Last week Focus on the Family published an article in which gender issues analyst and “former homosexual” Melissa Fryrear blames “pro-gay advocates” for high suicide rates among lesbian youth: The survey revealed that nearly four out of 10 lesbian girls…
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LA Times: ‘Ex-Gays’ Seek a Say in Schools
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The Los Angeles Times reports that antigay Christians and Jews are challenging and sometimes suing school districts: If proponents of tolerance and opponents of bullying are permitted classroom time, then — so the story goes — proponents of bigotry and…
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“Heterosexual Questionnaire” Creates a Stir
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Just prior to the last Day of Silence, two teachers at Port Washington High School (Wisconsin) distributed a questionnaire meant to give students an inkling of what a gay person might go through in life. The questionnaire, developed by the…
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Virginity Pledges May Not Hold
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Abstinence-Only education is flawed in its approach to gay and lesbian students. Rather than set reasonable expectations on these youth regarding responsible sexuality, it tells them that there is no acceptable time in their lives in which they can have…
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T-Shirt Wars
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According to a story in the Roseville Press-Tribune, on Tuesday, April 25, one day before the Day of Silence, between 20 and 25 students arrived at Oakmont High School in Roseville wearing T-shirts declaring “Homosexuality is Sin. Jesus can set…
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In Alabama (via Good As You): The lesbian mother of a 12-year-old girl has objected to a sex education pamphlet handed out at a Dothan middle school that describes homosexuality as not being a “legitimate lifestyle.”
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Former Stephen Bennett guest Linda Harvey of Ohio-based Mission America had this to say on AlainsNewsletter.com: Before… and After (Permission to distribute and repost is granted.) The Cleveland center website also states, regarding Ohio law: A minor can consent to…
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Permission to reprint is granted to all. From Alan Sears, president of the Alliance Defense Fund: “Day of Truth” participants will hand out cards of their own, offering to share a candid, loving, fact-based counterpoint to the unspoken assertions of…
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Anti-Gay T-Shirts Not Allowed – For Now
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The AP is reporting that ADF’s cover-twink, Tyler Chase Harper, can be restricted from wearing a shirt that says “homosexuality is shameful” to school – at least until his case can be heard. Harper is claiming a first amendment right…
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From Sovo.com: The school board voted 7-0 April 10 to create a policy that would ban all “sexually oriented clubs, gay or straight or otherwise.” School system spokesperson Kathy Walters said the board could vote on adopting the policy at…