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ADF sponsors third annual opportunity for students to express Christian viewpoint on homosexual behavior; enrollment already up 32 percent. Christian students at high schools nationwide will have the opportunity to participate April 19 in the “Day of Truth,” designed to provide students a platform to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda and peacefully express an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective. Enrollment currently is up approximately 32 percent over last year. “Christian students should be allowed to express their viewpoint just like any other student. The Day of Truth is an opportunity for Christian students to respectfully present a...

“We applaud these school officials, who realized they cannot censor students based on their viewpoint, particularly when students promoting an opposing view are permitted to express their opinions freely,” said ADF Litigation Counsel Timothy Chandler. SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A Springfield High School student told to remove a T-shirt stating her views on moral issues on the April 27 Day of Truth has received an apology from school officials, who informed her that she will be allowed to wear the shirt on campus in the future. On May 18, ADF attorneys sent a letter to the school administration advising them that...

ADF attorneys to defend student’s constitutional right to express a different perspective on homosexual behavior WILMINGTON, N.C. — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in defense of a Midway High School ninth-grader. The student was given a school suspension last Thursday to be served on Monday for distributing Day of Truth message cards to his classmates during non-instructional time. “School officials shouldn’t be treating religious students any differently than they treat other students,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman. “Other students at the school were allowed to participate in the Day of...

Last week we noted that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had upheld a California school's authority to ban T-shirts protesting the "Day of Silence," an annual pro-gay event. Now a school in Trumansburg, N.Y., is following suit. John Swanhart, a 17-year-old senior, "and some friends decided to print 'Straight is Great' and 'Adam and Eve Not Adam and Steve' on T-shirts and wear them to school in response to the National Day of Silence,": Cosimo Tangorra, superintendent of Trumansburg schools, said he supported the decision of high school officials to send the students home. "It seems to me...

The national debate over gay rights became a divisive force on Sacramento-area school campuses this week, as religious Christian students wore T-shirts expressing their disapproval of homosexuality as others participated in a Day of Silence to honor gay and lesbian peers.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 How homosexual school clubs offer sex to students Posted: April 25, 20061:00 a.m. Eastern By Linda Harvey © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The mainstream media is sure to spend time this next week on the subject of homosexuality and youth, precipitated by the observance in hundreds of high schools of the so-called "Day of Silence" on Wednesday, April 26. This is the day that students who are "GLBT" – that's "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered" – pledge to remain silent all day to draw attention to what they believe is discrimination. On Thursday, April 27, some schools will be...

'Day of Truth' gives students way to counter homosexual agenda Apr 5, 2006 By Michael Foust Baptist Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--For the second year in a row, students across the nation this spring will join together to oppose the promotion of homosexuality in schools and to stand up for biblical values. The second annual Day of Truth, sponsored by the Christian legal group Alliance Defense Fund, will take place April 27 -- the day after the Day of Silence, which is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. While the Day of Silence requires teens to remain silent...

Activist Claims School Censored Protest Against Homosexual Event By Mary Rettig April 12, 2005 (AgapePress) - Members of a high school conservative group in California are saying their First Amendment rights were violated when they tried to protest an upcoming pro-homosexual "Day of Silence" event. Tim Bueler, a senior at Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, is the founder and president of the High School Conservative Clubs of America. Last week the Rancho Cotate High School Conservative Club participated in a demonstration called the "Day of Truth." The conservative protest was designed to counter a pro-homosexual observance known as...

RANCHO COTATE HIGH Students protest gay rights 2 counterprotesters arrested during lunchtime rally outside Rohnert Park high school Thursday, April 7, 2005 By ROBERT DIGITALE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Under the watchful eye of police officers and media cameras, the student leader of Rancho Cotate High School's controversial Conservative Club led an off-campus protest Wednesday against gay rights. Tim Bueler, 18, president of the club and the related High School Conservative Clubs of America, joined about a dozen protesters in a lunchtime demonstration across the street from the Rohnert Park school. Bueler, who last year drew nationwide attention after starting the...

Activist Claims School Censored Protest Against Homosexual Event By Mary Rettig April 12, 2005 (AgapePress) - Members of a high school conservative group in California are saying their First Amendment rights were violated when they tried to protest an upcoming pro-homosexual "Day of Silence" event. Tim Bueler, a senior at Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, is the founder and president of the High School Conservative Clubs of America. Last week the Rancho Cotate High School Conservative Club participated in a demonstration called the "Day of Truth." The conservative protest was designed to counter a pro-homosexual observance known as...