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Posted on 03/14/2012 6:46:53 PM PDT by Mount Athos
A federal judge has ordered a Missouri school district to unblock its web filters and give students access to sexually explicit material by the middle of March.
A US District Judge issued a preliminary junction against the Camdenton R – III School District banning them from using filtering software. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the district claiming it was deliberately restricting access to homosexual themed sites, while allowing students to view what it claims are “anti-LG BT sites that condemn homosexuality.”
In issuing its ruling, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri said the district's custom filtering system "systematically allows access to websites expressing a negative viewpoint toward LGBT individuals by categorizing them as 'religion,' but filters out positive viewpoints toward LGBT issues by categorizing them as 'sexuality.”
Joe Ortwerth, executive director of the Missouri Family Policy Council, says, “When you consider that there's a federal law on the books that obligates school districts to ensure that their computers do not allow access to materials that might be pornographic for minors, this judge's action -- considering that -- is pretty shocking.”
The ACLU’s website claims that schools cannot block LGBT sites claiming that to do so is a violation of the First Amendment. “Programs that block all LGBT content violate First Amendment rights to free speech, as well as the Equal Access Act, which requires equal access to school resources for all extracurricular clubs, including gay-straight alliances and LGBT support groups.”
Among the sites the ACLU says students have a right to view is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. The site provides a link to “It Gets Better” which is a program advocating the homosexual lifestyle founded by Dan Savage, a “gay” sex columnist.
Savage is known for his vulgar and raunchy columns. He was also responsible for “bullying” Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum by creating a “Google bomb” that attached a vile sex term to the candidate’s name.
Savage has engaged in other hateful comments such as saying on Bill Maher’s television show, “I wish all Republicans were f***ing dead.” And has said on HBO that he wanted to rape Santorum.
The ACLU disputes that it is advocating students be allowed to view pornographic material, however, by disabling the filters in order for students to view “safe sites” sexually explicit sites will be permitted as well.
The Alliance Defense Fund, which filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of the school, noted that the “sexuality” filter blocks access to over 8,200 websites of which 7,800 would not be blocked by using the “adult” or “porn” filters and that many of the 7,800 sites contain sexually explicit materials.
The brief provided examples of specific sites that would not be blocked by the filter that provided access to pornographic images and pictures.
This so called “judge” needs to be arrested, indicted, tried and locked up where he belongs.
Rulings like this need to be simply defied. Let the judge send in marshalls to shut the school down....
Evil. Just pure evil.
If I were a parent in that district, I would demand that they pull every damn computer in that school. Let the teachers use their minds to instruct the children, instead of just plugging them into a machine.
Either that or just cut off all internet access. Not a half bad idea in any case.
Why do students need access to LBGT websites? Aren’t they there to learn the 3 R’s?
Way too much of an investment when there is one simple solution.
Only over my dead body will any child of mine EVER set foot, for any reason, inside a public school. IMHO anyone who sends their most precious possession to a public school is guilty of child abuse. When I went to public school the worst that could be said was that the teachers were lazy and uninvolved. Now it is all about some variation of perversion. Why can’t we allow children to be children?
Are they going to hand over their children to perversion based on a threat from a federal judge?
I say bring back books.
Disconnect the internet, while it’s appealed.
Just pull the plug, and explain why.
and Obama’s judges will haunt America for generations! Senate Republicans are idiots for allowing more of Obama’s liberal judges to be confirmed.
I'll bet Billy Jeff enjoyed that interview.
You’re right.
It’s how liberals take over schools and unions, and television stations, and newspapers.
While we’re out trying to do the right thing.
They’re taking over. They don’t want to do the right thing, they want power.
Yet we just keep trying to do the right thing.
It’s like trying to use logic with a mugger.
BUT BUT BUT, how can this be?
They said that homosexuality was about consenting ADULTS in PRIVATE, not minors in public schools.
Exactly. They won't though, schools are scared spitless of the ACLU.
Soon its going to be time to deal with the mugger the proper way.
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And cheaper than a good rope.
Just another way to destroy western society. Attack it’s
basis in morals and principals. What could be more immoral
and unprincipled than homosexuality other than the liberal
party itself? This judge is probably a perv himself.
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.
Luke 17:2
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
This is why we need Santorum. Someone who understands the evil that is corrupting this nation.
Every computer in the school would suddenly be down for maintenance if I had my way.
Hell, no.
There is no federal authority under the Constitution to dictate what schools in the several states do.
Let alone a perversion such as this....
Good call, FRiend.
There seems to be this great need by the judicial to promote that which is considered evil by Christian teaching.
Looking better & better......: )
Man, you gotta hand it to the hippies. Whomever came up with ‘the plan’ got it right. The weirdos have taken over everything of any importance in the whole country. Media, Government, Education, Judges, everything.
These last 50 years have been a stealth coup by pinkos. They will not win in the end, but they have done an amazing job.
I'm still waiting with anticipation for the inevitable clash between Western Leftist institutionalized debauchery and Islam. Right now, the Leftists are coddling the Muslims, but once they get enough power, they will start forcing their perverted views of the world on them.
The clash will be spectacular.
Real Fathers used to take care of things like this...
Ex-President of Virginia ACLU Sentenced For Child Porn
(AP) A man who for 12 years served as president of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union was sentenced to seven years in prison for downloading what authorities said was some of the "most abhorrent" child pornography they have ever seen.
Civil Disobiedence is one answer. Parents withdrawling kids from school is a good start. A good stout rail wide enough to seat public officals to ride them out of town on in public scorn is another.
It is interesting that this corrupt gay Democrat judge is not named in the article.
Where did the parent’s rights go in all this? Aren’t the school administrators answerable to the parents?
Shut down the school’s internet and appeal.
Oh, and shoot ACLU on sight.
It is already happening in various places in Europe, on that last. It is becoming quite an awakening.
Thanks to the idiot McConnell, we’ll have more lunatic judges like this on the bench FOR LIFE.
Have we had enough yet? Can we call off this game of “be nice to the pervert” and instead send them all where they can get straightened out?
Absolutely F’ing sick.
libby loons like this judge are gonna be the death of this great nation
</sarcasm> They become judges, Senators, Congressmen, Mayors, School board Presidents, Principals, Classroom Teachers, and they are activists.
This is what you get with a single payer school system. What, exactly, will it take for conservatives to pull their children out of public schools? At this point, I'm not sure even child molestation would deter them.
Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, Volumes 1-2, reports that in the first report of a public school in Washington which they had on file, in 1813 a Mr. Henry Ould states,
55 have learned to read in the Old and New Testaments, and are all able to spell words of three, four, and five syllables; 26 are now learning to read Dr. Watts' Hymns and spell words of two syllables; 10 are learning words of four and five letters. Of 509 out of the whole number admitted that did not know a single letter, 20 can now read the Bible and spell words of three, four, and five syllables, 29 read Dr. Watts' Hymns and spell words of two syllables, and 10 words of four and five letters.”[19]
The Puritan Christian New England Primer was used in New England, which is estimated to have sold upwards to 3,000,000 copies from 1700 to 1850. Introduced in 1690, this reader was used in what now would be the 1st grade, and taught multitudes of children how to read for 200 years, until circa 1900. The alphabet was taught with Bible verses that began with each letter of the alphabet. Lessons had questions about the Bible and the Ten Commandments. An example of the Primer is, A = In Adam's fall, we sinned all. B = Heaven to find, the Bible mind."[20]
In addition, approximately half of all American children learned from the McGuffey Reader, a series of textbooks of which 122 million copies were published (during a time when the population was much less than today, and books were passed on more). The first Reader was published in the 1830's, and was followed by five additional Readers, the last being published in 1885. This was an advanced teaching system for its time, written by William Holmes McGuffey, who later became a Presbyterian minister, and a work which earned him the title, “the Great Schoolmaster of the Nation.” McGuffey believed religion and education were to be interrelated and were essential to a healthy society. McGuffey exalted the Lord Jesus Christ, and used the Bible more than any other source, though the later revised editions (which used McGuffey’s name though he neither contributed to them nor approved their revisions) became more pluralistic in their moral instruction. The Readers were filled with stories of strength, character, goodness and truth, working to instill standards of basic Christian-based morality for more than a century.[21]
McGuffey Readers became the standardized reading text for most schools across the United States, especially throughout the West and South, during the mid to late nineteenth century,[22] [23] and were used widely in America until just after World War I. This resulted in the Readers becoming a unifying force in American culture, giving America a common value-laden body of literary reference and allusion,[24] and “a sense of common experience and of common possession”.[25] The first public elementary schools also taught Christian morality, and even the Unitarian [note 1] Father of the Common School, Horace Mann (4 May 1796 — 2 August 1859), who became Massachusetts Secretary of Education in 1837, evidenced that he rightly understood that the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment did not prohibit officially favoring the general, common Christian faith and its morality, but that it forbade official sanction of one particular sect, such as by sanctioning its doctrinal distinctions, stating that “it may not be easy theoretically, to draw the line between those views of religious truth and of Christian faith which is common to all, and may, therefore, with propriety be inculcated in schools, and those which, being peculiar to individual sects, are therefore by law excluded; still it is believed that no practical difficulty occurs in the conduct of our schools in this regard.”[26] Mann also understood that the “laws of Massachusetts required the teaching of the basic moral doctrines of Christianity.” To critics who were alarmed at the concept of secular schools, he assured that his system "inculcates all Christian morals; it founds its morals on the basis of religion; it welcomes the religion of the Bible...," but he did exhort that Bible reading be without comment to discourage sectarian bickering.[27] Mann supported prohibition of alcohol and intemperance, slavery and lotteries, [28] and dreaded “intellectual eminence when separated from virtue”, and that education, if taught without moral responsibilities, would produce more evil than it inherited.[29] While the use of the Bible as a textbook had declined by the 1820s, the reading of it remained a standard practice in public schools, with the contention between Catholics and Protestants in Philadelphia and New York City during the 1840's being which version should be read, which even resulted in riots.[30] Reverence and use of the Bible was also prominent in higher education, with the second requirement of Harvard Universities Lawes of 1642 (after requiring literacy in Latin, which language the Scriptures were then mostly translated into), was that "Every one shall consider the main end of his life and studies to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life. (Joh. 17:3)[31] Overall, the nature of early colleges and universities was religious, and this continued at least until the Civil War. Even State colleges had significant religious (most always Christian) components, such as mandatory religion courses and attendance at chapel services, while large numbers of their faculties had formal religious training. [32] Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), the 26th president of the United States (1901-1905), can be seen expressing the importance of the Bible in education: Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, Volumes 1-2, reports that in the first report of a public school in Washington which they had on file, in 1813 a Mr. Henry Ould states, The Puritan Christian New England Primer was used in New England, which is estimated to have sold upwards to 3,000,000 copies from 1700 to 1850. Introduced in 1690, this reader was used in what now would be the 1st grade, and taught multitudes of children how to read for 200 years, until circa 1900. The alphabet was taught with Bible verses that began with each letter of the alphabet. Lessons had questions about the Bible and the Ten Commandments. An example of the Primer is, A = In Adam's fall, we sinned all. B = Heaven to find, the Bible mind."[20] In addition, approximately half of all American children learned from the McGuffey Reader, a series of textbooks of which 122 million copies were published (during a time when the population was much less than today, and books were passed on more). The first Reader was published in the 1830's, and was followed by five additional Readers, the last being published in 1885. This was an advanced teaching system for its time, written by William Holmes McGuffey, who later became a Presbyterian minister, and a work which earned him the title, “the Great Schoolmaster of the Nation.” McGuffey believed religion and education were to be interrelated and were essential to a healthy society. McGuffey exalted the Lord Jesus Christ, and used the Bible more than any other source, though the later revised editions (which used McGuffey’s name though he neither contributed to them nor approved their revisions) became more pluralistic in their moral instruction. The Readers were filled with stories of strength, character, goodness and truth, working to instill standards of basic Christian-based morality for more than a century.[21] McGuffey Readers became the standardized reading text for most schools across the United States, especially throughout the West and South, during the mid to late nineteenth century,[22] [23] and were used widely in America until just after World War I. This resulted in the Readers becoming a unifying force in American culture, giving America a common value-laden body of literary reference and allusion,[24] and “a sense of common experience and of common possession”.[25] The first public elementary schools also taught Christian morality, and even the Unitarian [note 1] Father of the Common School, Horace Mann (4 May 1796 — 2 August 1859), who became Massachusetts Secretary of Education in 1837, evidenced that he rightly understood that the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment did not prohibit officially favoring the general, common Christian faith and its morality, but that it forbade official sanction of one particular sect, such as by sanctioning its doctrinal distinctions, stating that “it may not be easy theoretically, to draw the line between those views of religious truth and of Christian faith which is common to all, and may, therefore, with propriety be inculcated in schools, and those which, being peculiar to individual sects, are therefore by law excluded; still it is believed that no practical difficulty occurs in the conduct of our schools in this regard.”[26] Mann also understood that the “laws of Massachusetts required the teaching of the basic moral doctrines of Christianity.” To critics who were alarmed at the concept of secular schools, he assured that his system "inculcates all Christian morals; it founds its morals on the basis of religion; it welcomes the religion of the Bible...," but he did exhort that Bible reading be without comment to discourage sectarian bickering.[27] Mann supported prohibition of alcohol and intemperance, slavery and lotteries, [28] and dreaded “intellectual eminence when separated from virtue”, and that education, if taught without moral responsibilities, would produce more evil than it inherited.[29] While the use of the Bible as a textbook had declined by the 1820s, the reading of it remained a standard practice in public schools, with the contention between Catholics and Protestants in Philadelphia and New York City during the 1840's being which version should be read, which even resulted in riots.[30] Reverence and use of the Bible was also prominent in higher education, with the second requirement of Harvard Universities Lawes of 1642 (after requiring literacy in Latin, which language the Scriptures were then mostly translated into), was that "Every one shall consider the main end of his life and studies to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life. (Joh. 17:3)[31] Overall, the nature of early colleges and universities was religious, and this continued at least until the Civil War. Even State colleges had significant religious (most always Christian) components, such as mandatory religion courses and attendance at chapel services, while large numbers of their faculties had formal religious training. [32] Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), the 26th president of the United States (1901-1905), can be seen expressing the importance of the Bible in education: Early elementary schools
Collegiate education
55 have learned to read in the Old and New Testaments, and are all able to spell words of three, four, and five syllables; 26 are now learning to read Dr. Watts' Hymns and spell words of two syllables; 10 are learning words of four and five letters. Of 509 out of the whole number admitted that did not know a single letter, 20 can now read the Bible and spell words of three, four, and five syllables, 29 read Dr. Watts' Hymns and spell words of two syllables, and 10 words of four and five letters.”[19]
Early elementary schools
Collegiate education
Not to be too nostalgic and all that, but in the old days, there was no internet, and no such thing as internet access in schools. Kids arguably learned more effectively in the old days. That’s a subject for a whole other thread, but, the point being, why do you need computers and internet in a school in the first place? If the judge requires access to pornography, get rid of the computers.
And how is it the responsibility of schools to educate kids about “LGBT” alphabet lifestyles in the first place?
It’s something called the “march through the institutions”. Some freepers probably know more than I do about it. But years ago, the hippie liberal radical types made decisions to work through the system, to enter education and government and business, in order to change these institutions from within.
Look at college teachers today, and how radical they are. What ever happened to the stereotypical college professor in a tweed jacket, a conservative sort of fellow? He’s long gone from academia.
It’s not, yet some judge in MA declared it is. That is all that this bullying stuff is about, just more gay stuff. Oh and the judge also said parents had no say in what the schools teach.
Get your kids OUT of public school! Put them in Christian school or homeschool. there very lives may depend on it. If your Church doesn’t run one, see about having them start one, My mother helped her congregation to do just that.
That is true. It is how they got homosexuality removed from the list of mental disorders.
I think we need to have a wave of class action suits against the schools. And when they reach the courts, do what these perverts do, judge shop!
Bookmark
How bout a little Occupy said judges front yard for a couple of months. At least his front sidewalk and in front of his court house.
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