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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are your teachers? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 14, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com The National Education Association recently concluded its annual meeting in Los Angeles - and you might be surprised what the largest teachers' union in America talked about and decided. I mean, let's face it. The state of public education in American today is not exactly state of the art. You might think falling test scores, higher drop-out rates, and functional illiteracy of graduates - despite ever increasing taxpayer commitments - would be causes for concern and debate at a forum like this. You would...

Is the NEA Really an NUT? Is the NEA really an NUT? By asking, I’m not casting aspersions on the National Education Association’s sanity, just on its choice of name. The NEA’s British counterpart really is an NUT: It is the National Union of Teachers. British educators unapologetically acknowledge that their union is a union, while their American peers cling to a name that belies their organization’s agenda — literally. Consider the first 10 agenda items from the NEA’s recent national meeting (brought to my attention courtesy of blogger Captain’s Quarters): 1) [No description] — defeated 2) Participate in a...

The New Mexico Health Department is standing behind a sex-education teacher in Santa Fe who encouraged ninth-graders to taste flavored condoms. According to a report in the Santa Fe New Mexican, parent Lisa Gallegos said that when her 15-year-old daughter balked at putting a condom in her mouth, instructor Tony Escudero told her, "Come on, sweetie, have a little fun." Also, Gallegos quotes her daughter as saying when a male student expressed his disgust with homosexual activity, Escudero said, "Never say never, because you never know. Someday you might like it that way." "I agree with sex ed 100 percent,"...

Thursday, July 22, 2004 BRAVE NEW SCHOOLSTeacher has kids tasting flavored condomsGovernment agency backs instructor over 9th-grade girl's mom Posted: July 22, 20045:00 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The New Mexico Health Department is standing behind a sex-education teacher in Santa Fe who encouraged ninth-graders to taste flavored condoms. According to a report in the Santa Fe New Mexican, parent Lisa Gallegos said that when her 15-year-old daughter balked at putting a condom in her mouth, instructor Tony Escudero told her, "Come on, sweetie, have a little fun." Also, Gallegos quotes her daughter as saying when a male student expressed his...

America is engaged in two wars for the survival of its civilization. The war over same-sex marriage and the war against Islamic totalitarianism are actually two fronts in the same war -- a war for the preservation of the unique American creation known as Judeo-Christian civilization.One enemy is religious extremism. The other is secular extremism.One enemy is led from abroad. The other is directed from home.The first war is against the Islamic attempt to crush whoever stands in the way of the spread of violent Islamic theocracies, such as al Qaeda, the Taliban, the Iranian mullahs and Hamas. The other...

<p>HARTFORD — The legislature’s Judiciary Committee decisively rejected a bill to grant same-sex couples legal recognition Wednesday, but supporters said they remain optimistic that such a measure will pass eventually.</p> <p>"This is something new," Anne Stanback, president of Love Makes a Family. "It’s not something that’s going to happen overnight, but it’s going to happen."</p>