It seems to me that this single statement describes best what these groups and others like them are all about. A vow of silence, hmmmmm?.........I'm sure they would like everybody to be silent when it comes to opposing them and their agenda............
Rabbi Eidensohn called on religious groups to immediately file for court orders of protection for children of "biblical inclinations" to protect them from "hate groups" who sponsor the Day of Silence.
It's there already, it's called watch what happens when groups like this and others of equally totalitarian bent attempt to put in action their desires. They are hate groups, more than any so called hate group they have ever affixed that label upon. They hate anybody who dares to speak out against what they do, and have already to date offered numerous (too numerous to count, really) examples of what their brand of tolerance entails........and to be frank, there is nothing tolerant about them at all. Nothing.
Homosexual activists are going to keep quiet for a day, and the pro-family crowd is going to sue them for it? You've got to be kidding. With tactics like this, is it any wonder that homosexuals are winning the culture war?
Excellent Idea.
Sounds like a great day to schedule spoken exams
(I was going to say oral exams but I didn't want the SADs to be confused as to my meaning)
God Save America (Please)
That would be my suggestion, loudly proclaim the glories of God on the day when those in opposition have sworn themselves to silence.
Ignore these kids while they are being silent. Don't call on them to answer questions. Don't call on them to give oral (not gonna go there... wouldn't be prudent) reports and such. And if they were scheduled to give one, fail them for it.
Following this advice, I can't see how some kid sitting at his/her/its desk being silent is much of a disturbance.
Anything that encourages the homosexuals and their fellow travelers to SHUT UP, even if only for a day, is a GOOD thing!
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Contact: Attorney Scott Lively, PFLC Director (Pro-Family Law Center)
"Gay Day of Silence" An Early Warning for School Boards, Parents
Today across America many schools are getting their first taste of "gay" militancy in the form of an attention-getting device mislabeled the "Day of Silence." Homosexual-identified students in so-called "Gay Straight Alliance Clubs" will wear pink gags and refuse to speak, in order to draw attention to a national political campaign to legitimize homosexuality in schools. They will spend the day passing out pro-homosexual propaganda and reveling in their power to hijack the school for their own ends. This is nothing less than ACT-Up-style street activism transplanted into the school house, but worse because students are a captive audience.
School boards and parents who have condoned the "Day of Silence" should be made aware of what will likely come next in the "gay" movement's ever-unfolding process of homosexualizing the youth. These predictions are based upon our observations of "gay" activism in the schools over several years.
1) The campus will become highly politicized around the issue of "gay rights."
Gay/Straight Alliance clubs are the invention of the politically aggressive Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN), a national organization of homosexual teachers. GLSEN's goal is to legitimize homosexuality to all schoolchildren in America. The GSA clubs serve as a vehicle to gain political support for so-called "gay-rights" among idealistic but intellectually immature future voters.
It is probable that one or more adult homosexual activists, possibly teachers, are responsible for the GSA club coming to the local school. This may be a violation of the Equal Access Act, which forbids non-student control of clubs granted under its auspices. These teachers should be identified and their activism exposed to public scrutiny.
2) Student free speech opposed to homosexuality will be chilled.
Through clever sophistry devised by national "gay" strategists, opponents of homosexuality are as cast as haters and "homophobes" whose opinions are dangerous to "gay" kids and must thus be changed or silenced. GSA students are trained by GLSEN to intimidate opponents through the use of a few carefully constructed rhetorical tricks: arguments which appear logically sound but which rely on hidden false assumptions and deliberately ambiguous terms. Other students and even most adults are not equipped to avoid these rhetorical traps.
One example is the use of the term "homophobia," a nonsense word which serves to characterize opposition to homosexuality as a psychological disorder. The use of the word is itself an intimidation tactic designed to put opponents of "gay rights" on the defensive. To prove this to yourself, challenge an advocate of "gay rights" to distinguish "homophobia" from legitimate opposition to homosexuality. What you will find is that the "gay" movement recognizes no legitimate opposition to its agenda. Thus what you thought was a term to escribe violent "gay-bashers" and hate-mongers is actually a term to lump all traditionally-minded people together as mentally ill. This is not fair debate; it is intellectual and emotional manipulation.
Other examples include but are not limited to a) arguments which assume an equivalency between homosexuality and heterosexuality (They are not equivalent. Heterosexuality describes the normal physiological function of the human reproductive system in which all male and female sexuality is rooted. Homosexuality is an objectively disordered condition that afflicts people who are by nature heterosexual.) b) arguments which give new political definitions to old familiar terms: "tolerance," "diversity," "multi-culturalism," "safe schools." c) arguments, usually incorporating the term "sexual orientation," which obscure the distinction between homosexual inclinations and homosexual conduct in discussions about protecting or respecting "gays and lesbians." d) arguments which rest upon unproved assumptions such as the hypothesis that homosexuals are "born that way." Another common false assumption is that teaching schoolchildren to respect each other requires homosexuality to b! e legitimized at school.
3) An increasing number of students will self-identify as "gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered" and/or will experiment with homosexuality.
GSA clubs provide a student peer-based gateway through which children can be drawn into the "gay" lifestyle. Children sample from life's "buffet" of possibilities, often without regard to the wisdom of their choices (e.g. tongue piercing). The more central to their peer culture is the behavioral option in question, the more likely students are to try it. In many schools "being gay" becomes a fad, especially among the more rebellious students.
Schools may face legal liability if their actions contributed to the death or injury of a child because of a sexually transmitted disease or other factors. Local "gay" activism on campus is often followed by the opening of a "Gay and Lesbian Youth Center" in the community which becomes a place where older homosexuals come to meet and mingle with the teens. Schools which facilitate student involvement with outside homosexual organizations could be exposed to litigation from parents whose children are then physically or sexually abused.
EXPOSING AND COUNTERING THE "GAY" AGENDA IN SCHOOLS
The Pro-Family Law Center has prepared a free publication titled the National Parents Advisory: The Danger of "Safe Schools." which helps parents and concerned citizens recognize and respond to the promotion of homosexuality in America's public schools.
To receive a free copy of the National Parents Advisory call 1-800-834-1508 or place your request at www.abidingtruth.com. Another free resource available for download at the website is the 28-page pro-family strategy guide, Why and How to Defeat the "Gay" Movement.
I wonder if all the schools that participated in this allow Prayer in the school. When will there be a "Day of Silence" to promote heterosexuality?