February 14, 2008
Fundies Threaten Exodus from CA Schools. Does Anybody Care?
Despite the stomping of feet and gnashing of teeth, the RRRW bigots have failed to halt California’s SB 777, which adds LGBT students to the list of students protected from discrimination in the state’s schools. Accordingly they’re now threatening, in conjunction with Phyllis Schlafly, an “Exodus” from public schools in favor of religious home-schooling.
Separated at birth?
California Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation mandating that public school children be indoctrinated to accept as normal the homosexual lifestyle and other forms of sexual deviancy. In the wake of the failed effort to obtain a referendum to repeal this legislation, a broad coalition of Christian grassroots organizations have endorsed the Campaign for Children and Families’ call for California families and churches to rescue their children from California’s public schools.
Ok, they’ve got us. At this very moment schools are being retrofitted with specialized re-education rooms, all painted pink and lavender of course. Students will be drilled on the Gay Lifestyle until they completely renounce their heterosexuality and know the score to the H.M.S. Pinafore inside and out.
According to Phyllis Schlafly, President of Eagle Forum, “Many of us have worked to reform public schools. Unfortunately, SB 777 and the related legislation represent a repudiation of 2,000 years of Christian moral teaching on human sexuality, marriage, and the family. The result is that California’s schools are now promoting behaviors and lifestyles that are physically and spiritually dangerous for children. Consequently, in California, parents must try to find alternatives to the public schools.”
Now I haven’t been a Christian for quite a few years but I seem to remember something in the Bible about loving they neighbor. I also remember a verse about the person without sin being the first to cast a stone. What I don’t remember is anything about throwing a hissy fit if LGBT people were protected by the same law that protected everybody else. But I’ll admit I’m a little rusty here so maybe I missed that verse.
To rescue their children, loving parents need to find an alternative to government schools, and every church needs to make it a priority to help parents be in charge of their children’s education again.”
…E. Ray Moore, Jr., believes that it is urgent that the coalition make parents and pastors aware of how dangerous the new legislation is going to make public schools and that they must take up their God-given responsibilities with their children. In fact, according to Moore, “The Biblical and theological case for Christian families and churches to practice K-12 Christian schooling or home schooling is strong. Christians should begin with the belief that children belong to the Lord and are a stewardship of the family, not the state.”
I say, Let them go. Imagine how many fewer likely homophobic kids will be in the public system for LGBT children and teens to deal with. Bullied and harassed LGBT students can breath that much easier knowing they won’t have as many idiots spewing religious hatred at them. And just think of the reduced burden on the California school system. There are nothing but positives as far as I’m concerned.
Filed under: California, Education/Schools, Homophobia, Radical Religious Right, Youth
