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The
following article is a quote taken from the updates from The Berean
Call.
Same-sex marriage and the
school curriculum
Legislators
tell us that proponents of same-sex marriage, when asked if students
have the right to believe that homosexuality is morally wrong, will
universally say no, students do not have the right to that belief. The
school, they say, is responsible for training students that such a moral
belief is bigoted and hateful.
Parents must consider the
serious implications of this position for our children and for the
schools. The March 28th issue of National Review magazine features an
article by David Frum entitled, "A New Word, A New Day," in
which he describes a concept that will take hold in school curricula
everywhere if same-sex marriage becomes the law of the land. The concept
is called "Hetero-normative," and it means that words are
homophobic if they imply "that standard sexual
relationships are only between males and females."
For example, a controversy
raged last February when a Harvard speaker described her life this way:
"Women, you can have it all -- a loving man, devoted husband,
loving children, a fabulous career. They say you gotta choose. Nah, nah,
nah... You can do whatever you want. All you have to do is want
it."
The gay and lesbian groups
filed a complaint because "the content was specific to male-female
relationships. "Similarly, the governor of Massachusetts was
chastised by the Boston Globe for "mean spirited politics"
when he stated that every child "has a right to a mother and a
father." Praise
for the traditional family is bigoted in the new world of gender-free
marriages.
Frum makes the point that
"same-sex marriage does not extend marriage. It transforms
marriage." Husbands and wives, mothers and fathers will be required
to be removed as concepts from law -- for every citizen, not merely for
homosexuals.
Where do these ideas lead
us? Frum tells us: "This is not a debate about extending an
institution; it is a debate about overthrowing a norm; not about
reconstruction, but about destruction." This is what schools will
be required to teach our kids -- that hetero-normative language is
hate-speech (EdWatch, Issues and Action in Education, April 11, 2005).
Pr
14:34
Righteousness exalteth
a
nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people.
Pr
29:2
When
the
righteous
are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth
rule, the people mourn.
Eze
18:24
But when
the
righteous
turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and
doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man
doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not
be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin
that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. (The world is in a moral
crisis, we must pray for our authorities)
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