted on 02/21/2002 9:14:30 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator
Did she mention the option to opt out of Public School Taxes for an institution that has become to filthy for children to attend? Didn't think so.
8 posted on 02/21/2002 9:18:37 AM PST by MissAmericanPie
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To: gohabsgo

The public school class of 2012 (if the homo activists have their way!!)

9 posted on 02/21/2002 9:23:53 AM PST by southern rock
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To: KC_Conspirator
Teaching Our Chidren Moral Behavior is now "Racist"

Check out reply #4.

10 posted on 02/21/2002 9:28:46 AM PST by Dawgsquat
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To: gohabsgo
Novato community suffered two hate-motivated incidents in 1998, one in which a racial comment was directed at a student during a sports event.
Someone was called a name??? That's a hate incident!!!! Geeezzzz, what a bunch of wuss's. Perhaps they would prefer sticks and stones.
11 posted on 02/21/2002 9:33:28 AM PST by Warren
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To: notaliberal
Did you call KSFO about the San Juan situation this morning? I was surprised how dismissive Lee Rodgers was of the outrage.
12 posted on 02/21/2002 9:52:08 AM PST by L.N. Smithee
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To: gohabsgo
And the moral of the story is: Get your kids OUT of public school before it's too late...
13 posted on 02/21/2002 9:57:25 AM PST by Antoninus
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To: gohabsgo
The presentations exposed children between second and sixth grades to skits containing homosexual and lesbian themes.

It would be inappropriate to expose children of this age to skits containing heterosexual themes!

14 posted on 02/21/2002 9:58:39 AM PST by Sloth
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To: gohabsgo
bump
15 posted on 02/21/2002 10:06:41 AM PST by Red Jones
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To: gohabsgo

Read the truth ! ! !
If you want to read the plan then just browse my site.
Homosexuals are not normal and they are not 10% of the population.

 

16 posted on 03/02/2002 9:59:02 AM PST by Jimbaugh
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To: gohabsgo
Blame the teachers... the NEA isn't full of truck drivers.



17 posted on 03/02/2002 10:08:49 AM PST by Sabertooth
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18 posted on 03/02/2002 10:09:28 AM PST by Sabertooth
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To: southern rock
LOL!
19 posted on 03/02/2002 10:18:13 AM PST by vikingchick
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Ping.
20 posted on 03/02/2002 10:21:45 AM PST by 2Jedismom
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