The Dignity for "all" Students???

Back when I went to school, bullying was a big deal then too. I can remember several times getting bullied, or pushed around because of various reasons. Did I bring legal action against the school district, or did my parents go to the courthouse in my defense? On the contrary, it usually ended with me getting beat up by 2 or 4 jocks (I was a punk skater), me putting some toilet paper up my nose to stop the bleeding, and going back to class so my friends could laugh at me. Is there a problem with bullying today? Yes, and there always will be. Is that the real reason all these pro-gay acts and policies are being created? Absolutely not.

The Dignity for all Students Act is written for all children, is active in 11 states, and there are more states to come. It is used primarily to protect gay students in our school systems. This act is posted on several pro-gay websites as well. It is created exclusively for gay rights and this fact can be seen simply by reading it. "All private schools, including religious schools, are explicitly exempt from the law. The bill neither pressures private religious schools to promote homosexuality." Why would they feel the need to say that, if that isn't exactly what they are doing, promoting homosexuality?

This is a day and age where children are given the same prescription medication for their woes in grade school as an adult does. We are teaching our children to seek bail-out from the courts and resort to chemical dependency rather than face adversity. I am not for any child being picked on, bullied, or called derogatory names for any reason, and I believe ALL children should be protected. It is as fundamental as it gets. They are defenseless in most cases and they are our future. The link above takes you to a description of the act, and why it is believed that it is necessary. In the description, it states:

"to prohibit harassment against students in school, including harassment based on real or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression) and sex, and to prohibit discrimination based on these same characteristics. The prohibition would apply to all public schools in the state."

That seems pretty fair across the board right? Immediately after this paragraph there is a section that says, "Why is it necessary." And this is where we see the true agenda:

"Schools are places where students should concentrate on learning and personal growth, not on avoiding taunting or violence. All students are negatively affected by bias harassment, but gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and those perceived to be LGBT in particular are the victims of severe and widespread discrimination and harassment in our public schools."

This is why they want this in schools, so the children who are jumping on the gay and bi-sexual bandwagon, or the transgendered trendy train, can have full protection to develop themselves into a gay and lesbian adult.

Since this bill has been active there have been numerous court cases involving gay students who felt they were being bullied or treated unfairly because some one called them names. There are instances where a student received $25,000 in August of this year. A Kansas youth in 2005 won $445,000 citing the same bill. Should we teach our children that if someone calls them a name, they can sue and get paid? Is that the message we are sending? I am not arguing whether their "rights" have been violated, I am arguing that they are not the real minority in public schools as they claim to be, and there is a very real double standard along these lines when dealing with students who claim to believe in Christ.

In 2009, you can't shut down or even bring into question ONE single gay and lesbian group, in any high school in America. If you do, the wrath of the ACLU and the LGBT will come down on that school district like an anvil.

In our American towns we have come so far. Now teachers are not even allowing kids to read a Bible in schools or have a book cover with the Ten Commandments on it, and teachers are calling the Bible "garbage".

Children can't even bring a Bible in for show and tell in Kindergarten, but a student can write and present a book report on Harvey Milk. What scary, dark, dreaded, hate-mongering, gay-bashing, fearful passage was going to be read? Just Psalms 118. The 3rd Circuit Court Judge Anthony Scirica who rejected the mothers claim for suit said this:

"parents of public school kindergarten students may reasonably expect their children will not become captive audiences to an adult's reading of religious texts...School officials have the RIGHT to require that parents refrain from promoting specific messages in class."

"Captive audiences"? "Specific messages"? What do you think the children in the Almeda school district have to do in kindergarten through 5th grade? They are held captive to hear a very specific message from LGBT propaganda every year, once a year, for 5 years, and no, they cannot opt out of it. These issues should not even be discussed among children. What business does anyone have, even a parent, discussing such strong sexually contrived dialogue with a 4-9 year old (Kindergarten - Fifth grade)? It's just not age-appropriate.

The school districts won't have Gideons leaving bibles, but they welcome discussion, support groups, and textbooks dealing with Transgender, Homosexual, and Lesbian matters. How is this double standard tolerated? I almost wouldn't be upset if Christians, and even Catholics were allowed to believe what they want without fear of ridicule, but that isn't the case. They are being silenced.

A Catholic girl was told to stop wearing her half inch crucifix necklace because it posed a health and safety risk in the same school where Muslims and similar religions can wear headscarves, sikh, bangles, and turbans.

A Christian student in a New York school district in Long Island, in the very same state that the "Dignity for all Students" act was introduced, was told her Bible study group was not recognized. The student then took action, the school settled the court cost, after the suit, she was awarded $1.

Who is the minority now?