So, how many of you want your daughters to be FORCED to share a locker room with teenage boys? If so, I suggest you move to California and enroll them in Public School just as fast as you can!
Boys and girls can choose which locker room to use and it will be illegal to deny them access. (What fun showers after gym will be!)
In textbooks the words "husband" and "wife" will be shunned in favor of terms like "life partner".
The words "mom", "dad", "mother" and "father" are now considered offensive. (I wonder if they'll be allowed to read the Little House Books, that awful Laura Ingalls always calls her parents "Ma" and "Pa").
This just goes too far. Even if you do support homosexual rights, I just don't see anything wrong with words like "husband", "wife", or 'mother" or "father". The fact is, I AM my children's MOM. Even if we have a neighbor child who is being taken care of by a same-sex couple, my kids still have a mom and a dad and shouldn't be made to feel like it something weird that must be hidden.
This is law now folks, the lines are being drawn, those on the fence will soon have to choose sides. War has been declared on decency and common respect for privacy. Families are seen as the enemy and the state is seen as the force for positive social change. It goes beyond gay rights and becomes the squashing of the rights of our kids and ourselves to have dignity and bodily privacy. Kids are encouraged to NOT include their parents in discussions about these things.
This is an outrage. Oh, I won't go on. Just follow the link and read it yourself.
Okay, I am adding this a few hours after my original post. On a message board someone suggested that the article was not accurate, so I checked the facts. The bill does not mandate the sharing of locker rooms, but it does open the door to that by redefining sex as a person's gender identity. If someone can say that they "really" belong to the other gender, then the law says the schools must classify them as such. Time will tell whether the courts will interpret this to mean that they should join those "born into" that gender they claim when it comes to facilities such as locker rooms and restrooms.
The NEA is once again trying to interfere with homeschooler's rights. Do you want the freedom to continue homeschooling? Do you want to continue being allowed to choose your curriculum? Do you want to continue without having to hire a certified teacher? Then scroll down to the petition link below. If you want to see the NEA proposal, read everything.
B-75. Home Schooling
The National Education Association believes that home schooling
programs based on parental choice cannot provide the student with a
comprehensive education experience. When home schooling occurs,
students enrolled must meet all state curricular requirements,
including the taking and passing of assessments to ensure adequate
academic progress. Home schooling should be limited to the children of
the immediate family, with all expenses being borne by the
parents/guardians. Instruction should be by persons who are licensed
by the appropriate state education licensure agency, and a curriculum
approved by the state department of education should be used. The
Association also believes that home-schooled students should not
participate in any extracurricular activities in the public schools.
The Association further believes that local public school systems
should have the authority to determine grade placement and/or credits
earned toward graduation for students entering or re-entering the
public school setting from a home school setting.
There's an online petition so you can let your voice be heard if you'd like. Here's the link:
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