Pro-Homosexual Booklet to Be Distributed to All 16,000 US School
Districts
LifeSiteNews ^ | 2/21/08 | Hillary White
 
 

US, February 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At the same time that news
has come out that the Toronto Catholic School board has refused to
participate in pro-homosexual activities, homosexual activists are
making significant inroads in US schools, as a booklet titled, "Just
the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth," is set to be
distributed to all 16,000 school districts in the country.

The 24-page booklet by the National Education Association and
American Psychological Association, tells students that homosexuality
is a "normal expression of human sexuality".

"What's so scary and dogmatic about this report is that it
communicates that religious-based viewpoints are harmful, and even
dangerous," said Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the
Family Action.

The booklet particularly targets the idea that homosexuality is a
condition that can be changed. It instructs educators, "Schools
should be careful to avoid discussions of transformational ministry
in their curriculum."

Brian Raum, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said
that the talk of "inclusivity" in schools by homosexual groups is a
veiled threat.

"What they're trying to do is create a fear factor here," he said.
"There's nothing in the Constitution that would prohibit a teacher
from presenting to a student all of the programs that are available,
without endorsing or promoting any particular one."

The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality,
(NARTH) says that although "the aim of gay-affirmative counselling
programs is humanitarian", the problem is that they do "much more"
than discouraging scapegoating.

"In reality, they promote a particular worldview," present students
with a set of "truth-claims that students are expected to adopt," and
insist on conformity to these.

"These programs promote the value systems of a particular social
group and denigrate the views of another, while at the same time,
distorting science."