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Education
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Homosexual
Agenda
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 3, 2004
CONTACT:
Diane Gramley 814.271.9078
or 814.437.5355
‘NO NAME CALLING’ WEEK
POSES POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
(Harrisburg) – Today a
pro-family group expressed concerns over inclusion of an article in
the Pennsylvania Middle School Association’s newsletter apparently
endorsing the Gay, Lesbian Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN)
“No Name Calling” Week. The
targeted age group is children grades 5-8.
http://www.pmsaweb.org/noname.htm
The American Family Association
of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA) sent an e-mail message to the 21 members
of the Association’s Executive Board alerting them to the connection
between GLSEN and “No Name Calling Week.”
The e-mail acknowledged the need to stop bullying and name
calling in our schools, but cautioned them to “be very careful what
organizations they partner with and what curriculum is implemented.
This material is not in the best interest of our children . . .
.”
In 2000 those attending a GLSEN
conference in Chicago discussed plans to campaign against the Boy
Scouts and to introduce positive discussions about homosexuality into
elementary school classrooms.
"Our concern is that under
the guise of anti-bullying the message will be conveyed through the
lessons and role playing that it is okay to be gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgendered. Case
in point, is the "About You" section of the 25-question
survey -- line 2 asks for the sex of the child and they are prompted
to respond Male, Female or Other," observed Diane Gramley,
president of the AFA of PA.
Gramley continued, "What
parent would want their child to answer that question when it is
alluding to the misguided assumption that bisexuality or
transsexuality are okay?"
Additionally, the student is
asked their religious affiliation.
Gramley questioned the purpose of this inquiry, "Will this
information be used against the child if it is indicated that they are
part of a religion that believes homosexuality is sin?"
All
the major religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam call
homosexuality sin. In
other states this information has been used to ridicule the child's
beliefs.
"Engaging in homosexual
activity poses many risks including increased exposure to HIV/AIDS,
eating and psychological disorders and domestic violence.
No school or educational organization should be partnering with
a group which encourages this type activity," concluded Gramley.
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