GLSEN kicked out of elementary school classrooms

[candlegal]

Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) has issued a legal memo in support of an Illinois school district that recently elected to discontinue using pro-homosexual materials in its elementary schools.

 

Attorney Jeremy Tedesco says the Erie Community Unit School District voted 5-2 to stop using pro-homosexual curricula from the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) after several parents voiced concerns about the content of "Ready, Set, Respect!"

The "toolkit," according to CitizenLink, encourages teachers to invite students as young as kindergarten age to "draw pictures of favorite TV or storybook characters and dress them in clothes that are different … from what they would typically wear," such as "Cinderella in a knight's armor" or "Spiderman wearing a magic tiara." It also suggests that teachers incorporate examples of homosexual relationships into classroom activities, such as writing math problems to include "a variety of family structures and gender-expressions." Parents felt the material raised issues of religious freedom and parental rights.

Tedesco is proud of the district for taking a stand.

"Public schools should not be coerced by outside groups into indoctrinating students into homosexual behavior by exposing them to inappropriate sexual materials," the attorney asserts. "Schools are supposed to be places of learning, not places where schools push propaganda on students."

In reaction to the ban, GLSEN began a derogatory national campaign against the school, which included false accusations. But ADF applauds school officials for not giving in to the intimidation. "The school is right under these circumstances to prohibit access to the GLSEN materials and not cave to the ACLU's demands," Tedesco says.

Erie Community Superintendent Bradley Cox says, "Teaching diversity, tolerance, and anti-bullying to elementary schools was always done before without using GLSEN materials."

The use of GLSEN's material has now been limited to grades 6-12 in the district -- a move that the Network deems "puzzling and deeply counter-productive."

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[Carpy]

Teaching the basics are what they need in elementary school, not agendas.  And we wonder why our schools perform so poorly on a global scale.  This is another of the many reasons.

[candlegal]

Do you really wonder that?   I know I don't.

Quoting Carpy:

Teaching the basics are what they need in elementary school, not agendas.  And we wonder why our schools perform so poorly on a global scale.  This is another of the many reasons.

[NutHouseMomma]

If you have to force a child to accept something and incorporate it as normal, then is it really normal? I am glad to see that it has been removed from the classrooms, especially if basic religious and flag exercises are banned from the classroom ....we need to keep it consistent.

[sweet-a-kins]

This is not pro homosexual

It's teaching kids real life and not leaving anyone out.

If there is mention in math problems of families..why is it a problem to include all families?

What is the harm?

As for the above that say they think this is why education is in the gutter..first you blame government now gays?

Pick one

How long have test scores been falling and how long has this been in use and in how many schools?

What's the rate of difference between the schools falling that use it..and those that didn't?

O right...you have no clue..you're just a bunch of closed minded homophones looking to keep demonizing gays

[tooptimistic]

I have a transgender child, and the GSA really was a good thing for him in high school. I am all for that.

I think sex/ sexual identity/ sexual preference has NO PLACE in elementary school.  Can we just let them be kids?  My five year old does not think about sex/ sexual preferences etc.

Here's an idea.. READING, WRITING, MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY etc.. You know the important educational things that actually EDUCATE our children.  Lets leave the social agenda out of it.

It is one thing when the child is struggling with these issues in late middle/ high school.  Totally different issue.

[survivorinohio]

Quoting tooptimistic:

I have a transgender child, and the GSA really was a good thing for him in high school. I am all for that.

I think sex/ sexual identity/ sexual preference has NO PLACE in elementary school.  Can we just let them be kids?  My five year old does not think about sex/ sexual preferences etc.

Here's an idea.. READING, WRITING, MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY etc.. You know the important educational things that actually EDUCATE our children.  Lets leave the social agenda out of it.

It is one thing when the child is struggling with these issues in late middle/ high school.  Totally different issue.

Yes this., Well I dont have a transgender child but I agree with this.

[candlegal]

I agree, elementary school is way too young for this.  Let's get the kids educated.

Quoting tooptimistic:

I have a transgender child, and the GSA really was a good thing for him in high school. I am all for that.

I think sex/ sexual identity/ sexual preference has NO PLACE in elementary school.  Can we just let them be kids?  My five year old does not think about sex/ sexual preferences etc.

Here's an idea.. READING, WRITING, MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY etc.. You know the important educational things that actually EDUCATE our children.  Lets leave the social agenda out of it.

It is one thing when the child is struggling with these issues in late middle/ high school.  Totally different issue.

[terpmama]

Maybe I missed the agenda...

Spiderman in a magic tiara... Imaginination and out of the box thinking... Good skill to have

Math prolems that mention families are including all family types (grandparents, hetero, single...) ... Reflects current society makeup therefore allowing kids to see their own families represented and encourages inclusion of families... Good skill to have

Not seeing where 5 year olds are told to have sex...

[mikiemom]

SARCASM ALERT - Heaven forbid we teach our children to be accepting of all just as your jesus tells you to.

 

[jessilin0113]

Quoting tooptimistic:

I have a transgender child, and the GSA really was a good thing for him in high school. I am all for that.

I think sex/ sexual identity/ sexual preference has NO PLACE in elementary school.  Can we just let them be kids?  My five year old does not think about sex/ sexual preferences etc.

Here's an idea.. READING, WRITING, MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY etc.. You know the important educational things that actually EDUCATE our children.  Lets leave the social agenda out of it.

It is one thing when the child is struggling with these issues in late middle/ high school.  Totally different issue.

I suppose you could argue that teaching tolerance and acceptance early on would actually help alleviate many of those stufggles later on down the road.  I'm not saying making an entire curriculum out of it, but simply addressing "alternative" families, etc, early on would help these kids basically say "oh, ok", when there is a GLBT teen in their midst.  They don't have to like it or condone it, but it's a fact of life and they should learn to accept it.