The writer below mocks and misrepresents a proposed Tennessee law:
The state's Senate just passed a bill that would make it illegal to teach about homosexuality in public schools from kindergarten through eighth grade. No gay marriage chatter. No gay rights banter. No gay gayness of any gay sort.
Dubbed the "Don't Say 'Gay' Bill" by opponents, the measure insists that any instruction or materials provided to students on the subject of sexuality must be "limited exclusively to natural reproductive science." Teachers who violate the rule could be fined up to $50 and sentenced to as many as 30 days behind bars.
Supporters say the bill allows parents, rather than teachers, to decide when and what (and, er, if?) their children learn about homosexuality.
Apart from being profoundly silly, the measure also is utterly unnecessary. "Gay lessons" aren't part of any grade-school or middle-school curriculum. Third-graders don't analyze the gender identity of "Judy Moody." Seventh-graders don't delve into the homoerotic subtext of Huck Finn, although maybe they should. If the subject comes up, though (I'm looking at you, Oscar Wilde), shouldn't it be addressed?
If this bill is approved when the House finally votes on it next year, Tennessee would be the first state to have such a law.
The worst thing about this bill is that it's dangerous. Outlawing the discussion of any subject sends a clear message that the subject is unacceptable and doesn't belong at school. Questioning your sexuality? Don't bring that burden to class. Have two moms at home? Keep it to yourself, kids.
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What is queer about the above effusion is its dishonesty. There is NO CHANCE of homosexual indoctrination in the schools? That is denying reality. Such indoctrination is even compulsory in California
And why shouldn't it be that "the subject is unacceptable and doesn't belong at school"? Maybe if the schools made a good job of teaching literacy and numeracy, there might be room to discuss the problems of a small minority.
And since when was school designed for therapy? Don't we have psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors and clergy to deal with personal problems?
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Parents, or teachers, are not the ones, or the only ones, who would tell children about homosexuality - other kids would or the media - in which case they would get a distorted view. Informing in an age-appropriate way about how the world is, is not "indoctrination" much less a recruitment campaign. Appropriate sex education that's not purely biological can also warn kids about adults who may be a danger and why.
That is until the leftists ACLU bring a lawsuit and some imperial judge over rules the will of the people like many imperial judges do like the infamous 9th circut court
Anon 1:14,
You display a total disconnect from reality if you believe this school (and many others) is not engaged in indoctrination. Or, you are gay and are simply furthering your agenda as most gays do. Many schools don't "teach" about the gay lifestyle, they "push" it on the children. There is no rational reason why school children should be learning about peoples sexual preferences. It's completely inappropriate. This law should be adopted nation-wide, "and enforced".
A.Levy - you can be accused of having an "anti-gay agenda". What I said was my honest opinion in which I was actually trying to be objective - sorry if that upset you.
Anon 1:14 AM
The "homoerotic subtext of Huckleberry Finn"? Come on!
Anon 1:14, who is it that permits the children to watch such media? Parents continually neglect to implement and enforce rules, instead embracing their little darlings as BFFs. Parents have a duty to raise their children in ways that promote self-control, personal responsibility, and personal accountability. The real issue here is that far too many parents fail miserably in their duty.
"Outlawing the discussion of any subject sends a clear message that the subject is unacceptable and doesn't belong at school."
Which is precisely why the very same folks complaining work their misappropriated butts off to outlaw the mention of God in our schools!
Obviously, Homosexuality IS unacceptable, and DOES NOT belong at school!
Dale,
Good point! I wonder what the school would say if the message was: "Jesus wants you to be nice to everyone, even those who are not like you!"
5:33,
neither will pedophilia go away but I don't want them teaching my kid how to be one and that they're normal.
even though it's found in nature. (pedophilia)
2:18 Are you sliding down the slippery slope? How about "I don't want them teaching my kid how to be a cannibal and that they're normal" (even if found in nature).
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