Gay Book Flap Erupts Again At Lexington School

[OnyxCougar]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Probably, but irrelevant. I just picked it at random as an example of a classic story with what could be termed heterosexual romance.

Actually, it is irrelevant, since that is the story you're comparing it to. (I've also seen Snow White thrown around as an example.)

I don't think I was ever read "Cinderella" or other fairy tales in a school setting. All that was courtesy Disney, not read to me in school.

And, without trying to derail... Disney and DVD's et al are being used by far too many parents as babysitters.

My point remains that I don't mind if the book is available in the library but I don't feel it should be read to a child that is forced to sit there and absorb it. This is indocrination defined.

Me either, which is why I phrased it as a hypothetical - assuming they are equal in romantic/sexual content except for the genders of the participants, what makes one worse? ... OK, so you won't say indecent, so let's use your word. What makes one inappropriate and the other fine?

My religious beliefs put me at odds with many things society (nowadays) accepts. Some of these are: homosexuality, abortion, and evolution. I don't believe it's right, I don't believe it should be force fed to my child, I don't care who pays for it.

If everyone is paying for it, then everyone should have a fair and equal say. If I don't want my child forced to listen to a book featuring homosexual behavior, then I will pull my child out of school that day.

Why is that so terrible?

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

If my kids aren't in the public school system, why should I have to pay for it?

Dunno...but when I needed to put Daughter #1 in a private school for a while to protect her from bullying, the tax people were very sticky about refunding any taxes because of it. If you want something different from government-issue education, it costs extra.

And somehow I don't think the Norristown Area district is going to let me stop paying once Daughter #2 graduates; based on the 10% increase in next year's preliminary budget they already have that money spent and then some.

If you want to go to an all-private education system, I certainly won't oppose it. But you'll have to explain it to the parents who beleve they have a right to have you pay for it.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

And again, Maggie, you keep touting "go to private school". Well, that's great, I'd love to, but then give me an option to stop paying the educational portion of my taxes. If my kids aren't in the public school system, why should I have to pay for it?

You pay school taxes because you own a home, not because you have kids in public school.
If you choose to put your kids in public school, you pretty much have to accept that they are a captive audience to the curriculum. How could teachers possibly be expected to seek approval, from each child's parents, for each day's lessons? It would take hours to make those phone calls, every day, on the off chance that someone might object to something at some point and want to pull their kid out for the day.

If you want more control of your child's education there are other options for you, like public cyber charter schools. They are free, they usually supply the computer, and you can shop around for the curriculum you like best.

[twentycentshift]

wow...... kinda wordy......

teach the truth, and let the chips fall where they may.

public schools cannot give preference to any religion. this is not a theocracy. don't like it. move to theocracy, like iraq, or afghanistan.

get over it, and just let people be themsleves. love them. god will do the judging, not us.

[Munchkin]

This book isn't actually teaching sexuality though. It's a book about a prince that has to find a mate. That mate, in this book, ends up being another man...So yes, it introduces an alternative kind of family, but it doesn't really say... hey...these are two guys and theyre gonna go at it like your mommy and daddy do....

And in this particular school, there are kids with two mommies or two daddies.... especially in a diverse place like this do the children need to have those doors of communication opened early... My co - worker has two kids in a school where a lot of the kids have gay parents... his kids are 9 and 6... they understand what it is... there is nothing wrong with kids knowing that sometimes a man loves a man or a woman loves a woman. They don't need to know the sexy details yet...just like they dont need to know the sexy details of a hetero relationship.

[TiddyBaby]

huh?

your values preach hate, and I seem to hear "hatred" akin to the KKK

[TiddyBaby]

If a father wants to protest,.... cool, I think McCarthy did the same thing.

Fucking red herrings...

Hopefully some sane people might squash the biggoted "scapegoat" emotionalisms that have gone on far too long.

[TiddyBaby]

Anybody Interested in getting rid of the athiest evil anti-christ Republicans that blew up the Twin Towers, and missled the Pentagon section that was blown apart.... JUST so Americans could hate the Islams that the Anti-Christ USA Administration pitched us up against>


How about that Xtian Boy, Wake the fuck up... STOP being such a "TOOL"

[jaguar]

I'm glad jordan always addresses the issues and debates rationally about the points raised instead of resorting the vitrol and profanity of an agape cavernous anus.

Jordon is one of those people who while holding a good mixed bag of the usual prejudices deep down, knows they're not acceptable and so attempts to wrap them up in various ways to make them less ugly, like putting a piece of dog shit in Christmas paper. This can be summed up in something like 'I'm all for gay marriage, just don't like the fucking fags near my kids' or 'it's simple human decency to not expose 7 year olds to love between people of the same gender'.

Also, I may be wrong on this but my understanding is it is now scientifically possible to take the DNA(or S, or C) from an egg, put it in a sperm and use it to impregnate an egg, meaning that one can in fact, have two mothers. Furthermore this I believe, I'll check later, is the 21st century, we've moved beyond defining gender roles by sexuality, catch up.

By the way, can you point me to the vitrol and profanity in "There is no non-bigoted reason to oppose gay marriage.", I keep looking but end up back an agape anus.

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by jaguar

Also, I may be wrong on this but my understanding is it is now scientifically possible to take the DNS from an egg...

Hiya Jag. :-)

Cool...I didn't know you could take the DNS from an egg. I didn't even know they had IP addys.

Must be an IPV6 thing. :-)

[Munchkin]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

*snip*
Cool...I didn't know you could take the DNS from an egg. I didn't even know they had IP addys.

Must be an IPV6 thing. :-)

LMFAO

Originally Posted by jaguar

I'm glad jordan always addresses the issues and debates rationally about the points raised instead of resorting the vitrol and profanity of an agape cavernous anus...




By the way, can you point me to the vitrol and profanity in "There is no non-bigoted reason to oppose gay marriage.", I keep looking but end up back an agape anus.

Back on page one

Originally Posted by Jordan

Let's look at some of the new texts for this fall's second graders:

Daddy likes it up the ass
Pappa's Prolapsed Rectum
Daddy loved sucking dick more than he loved me; (that's why he's all crusted over with Kaposi's Sarcomas)
One Dick, Two Dick, Big Dick, You Dick
Dykes on Tikes
The Fag in the Bag who wants to Shag
My Secret Friend who Lurks in the Restroom
The Leering Queer who gave me Beer

The voice of calm, unbiased reason.

[TiddyBaby]

hahahah, is that "back" or "black" angus apes

[jaguar]

It's the DNS name you want, otherwise they have really bland personalities. It also helps finding them when it comes to implant time.

[TiddyBaby]

Damn, i just finished Brave New World, and John Savage only ends up hanging around.