[jenny65]

One last post, a question actually. It's an honest question.

Is this "curriculum" mandatory? I'm under the impression that these meetings are held after school hours and/or off-campus(?). It seems to me that the simple solution to this is to leave it up to the parents as to whether they want to let their kids participate.

Just as it is your right to decide what is taught to your children, it is also the right of other parents to decide what's best for theirs, no matter how much you disagree. If this is indeed voluntary, and this is an attempt at keeping other parents from doing what they believe is right for their kids, then that's hypocritical.

[Caipirabob]

Hi Jenny65, as I understand, the workshops and curriculums are at the discretion of the teachers. The thing is here that it simply gives license for more explicit exposure from teachers who were already activists.

The scandal in Boston occured when teachers compelled students to visit off-campus workshops. That's where the "fisting" debacle took place. As for the parents, you have those who are involved, and those who will sign anything if it gets the kids out of the house.

I think the bigger issue last night (GLSEN won the vote 6-3) was that despite the hundreds of thousands of people who stood firmly against it, the minute minority was placed above them.

The arguement was to teach "tolerance" but the school already had a comprehensive tolerance program in place, so no outside intervention was really necessary, especially from a group with GLSEN's history.

As far as the tolerance issue, I was never raised to "bash" homosexuals. If anything I was a friend to these people in high school, as I was not raised in an environment of hate, but a Christian home. That still doesn't mean I don't know right from wrong or normal from abnormal, and I certainly wouldn't support the propagation of the latter.

I dunno. It's not even me that's directly impacted this morning, but my neighbors kids. I just feel like I need to do more to help now.

Now I'm going to inflict my faith upon people in an open forum. How are people of faith to respond to these evil days? The Bible prophesized we would see these attitudes occurring in the world. II Timothy 3:1-4 says, This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.

Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Oh, and for those of you who still watch CNN:

"Christians are losers." - Ted Turner

The Bible says: The unregenerate man thinks Christians are crazy because they don't do the same wicked stuff he does and they don't hold the same wicked opinions he does. I Peter 4:3-4, For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you.

"The Christians?!? F* 'em!" - Chairman at a GLSEN meeting which was recorded and played before the school board at last night's meeting.