http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/indoctrination/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:52:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415630/posts For research I'm doing into the facts about the effects of gay parents on children. I've heard so much about how there are absolutely no differences on kids when they've been brought up in a "Heather Has Two Mommies" kind of household, but I've seen very little, if any research. The URL I found above seems like a lot of puffery. I am not looking for opinions, but links and reports on any studies into this. If you have worked with this population, your insights would be welcomed. self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415630/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:52:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413159/posts I wanted to post my daughter's letter to President Obama. (6th grade) Her teacher asked the class to each write their own letter. Apparently her teacher thinks that "free health care" is important. I told my daughter that there was no such thing as "free" and that we pay for it with taxes. This was a bit of a shock to her. Here is the letter to the president after that explanation. Thought that FReepers might enjoy it :) Dear, President Barrack Obama, I think you have great taste in teams because you like the White Sox and so do... Nachum's daughter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413159/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:43:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407547/posts They go out of their way to not mention Jesus or any reference to Christmas being a Christian holiday and then they want the kids to sing "Allah is god." The height of liberal PC insanity..... A battle over religion is brewing in central Indiana after a public school wanted second graders to sing a song declaring, “Allah is God.” The phrase was removed just before the performance after a national conservative group launched a protest. The principal of Lantern Road Elementary School in Fishers, IN, said they were trying to teach inclusiveness through their holiday production. It included references... Todd Starnes on Fox News via weaselzippers.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407547/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407561/posts An elementary school in Indiana reportedly removed a mention of Allah in its holiday show after protests from a national conservative Christian group. Lantern Road Elementary Principal Danielle Thompson told IndyStar.com that school officials in Fishers, Ind., attempted to teach inclusiveness through the second-grade program that included portions on Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa. "It went off last night without a hitch," Thompson told the Web site. "Several families thought it was a nice program." FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407561/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405917/posts History serving “a social aim,” rather than chronicling the past in a detached manner, is what readers get in A People’s History of the United States. With any luck, “The People Speak,” the History Channel documentary based on the book that premieres this Sunday, will be, like so many Hollywood productions, unfaithful to the original. Given A People’s History of the United States’ infidelity to facts, this might be the only chance viewers have of seeing anything resembling an accurate retelling of history.Through Zinn’s looking-glass, Maoist China, site of history’s bloodiest state-sponsored killings, transforms into “the closest thing, in the... Big Hollywood (breitbart) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405917/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405641/posts I’ve received a lot of e-mail asking why I haven’t written about the controversy over Kevin Jennings, Barack Obama’s “safe schools” czar. To be honest, the story is so shocking that I haven’t quite grasped how to approach it. Jennings ran an outfit called Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) from its inception in 1995 until last year. During that time, as Jim Hoft at Big Government has detailed, GLSEN offered sex education seminars to young teenagers within the framework of public education that went way, way beyond explanations of human biology and disease transmission. According to multiple sources,... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405641/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:52:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404932/posts ObamaÂ’s Safe Schools CzarÂ’s Teen Conference Literature Pushed Anal Sex in Parks With Strangers December 10, 2009 Jim Hoft In March 2000 the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) organization of Massachusetts held its 10 Year Anniversary GLSEN/Boston conference at Tufts University. This conference was fully supported by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Safe Schools Program, the GovernorÂ’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, and some of the presenters even received federal money. During the 2000 conference, workshop leaders led a “youth only, ages 14-21″ session that offered lessons in “fisting” a dangerous sexual practice. During the same... GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404932/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404136/posts A former Duke University employee and adoptive gay father charged with molesting his five-year-old son--and offering the boy as a sex object to pedophiles online--is expected to make a plea bargain, according to a Dec. 1 article in local newspaper the Durham Herald Sun. Frank Lombard faces charges stemming from alleged instances in which he molested his young adopted son and chatted about the deeds online even as he carried them out. It’s thought that the U.S, Attorney’s Office is positioning the case for a plea arrangement because the Office is set to file an "information," which allows the prosecution... Edge (gay pride mag from Boston) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404136/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403945/posts Clearly, Kevin Jennings' GLSEN did/does not follow policies that safeguard children. There seems to be a pattern here. At GLSEN conferences in Atlanta (1999), Chicago (2000), and Boston (2005), teenage attendees were able to pick up directories to gay "leather" bars (where homosexuals meet for anonymous sex and sadomasochistic "play"). In 2005, GLSEN recommended the infamous "Ramrod" bar in Boston in the Little Black Book: Queer in the 21st Century, handed out to teens at their Boston conference. (The booklet described the Ramrod: "oldschool speakeasy. Leather, denim. Woof."),and Leather Bar: a bar frequented by gays, often sadomasochists, dressed typically in... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403945/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:01:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403913/posts Children are uniquely malleable beings, readily convinced of magically colorful tales – Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are the first that come to mind. This innocence is beautiful, but it is a quality that can easily fall victim to radically foreign ideas if taught consistently and pervasively at an early age. One need only look at the birth of fascism or socialism to see a recipe for how radical ideas become ubiquitous among a nation’s youth. Enter Howard Zinn – an author, professor and American historian – who, with the help of Hollywood and the History Channel, intends to... Big Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403913/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403743/posts WARNING: This editorial includes discussion of topics that are sexually graphic. Under usual circumstances, we would never entertain these subjects or the rancid language involved. In this case, however, a very unusual exception must be made because the issues are central to the background of a senior presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Education who is in a position to influence how and what our children are taught in our nation's schools. Thus far, out of fear or squeamishness, there has been public hesitance to examine closely the beliefs of this individual because many are afraid even to touch... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403743/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:00:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403029/posts This veteran teacher says that if parents believe that keeping their children out of sex-ed classes will prevent the children from hearing and believing the agenda that permeates our schools, they are wrong. It might make the parent feel good and give a false sense of security that all is okay under his roof. But what about GLSEN's "Integrated Curriculum Plan?" How does a parent remove his child from math, science, English, social studies, and foreign languages when teachers have been taught to plant little contaminated seeds into the fertilized ground of the usual daily lessons? This teacher's name will... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403029/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:41:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403026/posts Jennings and the Massachusetts Department of Education knew beforehand what the "sexuality educators" would discuss with children at the "****ing" workshop. The instructor Margot Abels said so herself, and was disappointed when she later became their scapegoat. Jennings, after all, worked hand in hand with the Mass. Department of Education from the beginning, as co-chair of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth education committee, which set up the statewide program, "Safe Schools for Gay and Lesbian Students" in the DOE. That is the program the ****ing workshop instructors worked for. massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403026/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:38:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402936/posts GLSEN’s stated mission is to empower gay youth in the schools and to stop harassment by other students. It encourages the formation of Gay Student Alliances and condemns the use of hateful words. GLSEN also strives to influence the educational curriculum to include materials which the group believes will increase tolerance of gay students and decrease bullying. To that end, GLSEN maintains a recommended reading list of books that it claims “furthers our mission to ensure safe schools for all students.” In other words, these are the books that GLSEN’s directors think all kids should be reading: gay kids should... First Things http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402936/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:07:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402330/posts Pencils and notebooks resembling President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign ads have been sold in at least one Columbia school and other public schools, causing the company that distributes the materials to travel around the state yanking the supplies out of machines. “Don’t be mad at us,” said Greg Jones, a sales representative with Pencil Wholesale. “It was a total accident.” Pencil Wholesale distributes supplies to six Columbia schools: Parkade Elementary, Cedar Ridge Elementary, Paxton Keeley Elementary, Mill Creek Elementary, Smithton Middle School and Hickman High School, said Linda Quinley, the district’s chief financial officer. At Mill Creek, at least one... Page A1 of the Thursday, December 3, 2009 edition of The Columbia Daily Tribune. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402330/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400702/posts A judge has attacked parents, suggesting they are bigots for seeking to opt-out their elementary-age children from a mandatory controversial pro-homosexual curriculum, according to a non-profit law firm. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400702/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 02:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396824/posts The latest initiative by our "Children's Secretary", Ed Balls, is to abolish what remains of fact-based teaching of history and geography in our schools. He plans to "roll them together into themed lessons on social issues such as global warming" (funny how that seems to seep into everything nowadays). The ruthless drive of educational progressives to eliminate history-teaching from schools has been under way since the 1960s. The aim is to ensure that children know nothing about their country's past or how the world came to be as it is, leaving their minds blankly open to whatever vacuous progressive claptrap... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396824/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396747/posts When did global warming turn into a forced religion? My daughter came home from school re cently with a spring in her step and a song on her lips. With no foreshadowing -- or time to call an exorcist -- out came this chilling refrain: " . . . You can hear the warning -- GLOBAL WARMING . . . " By the time her father and I removed our jaws from the floor, we had learned that: A) All the kids had been coerced into singing this catchy ditty, which we called "The Warming Song," at a concert for... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396747/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393156/posts From the people that brought you The Story of Stuff, a new video telling The Story of Cap & Trade is set for release from Free Range Studios and Climate Justice Now on December 1st. Here's the teaser: Global Warming is Real http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393156/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:41:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392222/posts LEXINGTON, Va. — Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll. The federal Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has an ongoing investigation of a sex discrimination complaint at the small, state-supported school that so far has taken nearly a year and a half — three times longer than usual. Defenders say VMI has worked hard to recruit women and make them comfortable since the U.S. Supreme Court ordered co-education in 1997, but women... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392222/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:51:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387724/posts American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday. Latest statistics on chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis show the three highly treatable infections continue to spread in the United States. "Chlamydia and gonorrhea are stable at unacceptably high levels and syphilis is resurgent after almost being eliminated," said John Douglas, director of the division of sexually transmitted diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We have among the highest rates of STDs of any developed country in the world," Douglas added in a... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387724/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385485/posts The NEA’s (National Education Association’s, a.k.a. Nefarious Elitist A****’) recommended reading list includes two books by Brother O mentor and communist community organizer Saul Alinsky that advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. The Democrat-controlled teachers’ union praises Alinsky’s Reveille for Radicals and Rules for Radicals as “an inspiration to anyone contemplating action in their community! And to every organizer!” The following book quotations are from the NEA website: “The Radical does not sit frozen by cold objectivity. He sees injustice and strikes at it with hot passion. He is a man of decision and action. “Society has good... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385485/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:56:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379921/posts Feeling the Obama Love Bethany Stotts, November 6, 2009 Is there an Obamania epidemic in America’s public schools? John Nolte, editor in chief at Big Hollywood, writes that 11 uncovered videos of students praising President Obama were recently “dropped in our email box;” he describes public school demonstrations of affection (psdas) for the President as an educational epidemic. “What seemed like an aberration now appears to be a troubling pattern,” he writes. The 11 videos, one of has since been removed from YouTube, mostly feature students from High School down through kindergarten performing rap, music videos and other performances in... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379921/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:41:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378448/posts The National Education Association has made a glowing assessment of radical socialist community organizer Saul Alinsky and is enthusiastically recommending American public school teachers read two of his books, including one dedicated to Satan. On its website, the NEA dubs Alinsky "an inspiration to anyone contemplating action in their community! And to every organizer!" It recommends Alinsky's "Reveille for Radicals," a 1946 book about the principles and tactics of "community organizing," and "Rules for Radicals," a 1971 text that articulated a socialist strategy for gaining political power to redistribute wealth from the "haves" to the "have-nots." The NEA, the largest... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378448/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:48:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378510/posts Andrew Sullivan: The truth about civil marriage - why it is the essential criterion for gay equality - is that it alone explodes this core marginalization and invisibility of gay people. It alone can reach those gay kids who need to know they have a future as a dignified human being with a family. It alone tells society that gay people are equal in their loves and in their hearts and in their families - not just useful in a society with a need for talented or able individuals whose private lives remain perforce sequestered from view. This is why... The Daily Dish http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378510/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:53:29 GMT