School holds surprise 'Gay' Day for kindergartners
Parents outraged at public elementary's secretive 'coming out' event
Posted: October 22, 2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Some parents are shocked to find their children are learning to be homosexual allies and will participate in "Coming Out Day" at a public elementary school tomorrow – and they claim the school failed to notify parents.
One mother of a kindergartner who attends Faith Ringgold School of Art and Science, a K-8 charter school in Hayward, Calif., said she asked her 5-year-old daughter what she was learning at school. The little girl replied, "We're learning to be allies."
The mother also said a Gay Straight Alliance club regularly meets in the kindergarten classroom during lunch.
According to a Pacific Justice Institute report, Faith Ringgold opted not to inform the parents of its pro-homosexual activities beforehand. The school is celebrating "Gay and Lesbian History Month" and is in the process of observing "Ally Week," a pro-"gay" occasion usually geared toward high school students.
The school is scheduled to host discussions about families and has posted fliers on school grounds portraying only homosexuals. According to the report, a "TransAction Gender-Bender Read-Aloud" will take place Nov. 20. Students will listen to traditional stories with "gay" or transgender twists, to include "Jane and the Beanstalk."
Some parents only recently noticed posters promoting the school's "Coming Out Day" tomorrow – celebrated 12 days after the national "Coming Out Day" usually observed on Oct. 11. When WND contacted the school to confirm the event, a female representative replied, "Yes, it is scheduled on our calendar."
When asked if the school made any efforts to inform parents, she refused to answer and said Hayward Unified School District would have to respond to additional questions. However, the district did not answer its phones or e-mails, and a voicemail recording would not take messages. "Coming Out Day" is not listed on the district's online school
calendar.
Some of the parents contacted Pacific Justice Institute for representation when they learned the school was pushing pro-"gay" events for young children without warning.
Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute, said opponents of California's proposed ban on same-sex marriage, or Proposition 8, often say the measure would not have an effect on public schools – but this is one of many recent developments that prove otherwise.
"Do we need any further proof that gay activists will target children as early as possible?" he asked. "Opponents of traditional marriage keep telling us that Prop. 8 has nothing to do with education. In reality, they want to push the gay lifestyle on kindergartners, and we can only imagine how much worse it will be if Prop. 8 is defeated. This is not a scenario most Californians want replayed in their elementary schools."
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Now, what is MY position on this? I am totally and unequivocally against indoctrinating public school children by ANY group - Gay, Straight, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu - whatever!! This is NOT the job of our public schools. Tell the government to STOP trying to raise your children to be good little robots.
They can't reproduce, they have to recruit.
"We're all riding on the Hindenburg, no sense fighting over the window seats"-Richard Jenni
Homophobia is just as ugly as racism or antisemitism.
You can't "recruit" someone to be gay anymore then you can recruit them to be straight.
I agree that it shouldn't be up to the schools to teach our children about certain things but until we teach our children tolerance at home maybe its the only place they will learn it.
I don't believe being Gay or Lesbian is a natural occurrence. It's just these types of indoctrinations which lead people to believe something that is fundamentally wrong to be OK. I call it brainwashing. I am not Homophobic and have known several people who chose this lifestyle after they were old enough to make the decision for themselves. To Each their Own. It doesn't have to be promoted in a public school. As far as the parents not teaching children tolerance at home... maybe, just maybe the parents want to teach tolerance and the promotion of a heterosexual lifestyle over that of a homosexual. Just because parents don't actively promote homosexuality does not make them intolerant of it. I know a lot of people whose children have been raised to believe in GOD and religion. We do not see the tolerance of that activity being taught in public schools anymore (at least without a public outcry) because of the intolerance of the non-religious. So, why should this be any different?
In complete 100% agreement with The Kat. ;^)
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Hey, I'm all for tolerance and and all against hate, but what does that have to do with introducing little children in Kindergarten to issues faced by Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgenders?!! AND without parents' prior knowledge!?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445865,00.html