AFA ActionAlert!

LOL bet some of you are pissed at the title, but settle down for a moment please. I posted a comment on one of their silly jihads a while ago so I got on their mailing list (on my dummy account) So they sent me this plea this morning.

July 6, 2007

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Maryland Board of Education: State's right supersedes parent's rights

Only a positive view of homosexuality can be taught in classrooms

Dear Anthony,

The Maryland State Board of Education has ruled that the right of the state supersedes the rights of parents in teaching children about homosexuality. The Board said the "right (of parents) is not absolute. It must bend to the State's duty to educate its citizens."

The ruling means that the teaching of homosexuality as an accepted and approved lifestyle in Maryland public schools can move forward. Very important!  Some professionals feel that the Maryland curriculum could become the model for promoting the homosexual lifestyle in public schools across the nation.  That is the reason we are asking you to send the email.

The new policy prohibits any unfavorable view of homosexuality from being presented. A video for use with eighth-graders instructs students on how to put a condom on a pen-s.

The Board has been trying to incorporate the promotion of homosexuality into their sex-education classes. A federal judge overturned a previous attempt to include the promotion of homosexuality because of the curriculum's expressed hostility toward Christianity.

But in approving the new curriculum, the Board refused to hear arguments from those who oppose the promotion of homosexuality in the classroom.

AFA suggests that parents find out if sex education is being taught in their schools and, if so, ask to examine the curriculum being used.

To read the Washington Post article on this, click here.

Personally I am  going to write (as a non-resident) to the Maryland State Board of Education to let them know there are still some folks who can count to 21 without opening their fly in America, and that they made a good decision. Here is a link to the WaPo story they are frothing at the mouth about Md. State Board Approves County's Sex-Ed Curriculum

•  tip jar?

  I am not gay myself but I also don't think making young people (or really anyone) feel as bad about who they are as possible is a good thing for anyone...

  by tony the American Mutt on Fri Jul 06, 2007 at 11:23:48 AM PDT

•  I'm confused.

  The new policy prohibits any unfavorable view of homosexuality from being presented. A video for use with eighth-graders instructs students on how to put a condom on a pen-s.

  What exactly does the latter sentence have to do with the former? And what does any of it have to do with presenting a "favorable" view of homosexuality, unless their definition of favorable is simply "not unfavorable."

  Conclusion: As usual, the AFA makes no freaking sense.

  by dennisl on Fri Jul 06, 2007 at 11:24:39 AM PDT

  •  well you see, that could help stop AIDS

    using a condom that is, and we all 'know' AIDS is Gawds punishment for being gay...

    a self-defensive /snark tag LOL!

    by tony the American Mutt on Fri Jul 06, 2007 at 11:30:01 AM PDT

  •  That about sums it up for them

    unless their definition of favorable is simply "not unfavorable."

    The AFA's (and FOF's and...you get the picture) position is that any policy that doesn't condemn homosexuality is not "fair and balanced." And it's amazing how often this strategy works.

    by sfbob on Fri Jul 06, 2007 at 11:53:15 AM PDT

•  when I got mine today,

  I chose to go there and send the email - but I rewrote it to express support and approval for their policies (and I'm a Marylander.)

  it was fun.

  Many times, if you want to join one of their email campaigns, you can only send a pre-written message. this one allowed you to rewrite the entire thing, if you wanted to.

  by condoleaser on Fri Jul 06, 2007 at 12:17:47 PM PDT