Introduction
I wish it were this easy! I but I hope it is for some people. I have a really kind neighbor who is gay. Though he knows I am "pro 8" so far we have skirted the subject, in hopes to avoid confrontation. At this time I don't feel I need to talk to him about the subject until maybe we know eachother more. I am going to his Halloween party tomorrow, and I hope it's a good enough experience to post on my personal blog.
Q&A
Will same sex marriages hurt others?
Sick and tired of intolerance?
Are others supporting Prop 8?
Will courts overturn it again?
Didn’t we already vote on this?
Don’t others deserve the same happiness?
Will existing rights disappear?
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- I'm no bigot. Hi! And thank you for visiting a Vacaville girl's blog. I appologize for the rude introduction, but it seems necessary considering the violent election year we have been having. Please let me share with you the reasons why all Americans should support Traditional Marriage and Civil Unions. It won't take long...
3 comments:
Rights might not be taken away, but thats because they haven't all been granted yet. Only a few companies provide health insurance to the spouse of a gay person.
As for the religious freedoms and charities being revoked, I agree that is a shame. Maybe those are the laws we should be focusing on reforming. Those laws need to be defined further. It just seems wrong that we are taking the easy way out by choosing segregation.
As for the story time, I still don't see what the big deal is. Parents need to stop avoiding touchy subjects (drugs, sex, etc) with their children. They shouldn't expect others to hide, just because they don't agree with the lifestyle, or don't want to have to answer tough questions after school. You have every right to teach your child that homosexuality is a sin, but you don't have the right to inflict your religious views in schools. If you disagree with what is being taught, tell that to your child, they will understand. You are more of an influence on your child than their teacher. Consider the Muslim children who are taught that eating pork is a sin. Should they stop serving pork in all public schools so the Muslims don't have to see it? Despite the Parker's experience, opting out of diversity unit is very much an option. It is a shame that that particular school gave them such a hard time.
We all know, children are not always angels. In fact, they can be outright cruel. I think it is crucial to explain confusing subject matter before they are exposed to it, in order to help them to be more understanding and less judgmental to their fellow classmates.
"Explaining confusing subject matter before they are exposed to it, in order to help them to be more understanding and less judgmental to their fellow classmates" is not the role of the public school system.
How is the school's undertaking of the "confusing subject matter" going to help the children understand this issue when they are hearing contradicting things from their parents? This will only compound any confusion the child may have. This makes slightly confusing subject matter suddenly become really confusing subject matter.
"Opting out" is not the plan of the gay and lesbian agenda, and from what we have seen opting out is not the plan of the courts. When the 1st Circuit ruled on Parker v. Hurley they said that parents had no legal right to object. So while you may be understanding of parents rights as to what their children are taught, the people driving this agenda are not.
-(Brett)
"This will only compound any confusion the child may have. This makes slightly confusing subject matter suddenly become really confusing subject matter."
That is why THE PARENTS should prepare their children for what they will probably be learning (to make it less confusing). My Dad sat me down before my first biology class and told me that although we don't believe in evolution, my school is going to teach it. He told me to learn it so I could get a good grade, but that I shouldn't believe it. This worked with me at that time because I trusted my dad more than I trusted my biology teacher. The public schools are not teaching religion (or against it) by exposing them different points of view. If we catered to EVERY religion out there, schools would have nothing left to teach (not to mention, fewer dishes to choose from at lunch time).
If my child's school prevented me from opting out of something I felt strongly about, I would just come pick her up early or keep her home that day (or maybe just put her in a private school because public schools are secular schools where they will occasionally teach things that conflict with religious values). But you get my idea, parents are not completely powerless.
I have to admit, I have personal interests in this issue. My brother is gay. I am very close to him and do not particularly like the idea that people are trying to limit his rights as an equal, hard-working American. In addition to him being one of the sweetest people I know, he also has standards and morals that rival most Mormon bishops. He is one of the only people I trust to watch my daughter and it kills me that, even if he finds someone he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with, people are going to try to keep him from adopting. It outright enrages me that people would imply that no parents are better than gay parents. 26,000 children age out of the adoption system every year. I can't help but think that many of those children could have been placed with a loving family if more adoption agencies were open to gay adoptions. But that is another story.
I know that my brother went through a lot of unnecessary teasing and discrimination in school because he looked like a "fag". This broke his heart and I thank God that we didn't grow up in Laramie, WY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard) Please notice the "gay panick defense". I believe children and susequently, adults, will be less cruel if they are more informed from an early age.
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