Do you think that it is proper for the public schools to be teaching that the homosexual lifestyle is no different than the heterosexual lifestyle (ie, they're both equally acceptable)?
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I was under the impression that large-L Libertarians and most small-l libertarians approved of this teaching practice. That was my only point.
(And the ironic point is that true (L)libertarians wouldn't approve of public schools to begin with.)
The role of government is to secure our rights. That is the exact opposite of making me pay to educate someone else's kid, whether that education be about reading, writing and arithmetic - or why Jenny has two moms.
Your impression is wrong. I do not believe any substantial poll has ever been taken on the subject. Libertarian, like both Republicans and Democrats, are a collection of a wide range of people with a wide range of private beliefs. As with both the Republicans and Democrats, there are probably a good number Libertarians who have private or other public interests, unrelated to their party affiliation, that are consistent with your impression. But like most people in the country, the majority of Libertarians find quite disgusting much of what they would allow other people to do, and do not readily give an approving nod to what is taught in public schools.
I do however believe that most libertarians would not feel threatened, or fear for their children, by such teaching in school, even where they find the teaching quite disgusting. But this is just the opinion of one Libertarian who finds the entire matter both disgusting and petty to the point of sillyness.
No.
I was under the impression that large-L Libertarians and most small-l libertarians approved of this teaching practice. That was my only point.
Not in public schools - because most don't believe in public schools to begin with! As for whether most personally believe there's a moral equivalence... well, I don't see where most Objectivists would... object to it.
(And the ironic point is that true (L)libertarians wouldn't approve of public schools to begin with.)
Nope... which makes me wonder why you think they'd want the schools to teach an eqivalence between sexual practices. For all I know, you may be right and the LP (which I don't belong to, and don't really keep up with) may generally be for this kind of thing on a local scale until schools are privatized.