Illinois Family Institute, Anti-Gay Christian Group, Calls On Parents To Pull Kids From Classrooms With Gay, LGBT-Inclusive Teachers Posted: 08/07/2012 5:30 pm Updated: 08/07/2012 9:13 pm
The Illinois Family Institute, an anti-gay Christian group, is calling on parents to pull their children out of classrooms led by any teacher who supports a gay-straight alliance, uses LGBT-inclusive texts or learning materials or supports LGBT students.
In a document titled "Challenge Teachers, Not Books," the group encourages parents to "object to teachers rather than texts," offering suggestions for parents who are "fed up with the subtle and not so subtle messages that activist teachers of a liberal bent work into their classroom teaching through their classroom comments, curricular materials... and even their desks and classroom displays." From the document:
If parents have children who have already gone through the school or have already completed a year or more, they should ask those children and/or their friends or friends' parents which teachers are known for bringing their politics into the classroom or who displays a "Safe Space" sticker, the inverted pink triangle, the rainbow flag, or the lower case Greek letter "lambda" on their desk, classroom door, or wall. Students usually know who the liberal, activist teachers are. Liberal teachers develop reputations, often as the "cool" teachers. Then parents should call or email the appropriate department chair and/or their child's counselor, and politely insist on a schedule change, explaining that they will not permit their child to be in the classroom or under the tutelage of any teacher who has made their liberal politics known in school.
Hemant Mehta, a math teacher in Naperville, Ill., writes in a Friendly Atheist blog that students don't find teachers "cool" because they're liberal activists, but because they can teach effectively, can relate to students, challenge them and motivate them to do well. He notes that IFI is merely fighting liberal teachers who keep religious beliefs out of the classroom, calling the group "hypocrites who refuse to acknowledge it."..........................>>>>...................>>>>.......................http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/illinois-family-institute_n_1753592.html
Good for them. It is 'their' personal choice. The parents, last I knew, were still responsible for their children. Parents should be able to 'choose' what 'they' deem (not the government) what is right for their children.
And as far as the word 'anti-gay'.......most folks are not 'anti'....they just choose and support a 'different' lifestyle than the gay lifestyle. Just like gays choose their own lifestyle.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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