Looks like the education agenda of Obama’s administration is leaning further left.
I thought you might be interested in the latest appointment by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
I learned about it from Family Leader and wanted to share it with you.
Quoting from Family Leader:
“Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has been appointed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to be Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. GLSEN is the foremost national group promoting policies to force affirmation of homosexuality in schools, beginning in kindergarten. For example, GLSEN once sponsored a conference at Tufts University that was advertised to “youth only ages 14 to 21″ where three homosexual activists led a workshop graphically guiding the students on gay sex practices.”
“Under Jennings direction, GLSEN has sponsored the Day of Silence at schools, has pushed for Gay-Straight Alliance clubs, and taught workshops on How to Promote Queer-Friendly Activism in Your Schools and in Your Lives.”
“The author of the forward to the disturbing book Queering Elementary, which argues for the teaching of sexual “identity” (what you could easily call “indoctrination,” “initiation” or “brainwashing”) to the children in the elementary education stage of life, Jennings has spoken publicly telling the religious right to “Drop Dead.” (emphasis added)
“His plan is clear when he said, “I’d like five years from now for most Americans when they hear the word GLSEN to think, “Ooh, that’s good for kids.” … Sane people keep the world the same…old way it is now. It’s the [crazy] people who think, “No, I can envision a day when straight people say, ‘So what if you’re promoting homosexuality?’ or [when] straight kids say, ‘Hey, why don’t you and your boyfriend come over before you go to the prom and try your tuxes on at my house?’” … That is our mission from this day forward.”
I guess I’m one of those people on the religious right, but I have no intention of “dropping dead”.
The article goes on to tell how Mr. Jennings counseled a young boy who had been molested by a male teacher and did not report the fact to the authorities, the school, the boy’s parents, or any other agency as required by law. And he says he’d do it again.
I want to get your opinion on this appointment and offer you a way to appeal it, if you choose.
Family Leader has posed a petition on it’s site to
Tell Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to withdraw Kevin Jennings’ appointment.”
You can read the entire article at Family Leader and choose to sign the petition, or not.
Things, they are a’changin’ . . .
Brennan
This is good news and certainly a step in the right direction. As time moves on, there are more and more signs that attitudes are changing for the better and the bigotry of the past is ever so slowly fading away. Yet there is no denying that a large segment of society still regards gay men and women as second-class citizens – or worse. That is the salient point of my recently released biographical novel, Broken Saint. It is based on my forty-year friendship with a gay man, and chronicles his internal and external struggles as he battles for acceptance (of himself and by others, including fellow Mormons). You can learn more about the book at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html.
Mark Zamen, author
Dear Mark,
Thank you for your comment.
It is interesting that some of my commenters see this appointment as a step in the right direction. While I believe homosexuality is against God’s laws, I do not see LGBT people as second-class citizens. As Christians, we are told to “hate the sin, but love the sinner”, therefore, I am in favor of stopping bullying against LGBT students, but I believe we should stop bullying against ALL students, not just a special-interest group.
While Mr. Jennings is undoubtedly qualified to promote homosexuality, his qualifications for the post he has been appointed to are woefully inadequate. His area of expertise covers only a tiny fraction of the skills needed to fulfill the office.
I, and others, are completely convinced that this is just another in a long line of “politically correct” appointments, where the American taxpayer is paying a supposedly qualified person to learn (possibly) on the job, while simultaneously promoting their primary, narrow agenda.
This is politics running roughshod.
Brennan