Another reason to homeschool: Day of Silence. Students are encouraged to silently protest lack of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in this country. Children should not be used as political pawns by school officials.
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When my daughter was in high school, I complained to the school administration about the Day of Silence. I felt it was more than indoctrination, but that it trampeled on my daughter’s first amendment rights to religious freedom. Since teachers were encouraged to empathize with gays, and hence remain quiet throughout the day, they were in essence teaching my daughter, and other Christians, that their beliefs and their knowledge of Biblical truths were wrong. I even called the Center for Law and Justice which goes to court for the rights of Christian people. But they told me they were unable to do anything at that time. They suggested I give my daughter religious tracts to hand out, and if she was prevented from doing so, then they would intervene. When I called the school, I was given a complete runaround and ended up with the assistant principal who gave me the prepared speech that he must have learned at a seminar. Then they had the teacher-mentor of the GLSEN (?) group at the school call me. They always try to make it a human rights issue, but I kept insisting it was a freedom of religion issue. Of course, it got nowhere. My daughter ended up going to school in a “Straight Pride” tee shirt and getting spit at by lesbians and called homophobic by their parents. Homeschooling should be an option for every Christian parent. If you can’t teach, there are many computer curricula out there.