AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Homosexual Agenda
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 24, 2008
CONTACT: Diane Gramley 1.814.437.5355 or 1.814.271.9078
Over 100 Pennsylvania Schools to Participate in Day Promoting Homosexual Lifestyle
List of PA public schools listed as participants.
List of PA private schools listed as participants.
(Harrisburg) – April 25th is the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) ‘Day of Silence.’ The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide pro-family organization, has joined a large coalition of groups asking parents to keep their children home from school on the 25th, if their child’s school is promoting or participating in the ‘Day of Silence.’ This is an effective way for parents to tell schools that they don’t want their children involved in homosexual indoctrination since most school districts lose money for each student absence.
“GLSEN is using the safe schools mantra as a foot in the door to promote the homosexual lifestyle. The AFA of PA and all members of the coalition believe all students should be provided a safe learning environment. But how safe is it for the well-being of students if schools promote a lifestyle that leads to increased sexually transmitted diseases, cancers, eating and psychological disorders?” questioned Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of PA.
In February Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called HIV/AIDS a 'gay disease.' Again, why should schools promote this dangerous lifestyle?
Gramley further said medical studies and other evidence indicates that individuals
who engage in homosexual behavior experience dramatically higher risks of domestic
violence, mental illness, substance abuse, life-threatening disease, and premature death
by up to 20 years. She cited the following documentation:
* College-aged men who engage in homosexual behavior are at risk of dying up
to 20 years younger than other men, according to Oxford University's
International Journal of Epidemiology, which reported: "Life expectancy at
age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is 8 to 20 years less than for all
men. nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years will not
reach their 65th birthday."
* The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that "people with
same-sex sexual behavior are at greater risk for psychiatric disorders" -
including bipolar, obsessive-compulsive, and anxiety disorders, major
depression, and substance abuse.
· A Detroit homosexual newsmagazine columnist recently wrote regarding his
partner: “This is his first relationship, so he has not yet been ruined by all the heartache,
lies, deceit, and game-playing that are the hallmark of gay relationships...A study I once
read suggested that nine out of
10 gay men cheat on their lovers.”
· The Centers for Disease Control warns that men who have sex with men “have
large numbers of anonymous partners, which can result in rapid, extensive transmission
of sexually
transmitted diseases.”
Some school administrators do not know that their school’s name is on the list of participating schools. Apparently this is because GLSEN opens the registration process to anyone to allow them to register any school and tell students that they do not have to get the school’s approval in order to participate.
But in other cases schools are actively participating with the approval of school administrators.
In one school which expects around one-third of all the students to observe the Day of Silence, the school will tie it to the Holocaust.
This manipulation of young minds is unacceptable. Homosexual sex and religious freedom of conscience are apples and oranges. These are not the same thing! Homosexuality is also not like race relations, another common but erroneous comparison.
“If a school is actively promoting the ‘Day of Silence’ or even passively allowing the ‘Day of Silence’ by allowing students to remain silent during classroom time without academic repercussions, then we have asked parents to keep their kids home that day,” noted Gramley.
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