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  • Male Couples Face Pressure To Fill Cradles

    08/09/2012 6:58:41 PM PDT · by reaganaut1 · 84 replies
    New York Times ^ | August 9, 2012 | RACHEL L. SWARNS
    WASHINGTON — When the jubilant couple were wed in June, they exchanged personalized vows and titanium rings, cheered the heartfelt toasts and danced themselves breathless. Then, as the evening was winding down, unexpected questions started popping up. One after another, their guests began asking: Are you going to have kids? When are you going to have kids? Tom Lotito and Matt Hay, both 26, could not help but feel moved. They never imagined as teenagers that they would ever get married, much less that friends and family members would pester them about having children. “It’s another way that I feel...
  • Anti-bullying effort in Alameda under fire

    09/27/2009 12:45:14 PM PDT · by Maelstorm · 15 replies · 1,025+ views
    http://www.sacbee.com ^ | September 27, 2009 | By Jeff Mitchell
    A small East Bay school district's effort to protect children of nontraditional families from being bullied has sparked a lawsuit from an out-of-town Christian legal group and a campaign to recall three school board members. On one side are parents who believe the Alameda Unified School District board's decision to authorize a lesson in the so-called Caring Schools Community Curriculum violates their rights to teach their children about sexuality issues on their own terms and will indoctrinate their children into what they call the homosexual lifestyle. On the other are parents who believe the curriculum's Lesson 9 is vital for...
  • Children aged 13 groomed for terror

    06/07/2008 11:35:49 PM PDT · by FocusNexus · 11 replies · 177+ views
    UK Sunday Telegraph ^ | June 8, 2008 | David Leppard
    SCHOOLCHILDREN as young as 13 are being "groomed" for terrorism by Islamic extremists in the heartland of the 7/7 suicide bombers, according to Britain's most senior police officer charged with countering radicalisation. Sir Norman Bettison, chief constable of West Yorkshire, said some bright children entering secondary school were picking up extremist messages from internet chat rooms and people who wanted to turn them into terrorists. His force has now identified at least 10 youngsters - including two 13-year-olds - as "vulnerable" and formally referred them to a programme to wean them away from radicalism. ..... "They are not picking up...
  • Gay-straight group changes its name (Barf ALert!)

    05/24/2006 1:03:52 PM PDT · by DBeers · 31 replies · 816+ views
    The Capital Times (Madison, WI) ^ | May 24, 2006 | Ben Broeren
    Gay-straight group changes its name GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network of Wisconsin, announced a name change at its annual honors dinner at Monona Terrace. From now on, it will be known as the Gay-Straight Alliance for Safe Schools, Executive Director Cindy Crane announced Saturday. Crane explained the name change accompanied an "amicable" break from the national organization of GLSEN, she said in an interview Monday. The Madison-based chapter desired more independence than that offered by the national organization, which wanted to have more control over national campaigns. "We are a very independent chapter," Crane said. "We look...
  • Same-Sex Marriage for Kids

    03/18/2004 10:38:54 AM PST · by bigsky · 57 replies · 1,610+ views
    Human Events Online ^ | March 18, 2004 | Chris Field
    The debate over homosexual marriage has gone on loudly in this nation for a while now, and the Leftists in the establishment media, specifically those in the newspaper industry, have made their biases known to the world -- from the front page to the editorial page. But yesterday the Washington Post declared a new frontline in this cultural battle -- KidsPostKidsPost, as you might be able to discern from the title, is the page in the Washington Post dedicated to news for kids, providing issues of the day written in a way that they will understand. For example, today's KidsPost...
  • Reading, Writing, and ... Homosexuality?

    02/21/2004 10:43:16 AM PST · by DemWatch · 48 replies · 1,521+ views
    TownHall ^ | Feb. 21, 2004 | Doug Giles
    Gone are the Norman Rockwell days of sending young Scooter off to school with his satchel slung over his shoulder, PBJ sandwich in his Superman lunch box and a wide-eyed expectancy of learning, the kind that makes individuals and nations great. With regard to the safe and trusted haven that was the public school, the fat lady has officially sung. Not only did Big Mama sing a while back, she’s been in the grave decomposing for a solid 40 years. I hate to sound like a freaked out parent, but I AM A FREAKED OUT PARENT! -- and I’m seriously...