Posted on 10/27/2003 8:39:18 AM PST by LiberalSlayer99
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:09:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Camille Caracappa, Eva Kadrey and their toddler, Nic, had created an idyllic life.
Eva and Nic would walk Camille to work, a nearby hospital where she was an oncology nurse. Eva and Nic would spend the day exploring Manhattan cafes and playgrounds or would head off for the New Jersey shore. Weekends meant get-togethers with Camille's large, close-knit family, or Camille and Nic would take off for their own special time of ice cream and swing-sets.
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That's what they all say.
We even have a freeper mom here who did the same thing you're doing. Bad idea. She was "tolerant", but not anymore.
Maybe we'll get lucky, and she'll join the thread.
People thought they could trust their priests, their school teachers, their neighbors, too.
I'm not surprised. Having done everything we can do to teach people to suppress the natural reaction to barf at the concept of homosexual behavior, it's no surprise that narcissistic, bored kids would experiment with homosex.
They also experiment with heterosex and drugs and tattoos and piercing strange parts of their body.
But there's no slippery slope. No, SIR! And this isn't the example of what was described at the end of Romans 1. No, SIR! Any similarity between modern western civilization and Romans 1 is purely coincidental. Yes, SIR!
Shalom.
Science doesn't support you, but it's really beside the point.
Scientists believe alcoholism is genetic, or at least the tendency toward it is.
It's still wrong and I wouldn't let an alcoholic adopt kids.
Shalom.
Pun intended?
Shalom.
Makes dating much more fun, though. Especially in a place like DC. You never know what your date might be into.
The interesting thing is that most of these women in no way conider themselves gay or even bi-sexual. At most, they'd call themselves bi-curious. They see it as a fad, something they'll do for a few years, then probably settle down when they get married.
Makes love and marriage nearly impossible, though.
I'm an adult, and I view these issues through the eyes of an adult, not a narcissistic teenager.
Shalom.
Who'd want to marry the leftovers? No wonder so many liberal women are spinsters or divorcies. Yuk!
Would you be surprised if I told you the people I generally hang out with are Republicans? You'd be surprised what Republican staffers do in their free time. I don't think it has anything to do with politics.
Not really- I'm engaged to one of those girls. It's never been an impediment.
Would you believe I think you're full of crap? (Are you one of those metoro - disco- girly boy men or something?)
A provocative article appeared in the New York Times (Metro Section, June 13, 1997, p. B7-8), entitled, "Elite Schools Face the Gay Issue." It clearly illustrated how moral-philosophical decisions to be made between parent and child can be reduced to issues of "science"--and sometimes also innacurate use of empirical evidence.
The article describes a parent-faculty meeting at The Spence School, a private enclave overlooking Central Park, where several eighth-grade girls had declared themselves "bisexual." The school called in a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, Dr. Justin Richardson--himself a gay man--to reassure the parents that lesbian experimentation is common, and that it was too soon to know if they would be lesbians or heterosexuals.
At the all-girl Brearly School two weeks earlier, Dr. Richardson told a parent group to advise their daughters as young as nine years old that they, too, may have sex with other girls in the future. "It is a good idea," he said, "to mention that people have sex with members of the same sex sometimes, and that when they grow up they may have friends that do that--and that it may be something that they themselves do."
"A small but growing number of students," the Times article reported, "have come out at these schools, or at least say that bisexuality is stylish." Parents are concerned, and Dr. Richardson--"pedigreed, carefully-spoken, determinedly nonthreatening--has become the schools' gay issues consultant of choice" because he is "sane and clear," according to the Spence headmaster.
Gay Issues Give Students a Cause for Rebellion To teenagers, gay rights provide a new civil-rights issue which can be used in rebellion against parents. Like all young people, today's teens enjoy making life uncomfortable for the older generation, while feeling they are taking "the moral high ground."
"They are fascinated by the extent to which it rattles the chains in the adult community," said one school administrator.
Gay teachers have spoken at thousands of public and private schools across the country, according to the Times, and as gay students' clubs spring up in the wake of these talks, some parents wonder if their children are being unduly influenced.
Some parents have asked Dr. Richardson if homosexual experimentation will affect their child's future orientation. He takes a "not to worry" approach, saying, "The answer is no. In fact, if this is a girl who has the genetic predisposition and early experience to grow up to be a heterosexual, then bisexual experimentation will probably only help her clarify that she is more attracted to males than to females."
Psychiatrist Richard C. Friedman of Cornell was not so sure. "Psychosexual development in girls leads to a lot more diverse pathways than in boys," he said. "There's no easy guideline."
The mother of a Brearly seventh grader expressed some reservations after the meeting with Dr. Richardson. "It almost seems like they're presenting homosexuality to the kids as the cool thing to do...Girls' schools...pride themselves on 'Girls can do anything,' so it almost gets to the point of, 'Who needs men?'
Dr. Richardson admitted that students often tell him that "bisexuality is in vogue."
Lack of self-esteem, or couldn't do any better?
Yet.
Well, it's the truth. I hang out with a good number of Republican Hill staffers (my college roommate works for the Speaker). I've fairly recently gone through college and law school. So, these are just everyday life observations.
Sounds about right.
My, my, weren't we raised with good manners? It's quite unsporting to critisize someone who isn't here to speak for herself.
I'll take my double Ivy-league educated, Colonel's daughter six-figure making lawyer future wife any day of the week.
Why so afraid of the whole thing?
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