Posted on 02/08/2008 3:57:52 AM PST by Man50D
Only months after a new state law effectively banned "mom" and "dad" from California schools, a total of 600,000 students could follow because of what has been described as the "repudiation" of 2,000 years of Christian morality, according to leaders of a new campaign assembling education alternatives.
The campaign is called California Exodus, and is being headed by Ron Gleason, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Yorba Linda, who said while the country excels in social, economic, scientific and political accomplishments, it "gets low grades on the education of its children."
The issue is the state legislature's adoption of Senate Bill 777, which requires only positive portrayals of homosexual, bisexual, transgender and other alternative lifestyle choices.
"First, the law allowed public schools to voluntarily promote homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality. Then, the law required public schools to accept homosexual, bisexual, and transsexual teachers as role models for impressionable children. Now, the law has been changed to effectively require the positive portrayal of homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality to six million children in California government-controlled schools," said Randy Thomasson, chief of the Campaign for Children and Families and one of those who originally called for an abandonment of public schools.
"To rescue their children, loving parents need to find an alternative to government schools, and every church needs to make it a priority to help parents be in charge of their children's education again," he said.
He has condemned public school districts as "no longer a safe emotional environment for children" under the new law, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, that will introduce children as young as kindergarten to the homosexuality and other alternative lifestyle choices.
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If Christianity has no place in government schools, Christians have no business being there. It’s time for the churches that profess to love children now put up or shut up and provide an opportunity to educate children in a place where Jesus would be welcome. Perhaps they could devote their money to this essential service to Him instead of building luxurious monuments to their pastors, which is what many of the mega-churches are presently doing.
When it comes to school, there’s no place like home.
And the attack on homeschoolers is going to heat up like never before, when the teachers unions see their livelihood going the way of the dodo bird.
It is time we called these people what they are: Marxists and Useful Idiots! I'll bet my house and my Roth IRA that the people who wrote this bill thoroughly knew and understood the dialectics underlying this bill, and they have armies of not too bright teachers to be their Useful Idiots.
Marxism is our freedom's **most** serious threat. Schools are one their most powerful weapon.
Ours is still occupied by spreading the Gospel to as many people in our mission field as we can. At my current job, I have helped build one of these monuments that you mentioned, though.
say it ain't so, Arnold!
Does anyone wonder why the Rush Limbaughs and the Sean Hannitys never talk about this? Promoting Romney as the “True Conservative” this literal crap flourished under his governorship, what a crock.
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Did you see Christian or non-Christian teachers marching on Sacramento to oppose this bill? Gee! Neither did I!
I wonder where all those “good” teachers are, that everyone is always praising?
Christian teachers have two choices:
1) Be bold, protest, refuse to cooperate, in the most vocal and politically active manner possible defend the family and Western Civilization. ( In other words: Seriously risk getting fired!)
2) QUIT!
If Christian teachers do anything less than the above they are teaching the students that:
1) Christians will aid and support evil in exchange for a paycheck and pension.
2)Christians are stupid, timid, or lukewarm in their faith.
3) Christians will assist with what they should know are lies.
4) If Christians think they can sneak in a little “salt and light”, they they WILL teach the kids that Christians are sly and sneaky!
Wow! I expect after an example like that, that true missionaries will have a tough time with these kids later in life. And, I won’t be surprised that if even more kids leave the faith within 2 years of graduating from high school. ( More than 85% now.)
Cali will be the capital of gay spanish speaking commie kids.
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BINGO!!!!! BINGO!!!!!
These guys are completely ASLEEP! WHAT IDIOTS!!!!
The Marxists ( and their bed companions, the homosexuals) are eating the souls of the next generation and these guys are ASLEEP!!!!
I am disgusted with them both!
But can someone tell me what Arnold has done for conservatives? I still can’t see anything, except a slight shift from the hardline socialism of Gray Davis to something a little closer to the center, which he promptly pushed back to the left with his big-government spending (stem-cell research, e.g.).
under the new law, signed by Arnold ...
say it ain’t so, Arnold
I guess the GOP figured the law was OK...because they sure keep screwing a lot of conservatives....
“You can’t make socialists out of individualists. Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society, which is coming, where everyone is interdependent.” - John Dewey, the father of modern American education and co-author of the “Humanist Manifesto.”
WARNING: Graphic & Extreemly Distubing acts in the public streets of San Fransico's Folsom Street Fair last year.
Slightly off topic here, but our conservative governor has signed off on releasing close to 100 lifer inmates so far. Our former gov, Doofus Davis, released 6.
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are the dumbest idiots around!
We’re taking our kids out next year. They’ve pushed us too far this year (and we are in Texas...can’t imagine what other parents go through) with teaching that is away from the 3 r’s. Even though we are evangelical Christians...its more about teaching them well and getting them away from the Katrina hoodlums that have infiltrated our neighborhoods than it is about making sure they learn their bible. They know all about Dr. King, but nothing about George Washington or Abe Lincoln.
Wow!
I only got through the first four or five. That was enough!
Folsom Street Fair 2007
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Coming to a government school near you!
It was precisely because we have been so compromising over the past 16 years that we are in the mess that we are in (the Republican party openly marginalizing its base and not only drifting toward but swimming to the left).
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In the kindest possible manner I ask the following:
Why not today?
Is there an urgent reason you must keep them in school until June?
Think of it this way:
How many months have your children lived? What percentage of their lives is 5 months? The younger the children the greater is that percentage, and the greater the influence of the government madrassas your children.
For example: For a 5 year old, 5 months is close to 1/10th or 10% of his life.
Very respectfully,
Wintertime
Arnold is just another Kennedy type creep.
Homosexuaity is a main cause of the spread of the biggest
Epidemic the world continues to suffer from.
Sick minds Sick People.
I doubt it.
I suggest that we ban the use of the word “tax,” especially by the legislature. I’m offended by it.
Don’t worry, John McCain will turn this around with Ahnold’s help...oh, wait...never mind...LOL!
Definitely: “Another Reason to Homeschool!”
By the way, the “Public Education” Ping seems to be in the death rattle stage.
Can anyone tell me EXACTLY how do you explain homosexuality to the little kids?
Uh..... He is endorsing the true conservative for POTUS, John McCain.
I do too.
599,999 have parents who are utterly addicted to the free babysitting.
599,999 have naive parents who think they can deprogram their children in their spare time.
599.999 of these kids have ministers who scared to death of offending the armies of government teachers, government school employees, and others sucking the government school teat, who are filling the pews of their mega and micro churches.
And,,,599,999 of these kids have armies of Christian teachers who will **cheerfully and fully** cooperate with this sinful agenda in exchange for a paycheck and a pension.
599,999 of these kids have Christian teachers who will teach the kids that Christians are sneaking and sly by trying to sneakily spread a little “salt and light” around while their bosses aren’t looking! ( What an example of “Christian” living they are!)
I’m sure there are some who will find this latest outrage so outrageous that they will choose other education for their children. However, it’s not as if this came out of the blue. Whether one’s main issue is academic quality, social environment, religious freedom, or moral decency, it’s been under attack by the state for years.
The boiling-frog analogy comes to mind: most will just sit there and cook.
From time to time, they DO talk about it, but then get flooded with tons and tons of Email about thier “Hate” and “Bigotry”.
Or how they are pushing the agenda of the “American Taliban”.
The Demonization and marginalization of Christians is nearly complete. When a Major Organization like the Southern Poverty LAw Center can get by with labeling Christians as a “HATE-GROUP”, without penalty, or even much of a rucus from the media, we’re in trouble...
All well and good to just dump it all on the teachers. Whether you like it or not the public schools got to where they are because of school boards elected by parents and parents who do absolutely nothing to further their kids education. These stupid ass rules get passed because people don’t have any idea what is going on in their schools. Californians are allowing this to happen, maybe even encouraging it. They are getting what they voted for,socialism.
I listen to both of them, nearly 6 hours a day at work. I never hear anything more than a passing comment about it. But I suspect you’re correct, they are getting pressure from someone.
This thread is NOT about academic achievement. I suggest that you re-read the article and the posts.
All the children ( of every racial and cultural background) will have their opinions on sexuality, (and opinion of Christians and other religious people who oppose the homosexual lifestyle)shaped by the government madrassas ( mis-named "schools")
Are you a government teacher, an education student, your parents government teachers, or does money come into your household by way of the education-industrial complex? ( Just curious)
This thread is NOT about academic achievement. I suggest that you re-read the article and the posts.
All the children ( of every racial and cultural background) will have their opinions on sexuality, (and opinion of Christians and other religious people who oppose the homosexual lifestyle)shaped by the government madrassas ( mis-named "schools")
Are you a government teacher, an education student, your parents government teachers, or does money come into your household by way of the education-industrial complex? ( Just curious)
My daughter is one of the lucky ones in a Texas school (Garland ISD) who has an American history teacher that teaches all about George and Abe and Andrew and Patrick and Ben and the Johns, Samuels, Thomases, etc. It's her favorite class.
She's been learning alot about government in this election year and is making the best grades in class. She tells me many times the teacher asks questions particularly about what's going on in the world and current events related to the election and she's the only one who knows the answer.
She's probably the only kid who has Free Republic on her IE home page, too. [grin]
Perfectly said, btw.
Also,,,Follow the money!
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are NOT about to offend and insult their audience and sponsors.
There are more than 45 MILLION kids in government schools with parents totally addicted to the government babysitting. And,,,shamefully,,,Many of those parents are so-called conservatives listening to Rush and Sean’s shows!
Besides the parents, there are 3 million government teachers in this country. . Then consider the several million school employees who are not teachers. Then their are employees of businesses that directly have business with the government schools. Finally, there are people like my dentist who depend on teacher business ( excellent dental insurance, you see.) Everyone of these people are connected to family, neighbors, and friends.
Are Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill OReilly about to bite that hand that feeds them? I don’t think so!
I am disgusted!
Rush has no children, so he doesn’t really care about the ‘rug rats.’ That’s up to their parents to deal with. Hannity probably sends his kids to Catholic or private schools, so again - not a problem in his eyes. Wake up - Look in the Mirror yourselves. It’s your kids and you should be doing the marching, protesting, and protecting your CHILDREN from the social engineers. You better be prepared to go to jail, too, because that’s what will happen if you get too angry at these elected officials. We need a law like Canada and most of Europe has - tax dollars follow the child to whatever school the parents choose - parochial , govt., private. Time to get the control back, Parents!
You forgot the 4th R they’ve been teaching since the 60s - relativism.
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to post that **thier** child’s school was different. Gee! And not at all effected by what goes on in California.
Before long, every textbook in the nation will be scubbed clean of the words “mother” and “father”, and will thoroughly reflect the homosexual ( Marxist) agenda.
oops! “Their”
All they really care about is not having their millions taxed ...
Oriental and Indian students in US schools do not do as well as those who remain in their respective countries. They only look good compared to the millions of slacker native-born Americans.
And the reaction to this shows you exactly why leftists try to get every onerous social “law” implemented at the federal level instead of a state level.
People are escaping their clutches! Can’t have that!
Yea, I know. It’s turning into a one note samba.
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