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In its first sexual-orientation policy update in nearly a decade, the nation’s largest pediatricians group said its members should do more to fight “heterosexism” and “homophobia,” as well as step up their care of teens with same-sex attractions. “Sexual-minority youth should not be considered abnormal,” the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said in its new materials on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths, released Monday. The policy statement and technical report — which updates a 2004 policy — is nonbinding but recommends that pediatricians create offices that are “teen-friendly and welcoming to all adolescents, regardless of sexual orientation...

DOJ: Children Do Not Need—and Have No Right to--Mothers March 3, 2013 By Terence P. Jeffrey Georgetown Law School. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari) (CNSNews.com) - The Obama Justice Department is arguing in the United States Supreme Court that children do not need mothers. The Justice Department’s argument on the superfluity of motherhood is presented in a brief the Obama administration filed in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, which challenges the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that amended California’s Constitution to say that marriage involves only one man and one woman. The Justice Department presented its conclusions about...

(Editor’s note: The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has slated April 13 as the Day of Silence. School kids who are sympathetic to their peers who are perceived as “gay” are supposed to remain silent the entire day, regardless of how disruptive this is for the other students. It’s part of a full-court press to use the schools to normalize homosexuality. In the commentary/book review below, Christian free-lance writer Lee Duigon gives us a glimpse of what they have in mind. A link to a CWA resource paper to counter the Day of Silence is at the...

NUMBER 228THE NEWSPAPER OF EDUCATION RIGHTSJANUARY 2005 Gay Agenda in Schools Riles Parents On the heels of lopsided votes against same-sex marriage in 11 state referenda last November, parents and students are becoming more vocal in resisting school programs aimed at support for the homosexual lifestyle. In northeastern Kentucky, hundreds of students have defied the Ashland-Boyd County school district's "mandatory anti-harassment workshops" required by an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that also allows the Gay-Straight Alliance student group to meet in school buildings. Some 324 students did not come to school the day the tolerance training video...

All of the major children’s television shows are joining together in a coalition with the “We Are Family Foundation” to promote the homosexual agenda under the guise of teaching children “tolerance” and “diversity” in our culture. Characters from such shows as Arthur, Barney, Bob the Builder, Jimmy Neutron, etc., will appear in a video performance of a song titled “We Are Family” by the We Are Family Foundation, a pro-homosexual, pro-feminist organization. The show will air on the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and PBS on March 11.Also in March, a DVD of the “We Are Family” video song will be distributed...

The Christian Underground http://www.christian-underground.com --- A Social experiment that could cause chaos Albert Mohler's article is a startling read, entering the thoughts shared by several lesbians dealing with the issue of raising sons. (Lesbians Raising Sons; got a problem with that? 12/30/04) First is a woman named Jess Wells, author of Lesbians Raising Sons, who insisted that she did all she could to avoid giving birth to a son. Mohler shares some of her story: As an ardent opponent of "male privilege, patriarchy, and male culture," Wells did not want anything to do with raising a boy. Eventually, she was...