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Title: Battle lines drawn over 'teaching gay'
Post by: Shana A on April 28, 2008, 06:35:30 AM
Battle lines drawn over 'teaching gay'

Monday April 28 2008, 2:25am

By AMANDA GODFREY

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/04/28/front/740860.txt (http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/04/28/front/740860.txt)

Groups against gay education are trying to send a louder message than those in support of it.

"I feel gay, lesbian and transgender advocates are using the recent and former hate crimes to push the promotion of gay education in schools," former educator and family value activist Dan Rush said. "They are crying 'equal rights' and 'stop the hate,' but in reality hate in this world, sadly, is an ongoing thing, in all areas.
Title: Re: Battle lines drawn over 'teaching gay'
Post by: tekla on April 28, 2008, 10:01:30 AM
"Homosexuality, ->-bleeped-<-, bisexuality and highly controversial subjects {ed note: underline added -- that a pretty broad deal, so no war, no social issues, nothing really eh?  Got it, pretty much what I thought all along, this is not about teaching anything, its about NOT teaching most stuff.} should not be part of a school curriculum," information released by GAV states. "Homosexual groups talk about 'tolerance,' but what they intend with material such as 'It's Still Elementary' is not merely tolerance, but acceptance. We hope the people charged with our children's education will steer away from the fallacious argument of 'tolerance.'"

Wow, that's a mighty fine line to split there, between the words "tolerance' and 'acceptance.'