Pro-Homosexual Posters Fostering 'Intolerance,' Says Family Advocate

[kweerwolf]

A pro-family leader says five public school teachers in the San Francisco Bay area are putting their jobs on the line to protect their students from "propaganda" that homosexual activists have forced into the classroom.

Five teachers at San Leandro High School have refused to abide by a school district order to display a rainbow flag poster in their classrooms. The notebook paper-sized poster sports the logo for the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) as well as the inverted pink triangle, an international symbol for "gay pride." Addressing itself to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning youth," the poster reads: "This is a safe place to be who you are. This sign affirms that support and resources are available for you in this school."

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"This is not about religion, sex, or a belief system," Lim told the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is about educators making sure our schools are safe for our children, regardless of their sexual orientation."

However, Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute (CFI) takes issue with that statement. He believes Lim's talk of safety is cover for the homosexual agenda. "What produce is intolerance toward anyone who won't accept homosexuality," he says, adding that in this case, that means "teachers who know that it's not a good thing to sell kids on the idea that it's okay to be gay."

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/302006a.asp

I just love pulling stories from the American Family Association web site. They are so off the wall that I have a hard time believing the folks at AFA can remember to breath on their own without being reminded.

[prole_for_peace]

1. but it IS ok to be gay. grrrr

these people make me re-think my anti-violence stance.

[Occulus]

2. You're not alone in that. n/t

[kevinbgoode]

3. Perhaps if students were encouraged to express their

intolerance of conservative christians, Bobby would be right there demanding a "safe haven" for christo-fascists to promote hatred.

Just because some hetero-supremacist wants to believe that homosexuality is unhealthy doesn't make it so. . .and Bob Knight needs his head examined if he believes that he has an inherent right to intimidate someone else's education because he doesn't want to "accept" that person's identity. Too fuc*ing bad, Bob. I don't want to accept there are freaks like you either. And since your religious lifestyle is both chosen and unhealthy, don't be asking me to accept your chosen bulls*it.

[Ally McLesbian]

4. More example

of Christian death cult cultural bullying.

It's WAR. If I have to burn a mound of Death Books (AKA Bibles) to get my point across, I will.

[saltpoint]

5. This Bob Knight guy protesteth too much.

Maybe he needs to take a day off and just whack his dong a few times to relax.

It sounds to me like the classroom teacher is doing a good job. If you don't understand the meaning of the symbols the Nazis used to demean and then murder human beings, you're missing a hell of a lot of the point of the Third Reich.

Let's graduate young people who know their history.

[NMMNG]

6. I call bullsh*t

"What produce is intolerance toward anyone who won't accept homosexuality,"

I see, so it's ok for you to promote intolerance. But if somebody else puts up posters promoting tolerance, that is wrong because it promotes intolerance of you intolerant bigots? Someone shoot me in the head because I don't get the logic in that. :banghead:

[BR_Parkway]

10. Not supposed to get logic, just dig deep and give generously - that's

what it all comes down - scare the masses one way or another so they'll send money. I'm sure the Pharisees in the Temple were making similar statements.

[xchrom]

7. i hope that fuck feels persecuted enough to leave the country.

though what country other than iran would have that paranoid freak tapeworm is beyond me.

[sui generis]

8. Oh he's welcome to move to Iran

I'll even buy him a one way first class ticket on an airline of his choice if he'd like to take that challenge.

[xchrom]

9. i'll chip in!

[ninkasi]

11. I am so sick

of hearing right-wingers screech about some "homosexual agenda." GLBT people are just asking for the same civil rights as other citizens. They are not trying to force anybody else to change their sexual orientation, unlike the homophobes, who claim to be able to "cure" homosexuality. When we are born, we are born with a sexual orientation. It is not a conscious choice, it is not a religious decision, it is not anything but what we are when we are born.

I am a going on 63 year old heterosexual woman. I will not have ANYBODY, from Bush to Pat Robertson to the Pope, telling me that homosexuality is a sin. A dear, sweet friend...he is my daughter's best friend...came to me when he and my daughter were about 15, and spilled out his guts to me. He was attracted to guys, wondered if he was going to hell, as his alcoholic mother assured him he was...he was so lost and confused and scared. I told him that from what I knew, we are all born with an attraction to the opposite sex, or our own; in some cases, it's both.

I gave him the same warnings I gave my beautiful daughter...not to let older guys take advantage of him, to wait a bit longer before having a sexual relationship, because of his age, but I also told him that it's always better to have love in your life than not. If the true, deep, love he could have was to be with another man, then as long as the man was decent, and loved him back, that would be all that counted.

Now, he is 39 years old. He has been with the same loving partner for many years, and they recently adopted a little boy, and are so into the parenthood thing, and such a beautiful, loving, wonderful family. Anybody who thinks his family is not as valid, or important, as others, is screwed up. They are beautiful, and would be an asset to any community.

The child they adopted is white, but older, so no loving heterosexual couple wanted him. He does have a few emotional scars, which will require a great deal of patience and love to overcome. How dare they, the haters, the rabid fundies, criticize things they will never understand, such as love, tolerance, and complete acceptance of others? They make me sick.

To all of you who love, do so proudly, with no apologies. You are the spirits who make the light shine. Love is stronger than hate, and it is nobody else's business who you love, or how. Keep on striving for equal rights, which should be your right, after all, and not a privilege, and know that hundreds of thousands of us heteros join you in your fight. Love is better than hate. Never, ever forget that.