Welcome to ancient Rome! Who says that ancient, hedonistic Rome is dead?!
Just look at what is happening all across America regarding the gay and
lesbian agenda, and you will see that the sinful, fleshly, carnal spirit of
ancient Rome is still very much alive.

As the Apostle Paul wrote concerning the Romans:

"Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their
own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed
the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more
than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave
them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural
use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving
the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men
with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that
recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to
retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do
those things which are not convenient;"
Romans 1:24-28, KJV

The following news article is yet more clear proof that the gays and
lesbians are not just a bunch of "innocent victims" who want to be left
alone to live their sinful lives in peace. They are in fact a very militant
group which is bent on forcing their ungodly lifestyle on young,
impressionable children who do not have the wisdom or maturity to know any
better, and the U.S. Government is their accomplice in this evil and ungodly
scheme.

This article really upsets me, and it has me burning in my seat!

The government and the school districts have absolutely no right to be
teaching such raw sexual topics to children so young! I am angered, and I am
horrified!


In School Efforts to End Bullying, Some See Agenda

By ERIK ECKHOLM - NYT

November 6, 2010


HELENA, Mont. -- Alarmed by evidence that gay and lesbian students are
common victims of schoolyard bullies, many school districts are bolstering
their antiharassment rules with early lessons in tolerance, explaining that
some children have "two moms" or will grow up to love members of the same
sex.

But such efforts to teach acceptance of homosexuality, which have gained
urgency after several well-publicized suicides by gay teenagers, are
provoking new culture wars in some communities.

Many educators and rights advocates say that official prohibitions of slurs
and taunts are most effective when combined with frank discussions, from
kindergarten on, about diverse families and sexuality.

Angry parents and religious critics, while agreeing that schoolyard
harassment should be stopped, charge that liberals and gay rights groups are
using the antibullying banner to pursue a hidden "homosexual agenda,"
implicitly endorsing, for example, same-sex marriage.

Last summer, school officials here in Montana's capital unveiled new
guidelines for teaching about sexuality and tolerance. They proposed
teaching first graders that "human beings can love people of the same
gender," and fifth graders that sexual intercourse can involve "vaginal,
oral or anal penetration."

A local pastor, Rick DeMato, carried his shock straight to the pulpit.

"We do not want the minds of our children to be polluted with the things of
a carnal-minded society," Mr. DeMato, 69, told his flock at Liberty Baptist
Church.

In tense community hearings, some parents made familiar arguments that
innocent youngsters were not ready for explicit language. Other parents and
pastors, along with leaders of the Big Sky Tea Party, saw a darker purpose.

"Anyone who reads this document can see that it promotes acceptance of the
homosexual lifestyle," one mother said at a six-hour school board meeting in
late September.

Barely heard was the plea of Harlan Reidmohr, 18, who graduated last spring
and said he was relentlessly tormented and slammed against lockers after
coming out during his freshman year. Through his years in the Helena
schools, he said at another school board meeting, sexual orientation was
never once discussed in the classroom, and "I believe this led to a lot of
the sexual harassment I faced."

Last month, the federal Department of Education told schools they were
obligated, under civil rights laws, to try to prevent harassment, including
that based on sexual orientation and gender identity. But the agency did not
address the controversy over more explicit classroom materials in grade
schools.

Some districts, especially in larger cities, have adopted tolerance lessons
with minimal dissent. But in suburban districts in California, Illinois and
Minnesota, as well as here in Helena, the programs have unleashed fierce
opposition.

"Of course we're all against bullying," Mr. DeMato, one of numerous pastors
who opposed the plan, said in an interview. "But the Bible says very clearly
that homosexuality is wrong, and Christians don't want the schools to teach
subjects that are repulsive to their values."

The divided Helena school board, after four months of turmoil, recently
adopted a revised plan for teaching about health, sex and diversity. Much of
the explicit language about sexuality and gay families was removed or
replaced with vague phrases, like a call for young children to "understand
that family structures differ." The superintendent who has ardently pushed
the new curriculum, Bruce K. Messinger, agreed to let parents remove their
children from lessons they find objectionable.

In Alameda, Calif., officials started to introduce new tolerance lessons
after teachers noticed grade-schoolers using gay slurs and teasing children
with gay or lesbian parents. A group of parents went to court seeking the
right to remove their children from lessons that included reading "And Tango
Makes Three," a book in which two male penguins bond and raise a child.

The parents lost the suit, and the school superintendent, Kirsten Vital,
said the district was not giving ground. "Everyone in our community needs to
feel safe and visible and included," Ms. Vital said.

Some of the Alameda parents have taken their children out of public schools,
while others now hope to unseat members of the school board.

After at least two suicides by gay students last year, a Minnesota school
district recently clarified its antibullying rules to explicitly protect gay
and lesbian students along with other target groups. But to placate
religious conservatives, the district, Anoka-Hennepin County, also stated
that teachers must be absolutely neutral on questions of sexual orientation
and refrain from endorsing gay parenting.

Rights advocates worry that teachers will avoid any discussion of
gay-related topics, missing a chance to fight prejudice.

While nearly all states require schools to have rules against harassment,
only 10 require them to explicitly outlaw bullying related to sexual
orientation. Rights groups including the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education
Network, based in New York, are promoting a federal "safe schools" act to
make this a universal requirement, although passage is not likely any time
soon.

Candi Cushman, an educational analyst with Focus on the Family, a Christian
group, said that early lessons about sexuality and gay parents reflected a
political agenda, including legitimizing same-sex marriage. "We need to
protect all children from bullying," Ms. Cushman said. "But the advocacy
groups are promoting homosexual lessons in the name of antibullying."

Ellen Kahn of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, which offers a
"welcoming schools" curriculum for grade schools, denied such motives.

"When you talk about two moms or two dads, the idea is to validate the
families, not to push a debate about gay marriage," Ms. Kahn said. The
program involves what she described as age-appropriate materials on family
and sexual diversity and is used in dozens of districts, though it has
sometime stirred dissent.

The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, which runs teacher-training programs and
recommends videos and books depicting gay parents in a positive light, has
met opposition in several districts, including the Chicago suburb of Oak
Park.

Julie Justicz, a 47-year-old lawyer, and her partner live in Oak Park with
two sons ages 6 and 11. Ms. Justicz saw the need for early tolerance
training, she said, when their older son was upset by pejorative terms about
gays in the schoolyard.

Frank classroom discussions about diverse families and hurtful phrases had
greatly reduced the problem, she said.

But one of the objecting parents, Tammi Shulz, who describes herself as a
traditional Christian, said, "I just don't think it's great to talk about
homosexuality with 5-year-olds."

Tess Dufrechou, president of Helena High School's Gay-Straight Alliance, a
club that promotes tolerance, counters that, "By the time kids get to high
school, it's too late."

Only a handful of students in Helena high schools are openly gay, with
others keeping the secret because they fear the reactions of parents and
peers, students said.

Michael Gengler, one of the few to have come out, said, "You learn from an
early age that it's not acceptable to be gay," adding that he was
disappointed that the teaching guidelines had been watered down.

But Mr. Messinger, the superintendent, said he still hoped to achieve the
original goals without using the explicit language that offended many
parents.

"This is not about advocating a lifestyle, but making sure our children
understand it and, I hope, accept it," he said.



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