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10. In St. Paul, Minnesota, high school student Elliott Chambers
was suspended for wearing a sweatshirt with the message “Straight
Pride” and a drawing of a man and woman holding hands. He wore the
shirt after witnessing the school’s heavy promotion of homosexuality,
including the posting of numerous “safe zone” pink triangles in
classrooms and offices throughout the school. The principal told
Chambers and his parents they were “homophobes.” A U.S. District court
ruled that Elliott could return to school and that his rights had been
violated.
11. In Arcata, California in 2002, a ninth grade class was
instructed by a guest speaker from Planned Parenthood to form a
circle. The speaker posed questions and students who responded
affirmatively remained standing. When asked, “Do you have a
religious belief about homosexuality that considers it a sin and
wrong?” the remaining students were subjected to hostile follow-up
questions. See
Testimony of Student from Arcata
12. At Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, MI in 2002, a
homosexual club demanded that the school’s Christian Club adopt a
policy of “non-discrimination” based on sexual orientation, as the
school itself had done. The Christian club refused, citing its
religious beliefs and constitutional rights. After a threatened law
suit by the Christian club, the homosexual club backed off. In
addition, the school changed its policy.
13. Over 100 “safe zone” pink triangles decorated the doors of
classrooms and offices at a school in Olympia Fields, IL in 2002.
These are used by homosexual activists to designate acceptance of
homosexuality and by implication, to stigmatize those who object.
School board members voted to have them removed after parent
objections.
14. Parent Mary Clossey complained about her son’s reading
requirement at Newton North High School in Newton Massachusetts in
2001. It included the book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by
Stephen Chbosky which included passages on sex between a boy and a
dog, man-boy sex, anal sex between boys, male masturbation and female
masturbation with a hot dog. Her calls to the mayor were never
returned and school officials were disrespectful, so she filed a
criminal complaint against the teacher for corrupting a minor. But
after trying repeatedly, she was never able to meet with the district
attorney. Clossey discovered that the book was on a reading list given
to every student. She received a letter from the district attorney
informing her that the state’s schools and libraries were immune from
laws relating to exposing children to pornography.
15. School boards in Portage, MI and Winston Salem, NC both
nixed adding “sexual orientation” to their school districts
non-discrimination policies in 2002. Such policies, now in effect
in many U.S. schools, have been used to force pro-homosexual clubs,
curricula and events on schools.
16. In the San Leandro CA school district, a married teacher won a
case in 2002 defended by the National Education Association after he
talked to his class about respecting “gays, lesbians and
bisexuals.” Parents complained and the teacher was reprimanded. He
sued and won the case based on his rights of free speech.
17. Parent Debra Loveless of St. Louis sued Metro High School after
trying to attend a school event sponsored by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian
and Straight Education Network. Loveless was blocked from the
school assembly and ushered out of the school by an armed
official. She had already exempted her daughter from attending, but
wanted to observe the content first-hand.
18. After a bitter and controversial battle, the school district of
Broward County, FL (Fort Lauderdale) voted in 2002 to allow the
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network to provide tolerance
training for psychologists, teachers and social workers at its
schools over the next five years. (For more information about the
sexually deviant practices accepted by GLSEN, see our paper, “Children
At Risk,” on the Mission America web site at www.missionamerica.com .)
19. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in Minnesota ruled in 2002
that Carla Cruzan, a teacher at Southwest High School, had to share
a restroom with a cross-dressing male librarian. The male, David
Nielsen, now goes by the name of Debra Davis. He wanted to be able to
use the same general restroom as the female staff. Many of the female
staff were reportedly unhappy with the arrangement, but Cruzan was the
only one who sued. She was told by the court she should use a unisex
single restroom if she preferred.
20. In Wilmette, IL, middle school principal Donald Reed
returned to school as Deanna Reed in the fall of 2001 after sex
change surgery over the summer. Instead of dismissing the principal,
the district retained him and held “counseling” opportunities for
students and parents to smooth over the transition. A male art teacher
in Eastchester, NY returned to school as a woman, and a Northbook, IL
science teacher also had female-to-male sex change surgery before
returning to her/his teaching post.
Nationwide, reports of the suppression of religious freedom and
parental rights are coming in as never before, all because educators
too often try to mold youth attitudes regardless of what families
believe. Many support the acceptance of homosexuality among students
and faculty, and will ignore or even deliberately undermine community
concerns.
The picture is not all negative, though. There are some signs that
America is slowly grasping the depth of the problem. Sometimes it is
the advocates of the homosexual agenda whose views are expelled.
School officials have lost jobs, projects have been halted and even
court decisions have in some cases put an end to the nonsense.
The list of incidents, with both positive and negative outcomes, is
growing as the battle intensifies.
Again, these are just a sample of many, many similar incidents
around the country.
Posted with permission from Linda Harvey, original article at
http://www.missionamerica.com/
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