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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 03:45 PM
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Religious Right says copies of pro lesbian parenting book should be taught
in every school." (Heather Has Two Mommies)

This guy has a point. ;)

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/12/religious-right-says-copy-of-pro.html

"Ok, they didn't really say that de jure, but they did say it de facto. Let me explain.

America's Taliban thinks that any effort to stop teachers from talking about creationism in science class is "educational censorship." Okay, great. Then I assume they don't mind every grade school and high school teacher in the country telling their students that many people, including all the top scientific organizations and a number of mainstream religions like Reform Judaism, think being gay is 100% a-okay.

Anything less would be educational censorship. Don't you agree?

I'm serious. If the intelligent design debate is going on in your school district, then put forward a proposal that all the health classes, social studies classes, science classes, and any other class that even vaguely touches on marriage, human relationships, sex ed, or sexual reproduction in humans or animals teaches that the preponderance of scientific research says that being gay is genetic, normal and healthy, but that some people disagree.

Here are a few choice quotes from the wackos to use against them:"....
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 04:06 PM
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1. That person brought up an excellent point
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 04:26 PM
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2. Too bad the American Taliban don't respond to reason.
And too bad they don't understand the differece between prejudice in their la la land of biblical falacies and the truth in the reality based world.

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