Oh, hell no,----no one better discuss anything sexual with my 6 year old granddaughter without her parent's permission!!!
Talk about protesting...this grandma would love to protest something like THAT!
True...but the quality of the schools in general is so poor, they might as well seek an alternative. I admire him for taking a stand and making some attempt, however. It was much easier for me (not financially, though) to write a tuition check.
The radical gay agenda in the schools has gotten out of control. Primarily because busy working parents either don't fully understand what's being taught or because they think they can't take on the entire school system in their town.
Tammy Bruce's book, The Death of Right and Wrong, is a good place for parents to start in understand just how dangerous this agenda is to our children. It's a book that is a must read for parents and grandparents.
Bruce' book is well researched and quotes directly from dozens of outspoken advocates of the gay agenda as well as policy setters within the Department of Education.
One such quote is from Judith Levine, author and activist, said that "sex is not harmful to children...there are ways the smallest children can partake in it."
In Vemont, a program was instituted called Outright Vermont. Schools advertise this program on bulletin boards and the program materials include direct web links to adult gay male web sites. Two years ago, NYC opened the first gay high school in the nation.
Former Gov. Gay Davis of California signed a sex education law that requires students to adopt a healthy attitude toward homosexuality. The NEA has developed programs to incorporate the gay agenda in our public schools for children of all ages.
Many programs have been in place for more than 20 years and the curricula is getting more radical each year. The NEA is trying to force state governments to require both home schoolers and private schools to teach pro gay agendas or refuse to validate their diplomas. The NEA has successfully sponsored a curriculum which requires children to partake in "Gay Day" which involves playacting.
In March 2002, Penn State University featured an advocate of pedophilia at a women's health conference, despite congressional disapproval and parental concerns.
In 1998 the American Psychological Association claimed that pedophilia often "does not cause intense harm on a pervasive basis".
Good luck, folks. I suggest private school or homeschool.
And the really sick thing is that Lexington Mass - of Lexington and Concord fame has a school system that doesn't bother to understand the true meaning of Liberty of the Individual versus the control of a tyrannical state.
A couple of weeks ago, my neighbor (who is a retired school teacher) kept telling my husband and me that we shouldn't send our youngest son (entering kindergarten) to a parochial school, as we did with our other 2 kids. He said that there is just so much more to offer at public school. Yeah, right. I totally understand why so many people opt out of the public school system and either send their children to private schools or home school them. That is our only hope against the ever-increasing brainwashing going on in schools today. Molding young minds to think their agenda is correct.
Hooray for this dad for doing his job and protecting his child!
Get over it.
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
I find this situation absolutely amazing. Since when can a school dictate to a parent what their child will learn? I think home schooling would be preferable, but that is obviously not an option here.
For the sake of the parents who do not homeschool- I hope this case makes some new standards in the education of our children.
Yes, homosexuals have the right to have a family- but I do not need to explain it to my 7 year old. The "birds and bees" are confusing enough at that age- we don't need to throw politics into it.
Lets try teaching the kids to read,and do basic math in elementary school.
When a 12 year old can get birth control without parental consent and 5 year olds are encouraged to touch their private parts, this sadly doesn't surprise me.
Lexington, Mass. is ground zero for liberty. The Founders are spinning like tops after hearing this news.
I have actually had a great deal of success in dealing with these sensitive issues in our public school system. Before my son even entered his mandatory "Health" class, I spoke with the teacher, went over the curriculum, and asked to be given the dates on which certain matters-and speakers-would be presented. I was treated with respect and kept fully abreast of all activities. Though the curriculum was abstinence based, they had a guest speaker come in to speak about contraception. The teacher email me a week before, honored my request for my son to be excluded, and insured that he was excluded discreetly so as to to make his absence the center of attention. I always felt as if they really appreciated my involvement. Apparently, my experience was the exception rather than the rule.
The nerve parents actually think they have some say in their kids education!
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As a "past" veteran parent, who was sucsessful at removing several teachers from employment because of their socialist teachings, rantings and gross incompetency, I can say to some extent, that the complacency of parents has not helped the socialist take-over of the government school system. What we see here is just another of many examples of the arrogance, the leftist attitude that, after so many years of being protected and pandered to by leftists in government and the unions, has run amuck.
Parents need to reclaim their control over the government education system OR FIGHT FOR VOUCHERS, or just refuse to pay taxes for education, which is a HUGE percentage of state-level taxation. Personally, after going through what I went through, here in the state of California, I would NEVER PUT MY CHILDREN into a socialist-run government school at any price. NEVER!
Go to www.article8.org for all the original info on this story! You get to read the actual documents between the school and Mr. Parker.
This is the first principle of childhood education which is violated by compulsory attendance laws and tax-funding of gov't schools only. Our current system of schooling is fundamentally immoral.
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
Gotta grind out some articles here, they're piling up! More on the reprehensible case of a father arrested for trespassing while in the school disagreeing with homosexual indoctrination of his child.
Time to rip, snatch, grab your kids out of government schools. It isn't that hard to homeschool - there are many resources available. Homeschooled kids are the future of this country in many ways.
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He's right about the difference between tolerance and acceptance. If these perverts want tolerance, I'll give them just as much as I give any other american. No more, no less. If they want my acceptance of Pride parades, their sexual proclivities, and the teaching to kids that gay sex is normal , well they may have to wait. Exactly when is hell scheduled to freeze over?