March 8, 2008
Day of Silence 2008.
Day of Silence 2008 is scheduled for April 25th. This year it is being held in memory of Lawrence King, the 15-year-old Oxnard, CA boy who was killed for his sexual orientation and gender expression.
DAY OF SILENCE, April 25, 2008: This year’s Day of Silence will be held in memory of Lawrence King, who friends say was murdered in a California school February 12 because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. The event brings attention to anti-LGBT bullying, harassment and discrimination in schools. Students observe the day in silence to echo the silence LGBT and ally students face every day.
Remember, it’s essential that you sign up: During the Days of Action (Ally Week, Transgender Day of Remembrance, MLK Organizing Weekend, and the Day of Silence) we get many calls from the media asking how many students and schools are participating.Your registration with GLSEN’s Student Organizing Department is the way we know you are out there organizing and supporting the safer schools movement.
Of course the RRRW must always step in when equal rights for LGBT people are being sought. Their advice to parents regarding the Day of Silence is to keep Godly children home.
The American Family Association is urging parents to keep their children home from school April 25, the National Day of Silence. The Day of Silence, first organized in 1996, encourages students to remain voiceless for a day to represent the silence faced by LGBT people and their allies. Hundreds of schools across the country now participate in the event.
“DOS leads the students to believe that every person who identifies as a homosexual, bisexual or cross-dresser is a victim of ongoing, unrelenting harassment and hate,” the AFA said in its mass email.
“Students are taught that homosexuality is a worthy lifestyle, homosexuality has few or no risks, and individuals are born homosexual and cannot change. Those who oppose such teaching are characterized as ignorant and hateful bigots.”
The AFA is asking parents to inform their school that they will not allow their children to attend that day. They also want parents to explain to their children that “homosexual behavior is not an innate identity; it’s a sinful, unnatural and destructive behavior.”
Go ahead, homophobes, keep your children home on April 25. It will make it that much easier to determine precisely who the bigots are. You’re perfectly welcome to wallow in your ignorance and hatred. But you are not welcome to force it on others. That’s what infuriates you to the depths of your twisted little souls, but it’s reality. Deal with it.
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