Posted on 08/31/2007 6:22:57 AM PDT by IrishMike
The Evesham school board last night voted 7-1 to stop showing third graders a controversial educational video that includes depictions of families headed by same-sex couples. The vote came after a committee of scholars and educators, appointed by the board to review the issue, recommended keeping the video in the curriculum, but showing it to fourth graders, instead of to third graders, as had been done.
But after a number of board members spoke against the film, the board did away with the video, called That's a Family, altogether.
The half-hour video shows children explaining their various family structures, including those with mixed-race couples and divorced, single and adoptive parents.
Jeanne Smith, a spokeswoman for the board, said: "The opinions expressed by members of the board against the video dealt with their worry that the video had become so divisive that it would continue to inflame the district and that there would be no healing."
In a survey of the issue, district parents were split nearly half and half on the issue, she said
Reacting to last night's vote, Steven Goldstein, chairman of the gay civil rights group Garden State Equality, said: "It's very likely that we in the civil rights community will take legal action to have the committee's recommendation to show this film enforced. We believe the board's actions are illegal."
Evesham started showing the video last school year as part of a state-mandated health curriculum, which requires students to "identify different kinds of families and explain that families may differ for many reasons."
The segment of That's a Family on same-sex couples, however, drew the ire of many parents who objected to their children learning about homosexuality in schools.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
If homosexuality were normal, none of us would be here.
Wouldn’t showing a heterosexual family’s sex life be termed PORNOGRAGHY?
SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have the Muslims attacking from the front, and liberals attacking (from) the rear.
Our society is so screwed.
Ever try plugging a plug into another plug? ‘nuff said.
Gads.............
Keep your sickness away from my kids you SOB!
My sister teaches elementary ed in this school district. She says this controversy was a huge mess. Although she didn’t show the video, her colleagues that were required to show this filth were sick about it. Yes, even the teachers didn’t want this in the school!
What this video tells the students is that what they have at home is NOT a family.
Btw, I think it's bunk over all - I wouldn't want my child show the video or any video having anything to do with sex or proper families. That would be why I opted both of my kids out of Family Life Education from K-10th
...LITERALLY and FIGURATIVELY.
It used to be called “corrupting a minor”.
Would it be possible to teach children to maybe read, do math, spell?
Don’t forget the teachers that tell their students, “your parents aren’t always right.”
I guess they removed the Daddy Does Daddy title.
It's not a civil right to teach my child morality..........or lack of it. These deviants are trying to usurp parents rights through the schools and courts.
I think leaving family depiction to the families is proper. Government is NOT necessary. If a loving gay couple has children it is THEIR role to raise that family to THEIR standards NOT the government to share THEIR family values with the rest of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am I CLEAR!?
Got kids? Do you shove down the throats of everyone you come in contact with your family practices? NOT!
You said: Wouldn’t showing a heterosexual family’s sex life be termed PORNOGRAGHY?
The article says: The half-hour video shows children explaining their various family structures,
SoftballMominVA simply corrected your mistaken belief that it's porn.
If that word ‘deviants’ were replaced with ‘Democrats’, it would be a method currently used by the dRATS to protect and preserve their future.
Plan B is legalize the illegals.
Somehow, I suspect this means that more people were opposed to the film being shown than were in favor. Had more than 50% been in favor, they would have said "a majority of district parents were in favor of showing the film..."
Which is a separate issue from sexual deviancy.
homosexual agenda ping
It is all about homo access to kids. They want your kids and they will have them with the help of the ACLU, corrupt judges, and progressive liberals.
The objective is to create acceptance of alternate ‘families’ before they have any idea what sex is, then when they clue into the concept of sex they can just transfer acceptance of the alternate ‘family’ to acceptance of gay sex.
It is all about homo access to kids. They want your kids and they will have them with the help of the ACLU, corrupt judges, and progressive liberals.
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Too true . . . however, please join my crusade to insist on accurate vocabulary.
Infanticide is NOT choice—it is infanticide.
homosexuality is not gay, light-hearted, pure joy and fun—it is homosexuality. Maybe guk would be a fitting short substitute.
And liberal idiot, perverse, traitorous destroyers of our republic so skillful at taking us all back to Soddom and Gomorrah are NOT progressives . . .
THEY ARE
REGRESSIVES! And Terminal Regressives at that . . . when God gets around to it.
Ever try plugging a plug into another plug? ‘nuff said.
Christmas tree lights are gay then they go both ways
Homosexual partners can not make children on their own. The only way they can “have a family” is to claim other people’s children.
I use the progressive term as sarcastic. I am fully aware that progressive is code for true regressive.
“I think leaving family depiction to the families is proper. Government is NOT necessary. If a loving gay couple has children it is THEIR role to raise that family to THEIR standards NOT the government to share THEIR family values with the rest of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The issue is that turning kids over to deviants is the worst form of child abuse. Homosexuals can’t have kids so they want other peoples’ kids. This was a common practice in ancient Rome where boys were used, traded, and sold among the “gay” population. The boys were called catamites.
It's New Jersey. I believe the 50% statistic. We homeschool here in NJ, and even half the homeschool families lean to the Far Left, including some of the "Christian" homeschoolers.
God, I love this forum. Everyone is so helpful. What would I be or would have been without the help of the corrective FReepers. Dear God forgive me for living before registering with this forum in 2004.
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I understand your passion but you blasted a fellow freeper for no reason.
Another reason everyone should get their children out of public schools - now.
I see that you are woefully behind the times, dear lady.
Children don't need those skills anymore, haven't you heard?
TV takes the place of reading.
Pocket calculators take the place of math.
And "spell-chuck" takes the place of spelling.
Ain't life grand?
A more basic question is this - why do schools believe it is their responsibility to teach anything about families at all? They’ve already got their hands full trying to teach the 3 R’s. Many teach history as some type of revisionist social studies, as opposed to just teaching history. IMO, public schools should stay away from teaching anything about families and family structure. That teaching should come from the family or the church.
Can't not show it because it's wrong, now could we?
Reacting to last night's vote, Steven Goldstein, chairman of the gay civil rights group Garden State Equality, said: "It's very likely that we in the civil rights community will take legal action to have the committee's recommendation to show this film enforced. We believe the board's actions are illegal."
We in the civil rights community? What a not so subtle slam against everyone who disagrees with them. The clear implication is that *breeders* do not believe in civil rights but oppression.
They may believe that the actions are illegal, but too bad, it doesn't mean they are. They may not like it but that doesn't mean they're illegal.
So now they're threatening the school district with a lawsuit to force them to capitulate because they cannot afford the financial hit defending themselves would cost.
Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are, that’s a funny joke there!
Yeah, “nearly half” could be 30/70 in liberalland.
thx for your kind reply . . .
I understand . . . but I wish we could scuttle the term like the infanticiders transformed infanticide into CHOICE
“I understand . . . but I wish we could scuttle the term like the infanticiders transformed infanticide into CHOICE”
It is called liberalspeak. Evil shall be called Good.
Wow. Sometimes words don’t do an article any justice and this is one of those times.
YUP . . . for a season.
Didn't know there's a "civil right" to force third graders to watch same sex propoganda. And any attempt to prevent that is illegal. /s
Now that statement is a keeper.
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