Teachers instructed in 'gay' inclusion
Damian J. Anderson
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_fosterj_news/20000707_xnfoj_teachers_i.shtml
WorldNetDaily
Friday July 7 2000
BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
Teachers instructed
in 'gay' inclusion
Classroom flyer advises faculty
to 'work on your own biases'
By Julie Foster
Š 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
Teachers at a Massachusetts high school are being encouraged to "work on
[their] own biases" against homosexuality in order to create a "safe zone"
for students struggling with sexuality issues.
A handout distributed to all faculty of the Springfield High School of
Science and Technology lists 11 suggestions "to protect the most maligned
victims in today's society -- the gay, lesbian and bisexual students."
Titled "What teachers can do to make schools safe for lesbians, gays and
bisexuals," the guidelines were accompanied by two news articles and a
cover letter from advisers to the Gay-Straight Alliance, a student club
that deals with sexuality issues. The letter stated, "Please read it and
put it to use if you will."
Some of the guidelines include general suggestions, such as, "Make it
clear that harassment of and discrimination against gay, lesbian and
bisexual students will not be tolerated in your classrooms, in the
hallway, or anywhere else at your place of employment."
Others, however, were more specific, pertaining to curriculum and personal
beliefs, including:
* Make your curriculum inclusive of gay, lesbian and bisexual people by
including GLB [gay, lesbian and bisexual] components in a variety of
ways in a variety of courses;
* Inform yourself about the needs of and resources for gay, lesbian and
bisexual students. Learn about and refer to community organizations.
Familiarize yourself with current resources and call them before you
refer to make sure they are ongoing. Also, become aware of gay-themed
bibliographies and refer to gay-positive books;
* Have something gay-related visible in your office. A poster, a flyer,
a brochure, a book, a button, a bumper sticker. ... This will identify
you as a safe person to talk to and will hopefully allow a gay,
lesbian, bisexual or questioning youth to break his/her silence. SAFE
ZONE CAMPAIGN stickers and resources can provide this visibility;
* Normalize and validate students' feelings about their sexuality. Let
them know that you support and believe them. If you cannot be
supportive, please refer to someone who can be. Then work on your own
biases by reading, learning and talking to people comfortable with
this issue.
Teachers are also encouraged to use "inclusive language that implicitly
allows for gay, lesbian and bisexual possibilities by using 'parent'
rather than 'mother' or 'father,' 'spouse' or 'partner' rather than 'wife'
or 'husband,' etc."
Critics of the guidelines say "safe schools" efforts are being used as
fronts for promotion of the homosexual lifestyle.
"We can't ignore the fact that kids get picked on and harassed," said Ed
Vitagliano, spokesman for the American Family Association. "Schools should
teach kids to respect everyone -- kids that are overweight, kids from
different socio-economic backgrounds or even kids who self-identify as gay
or lesbian. The solution is to enforce school policies which forbid verbal
and physical harassment, not specifically indoctrinating kids about
homosexuality."
"Homosexual activists, however, aren't interested in a compromise
position," he continued. "And this demonstrates that the school-safety
issue is a smoke screen for a broader agenda. If it wasn't, activists
would be only too happy to recognize and respect the moral and religious
views of parents who don't want their kids taught about homosexuality."
Vitagliano told WorldNetDaily the American Family Association is "not
surprised at this latest attempt to push this agenda unashamedly on
teachers who may be uncomfortable with it."
"The attempt to portray resistance to this new policy as a bias or
homophobia is standard operating procedure for homosexual activists. It's
an attempt to intimidate and coerce teachers so that they will fall in
line with this push in elementary schools," he said.
Massachusetts has long been seen as a leader in public acceptance of
homosexuality, having both the Governor's Task Force on Hate Crimes and
the Safe Schools Project.
The state came under fire in March after a parent audio-recorded a class
titled "What They Didn't Tell You About Queer Sex and Sexuality in Health
Class: Workshop for Youth Only, Ages 14-21." The presentation, held at
Tufts University on March 25 and led by two state employees, was part of
a seminar for the community sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network.
As reported in WorldNetDaily, the state employees were recorded giving
graphic and explicit instruction in homosexual sex practices to teenagers.
Though officials in the Department of Education condemned the specific
actions of the state workers, advocates of the program insist such
seminars are necessary to protect students.
Attached to the guidelines given to teachers in Springfield just two days
after the seminar were two news articles describing acts of violence and
harassment against students.
In one case, three students were charged with assault and civil-rights
violations after they taunted a fellow student on the bus for several
weeks, saying she was a "lesbian." While the students were waiting for the
bus after school, the three teen-agers attacked the victim, causing head
and internal injuries, according to the report.
"We think it's wonderful when schools work on training their staff on
issues related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth," said
Andrea Hildebran, public education director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates &
Defenders.
"GLBT kids take a lot of harassment and violence in schools. It's great
that there are some school districts that have gone to the effort of
trying to make sure they have a completely safe experience and safe
opportunity to access education like everybody else," she said.
Responding to Vitagliano's statement about "safe school" programs being
used as "smoke screens," Hildebran explained, "There are many different
circumstances in which kids get harassed, but a big one is because kids
are gay. If they have to be cautious about revealing their sex identity or
their concerns about their sexual identity where they know they're going
to face homophobia, that's a huge barrier to getting any help facing what
can be very violent harassment."
She added, "The kind of harassment we're talking about isn't neutral. It
is because of perceived sexual orientation. If the adults responsible for
helping kids don't understand the issues, they're not going to be much
help."
Faculty at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology were
unavailable for comment.
--
Damian J. Anderson <dam...@unification.net> http://www.unification.net
Alex
"Damian J. Anderson" wrote:
> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_fosterj_news/20000707_xnfoj_teachers_i.shtml
>
> WorldNetDaily
>
> Friday July 7 2000
>
> BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
> Teachers instructed
> in 'gay' inclusion
> Classroom flyer advises faculty
> to 'work on your own biases'
>
> By Julie Foster
> © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
>
> Teachers at a Massachusetts high school are being encouraged to "work on
> [their] own biases" against homosexuality in order to create a "safe zone"
> for students struggling with sexuality issues.
>
> A handout distributed to all faculty of the Springfield High School of
> Science and Technology lists 11 suggestions "to protect the most maligned
> victims in today's society -- the gay, lesbian and bisexual students."
Is sex under age of 18 legal at all?
Alex.
toto
wrote:
>
>
>"Damian J. Anderson" wrote:
>
>> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_fosterj_news/20000707_xnfoj_teachers_i.shtml
>>
>> WorldNetDaily
>>
>> Friday July 7 2000
>>
>> BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
>> Teachers instructed
>> in 'gay' inclusion
>> Classroom flyer advises faculty
>> to 'work on your own biases'
>>
>> By Julie Foster
>> ż 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
>>
>> Teachers at a Massachusetts high school are being encouraged to "work on
>> [their] own biases" against homosexuality in order to create a "safe zone"
>> for students struggling with sexuality issues.
>>
>> A handout distributed to all faculty of the Springfield High School of
>> Science and Technology lists 11 suggestions "to protect the most maligned
>> victims in today's society -- the gay, lesbian and bisexual students."
>
>Is sex under age of 18 legal at all?
>
>Alex.
In the US, Alex, the age of consent varies from state to state.
Some states allow kids to marry at 16, others at 18... And some
even younger with permission of parents..
See the following URL for aoc in various countries and in our 50
States...
Interestingly, in Russia according to this, the age of consent for
all varieties of sex is 14...
In the US, New Mexico says male-female sex is legal at 16, but
male-male and female-female sex are legal at 13, while in Oregon, 18
is legal for all forms of sex and in Virginia male-female sex is
legal at 18, but male-male and female-female sex is illegal at all
ages... So you can see there is a wide variety of laws on the books
currently.
http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm
Dorothy
There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
source unknown
Jayne Kulikauskas but replace spambait by mmalt
>
>
> "Damian J. Anderson" wrote:
>
> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_fosterj_news/20000707_xnfoj_teachers_i.s
> html
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>> A handout distributed to all faculty of the Springfield High School of
>> Science and Technology lists 11 suggestions "to protect the most maligned
>> victims in today's society -- the gay, lesbian and bisexual students."
>
> Is sex under age of 18 legal at all?
This question seems to me to indicate an assumption that people must
be sexually active to be gay, lesbian or bisexual. Many people
identify with a sexual orientation without being sexually active.
Teens generally have a good sense of who they feel sexually attracted
to. (When I was a teen I thought about little else.<g>) When they feel
attracted to the "wrong" people they often become alarmed, depressed,
or even suicidal. It is an excellent idea for people who work with
teens to become educated about this issue.
Jayne
Alex
> On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 23:19:09 -0500, Alex <as69...@bcm.tmc.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >"Damian J. Anderson" wrote:
> >
> >> A handout distributed to all faculty of the Springfield High School of
> >> Science and Technology lists 11 suggestions "to protect the most maligned
> >> victims in today's society -- the gay, lesbian and bisexual students."
> >
> >Is sex under age of 18 legal at all?
> >
> >Alex.
>
> In the US, Alex, the age of consent varies from state to state.
>
> Some states allow kids to marry at 16, others at 18... And some
> even younger with permission of parents..
Permission of parents...
I wonder if a lot of parents let everybody go up to their 16 years old boy's ass.
> Interestingly, in Russia according to this, the age of consent for
> all varieties of sex is 14...
How things change! When I studied "The Foundations of Soviet State and Law" at school in
1987 the age of consent was 18 years in all republics except Ukraine and Kazakhstan,
where it was 17. With special permission in special circumstances the minimal age for
marriage could be lowered by 1 year. Homosexualism was punished by up to 3 years in
prison.
Most probably your information is crap.
> In the US, New Mexico says male-female sex is legal at 16, but
> male-male and female-female sex are legal at 13, while in Oregon, 18
> is legal for all forms of sex and in Virginia male-female sex is
> legal at 18, but male-male and female-female sex is illegal at all
> ages... So you can see there is a wide variety of laws on the books
> currently.
Wow, I like Virginia!
Alex.
Alex
> Alex <as69...@bcm.tmc.edu> writes:
>
> > Is sex under age of 18 legal at all?
>
> This question seems to me to indicate an assumption that people must
> be sexually active to be gay, lesbian or bisexual. Many people
> identify with a sexual orientation without being sexually active.
> Teens generally have a good sense of who they feel sexually attracted
> to. (When I was a teen I thought about little else.<g>) When they feel
> attracted to the "wrong" people they often become alarmed, depressed,
> or even suicidal. It is an excellent idea for people who work with
> teens to become educated about this issue.
It is astonishing how much propaganda professionals parasitise of the issues of
suicide.
Attraction to wrong people plays huge role in suicide, alcohol plays huge role in
suicide (mostly in Russia). The main reason for suicide is unemployment. It is a
medical fact. So why don't you mess with sex junk?
Alex.
>
>
> Jayne
Joni J Rathbun
So you're telling us that unemployment is the leading cause of suicide
among gay youth?
toto
wrote:
>Jayne Kulikauskas but replace spambait by mmalt wrote:
>
>> Alex <as69...@bcm.tmc.edu> writes:
>>
> The main reason for suicide is unemployment. It is a
>medical fact. So why don't you mess with sex junk?
>
>Alex.
>
Alex, you are just plain wrong in terms of teen suicides in the US..
Alex
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:43:58 -0500, Alex <as69...@bcm.tmc.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >Jayne Kulikauskas but replace spambait by mmalt wrote:
> >
> >> Alex <as69...@bcm.tmc.edu> writes:
> >>
> > The main reason for suicide is unemployment. It is a
> >medical fact. So why don't you mess with sex junk?
> >
> >Alex.
> >
> Alex, you are just plain wrong in terms of teen suicides in the US..
That is the point! You make these suicides. They are artificial. Instead
of "love thy neighbour like thyself" you tell them "you are commodities
at the sex market". Huge money are spent to persuade people, especially
girls, that they have poor bargain power. Mass culture preatches
orgiastic "love" which is nothing more than euphoric feeling of
disappearance of the barriers that separate individuals. But at the same
time it is presented as the ultimate aim of life which is especially
dramatic in American school, where students are shielded from labour -
they know nothing about careeres, they don't know who they want to be.
Even academics are rendered nonessential "you are not a math person". At
the same time American school waged a war on the church and on the
family and left children nothing to associate with. Eckersley R in his
article "Failing a generation: the impact of culture on the health and
well-being of youth" published in the Journal of Paediatr Child Health
wrote: "modern western culture arguably fails to meet the most
fundamental requirements of any culture: to provide a sense of belonging
and purpose, and so a sense of meaning and self-worth, and a moral
framework to guide our conduct."
Of course I understand that all of it needs to be sacrificed for the
sake of cranking out individuals. Under these circumstances
homosexuality starts to make sense - it is just changing the marketing
strategy. But such humiliation of human nature backfires with suicides!
Then the ideologists come forth again and suggest extinguishing the fire
with gas.
Alex.
Patrick L. Humphrey
>toto wrote:
[...]
>> In the US, New Mexico says male-female sex is legal at 16, but
>> male-male and female-female sex are legal at 13, while in Oregon, 18
>> is legal for all forms of sex and in Virginia male-female sex is
>> legal at 18, but male-male and female-female sex is illegal at all
>> ages... So you can see there is a wide variety of laws on the books
>> currently.
>Wow, I like Virginia!
So why don't you move there, and quit polluting the neighborhood a couple of
blocks away from where I work? (Let me guess -- you were in the Gay Pride
parade last month.)
--PLH, just what we need -- a homophobe in the TMC
Best Sellers
>Dorothy (toto) wrote:
>> Some states allow kids to marry at 16,
>> others at 18... And some even younger
>> with permission of parents..
>Permission of parents...
>I wonder if a lot of parents let everybody
>go up to their 16 years old boy's ass.
You must have learned reading comprehension
in a "public" school.
What Dorothy said was the, with parental
permission, children could MARRY younger
than age 16 in some states.
Parental permission for anal homosex was
not ever a question.
<snip> remainder>
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Alex
> Alex wrote:
>
> Parental permission for anal homosex was
> not ever a question.
untill homosexualists were allowed to marry each other.
You tend to invent new rules so fast that confuse even yourself.
Alex.
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There is no state in USmerica that allows
homosexual marriages. Thus, no state allows
anal homosex by children of any age (14 in
some staes is the lowest age of marriage
with parental consent).
Joni J Rathbun
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Best Sellers wrote:
> There is no state in USmerica that allows
> homosexual marriages. Thus, no state allows
Vermont passed legislation this year that, essentially,
allows gay marriages aka "civil union certificates"
which will provide the couple with the same rights
Vermont provides other "married" couples.
Best Sellers
"Civil unions" may be equivalent in state-mandated
"rights", but they are not "marriages".
Furthermore, this has nothing to do with whether
any USmerican state allows homosex between
children.
Le
==
Please visit www.sepschool.org.
Joni J Rathbun
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Best Sellers wrote:
> Joni J Rathbun wrote:
> >Best Sellers wrote:
>
> >> There is no state in USmerica that allows
> >> homosexual marriages. Thus, no state allows
>
> >Vermont passed legislation this year that, essentially,
> >allows gay marriages aka "civil union certificates"
> >which will provide the couple with the same rights
> >Vermont provides other "married" couples.
>
> "Civil unions" may be equivalent in state-mandated
> "rights", but they are not "marriages".
Small point. One can enjoy the spiritual aspect of
"marriage" without the state's permission. One of
the main reasons gays seek recognized unions is for the
"rights" included.
>
> Furthermore, this has nothing to do with whether
> any USmerican state allows homosex between
> children.
One can marry in Vermont at the age of 16 with parental consent
and younger under certain circumstances with 14 being the
youngest. How does the gay union law impact
that? Was an age requirement provided? From what
I've read it appears the same age criteria applies.
You said:
"no state allows
anal homosex by children of any age (14 in
some staes is the lowest age of marriage
with parental consent)."
It appears it's possible Vermont is an exception.