Indoctrination 101

February 17, 2005

Is it okay to be gay? That's a question more and more public school students are being asked to ponder. The answer coming back from many schools is “yes.” One listener from Marshall County e-mailed me a flyer sent home with their middle-schooler. In addition to giving some politically correct advice on dating, it led off with a whopper of a question. “I want to date people of the same sex. Is there something wrong with me?” the flyer asks. It answers its own question with, “No. According to the American Psychiatric Association, being attracted to people of the same gender – or both genders – is within the range of normal behavior.”

 

The mother who sent me the flyer was greatly disturbed that her son was being indoctrinated by his school. Once I went public with the information, the director of Marshall County schools, John Pierce, called the show to inform us that the flyer had been a mistake and had been pulled. Mr. Pierce agreed with me that schools should not be in the business of indoctrinating children. If something like this sneaked through in conservative Marshall County, where else is it being distributed with the blessing of school administrators?

 

Kentucky is one place. Boyd County schools have found themselves embroiled in a lawsuit. The federal lawsuit filed February 15 alleges that middle and high school students in Boyd County Public Schools are forced to participate in diversity training. During this diversity training they're told homosexuality cannot be changed. Not only that, they're warned not to speak up in opposition to that position. Parents are not even given an option to opt out.

 

Why is a small school district trying to indoctrinate students? Ironically, it's because of another lawsuit. This one was filed by the ACLU (you knew they'd be involved somehow). Boyd County schools were sued after refusing to allow a Gay Straight Alliance club to meet on school property. The two sides settled on an agreement that not only allowed the club to meet but subjected faculty and students to tolerance training. Apparently, the school didn't come up with the indoctrination policy but simply allowed their arm to be twisted to comply.

 

The issue of allowing a group access to the school is a completely separate issue from the problem of indoctrination. It seems Boyd County has jumped from the frying pan into the fire. At first, they were merely afraid of the influence a homosexual group would wield if they were allowed to organize on school property. By resisting, the school system bargained themselves into a position of facilitating that influence through indoctrination. Not very smart, if you ask me.

 

The ACLU and the homosexual-driven agenda are coming to a school near you. They are targeting small-town America with the aim of forcing their views on those most likely to resist. They threaten legal action when these small-town school administrators – who naturally fear big city lawyers – fold like a house of cards. Remember this: the buzzword is ‘diversity.' When someone from school informs you that your child will be talked to about ‘diversity' make sure you ask a lot of questions. Ask to see the outline of what he/she will discuss. Insist on attending the session. Better yet, tell the school that you'll handle the duties of informing your child about diversity, thank you very much. They, in turn, should concentrate on teaching and preparing your child scholastically. As the old saying goes, ‘Let people do what they do.' Schools are good at teaching the three ‘Rs.' Leave the social issues to the professionals – the parents.