- "In light of the irrefutable medical facts, it should
be considered criminally reckless for educators to teach children that
homosexual conduct is a normal, safe and perfectly acceptable alternative
form of sexual expression (or 'sexual orientation'). Commentary by J. Matt
Barber
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- April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- Can you imagine
officials at a middle school, junior high or high school setting aside
a day to promote "tolerance" for heavy smoking and drinking among
children? How about a day where teachers encourage kids to "embrace
who they are," pick up that crack pipe and give it a stiff toke?
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- Neither can I. The public would go ballistic, and for
good reason.
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- But that hasn't stopped officials in thousands of schools
across the country from promoting other politically correct and socially
"in-vogue" behaviors that - both statistically and manifestly
- are every bit as dangerous as the aforementioned frowned-upon behaviors.
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- That's exactly what the homosexual activist "Day
of Silence" is all about - advancing, through clever, feel-good propaganda,
full acceptance among children of the homosexual lifestyle.
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- Just the Facts Ma'am
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- By recently admitting that "HIV is a gay disease,"
Matt Foreman, outgoing Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force, acknowledged what the medical community has known for decades:
the homosexual lifestyle is extremely high-risk and often leads to disease
and even death.
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- In fact, multiple studies have established that homosexual
conduct, especially among males, is considerably more hazardous to one's
health than a lifetime of chain smoking.
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- To the consternation of "gay" activist flat-earthers
and homosexual AIDS holocaust deniers everywhere, one such study - conducted
by pro-"gay" researchers in Canada - was published in the International
Journal of Epidemiology (IJE) in 1997. (see the study here: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/26/3/657.pdf
)
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- While the medical consensus is that smoking knocks from
two to 10 years off an individual's life expectancy, the IJE study found
that homosexual conduct shortens the lifespan of "gays" by an
astounding "8 to 20 years" - more than twice that of smoking.
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- "[u]nder even the most liberal assumptions,"
concluded the study, "gay and bisexual men in this urban centre are
now experiencing a life expectancy similar to that experienced by all men
in Canada in the year 1871. ... [L]ife expectancy at age 20 years for gay
and bisexual men is 8 to 20 years less than for all men."
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- This morose reality makes a strong case for a fitting
redefinition of so-called "homophobia," that being "Homophobia:
The rational fear that 'gay sex' will kill you!"
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- The fact that we don't have mandatory surgeon general
warnings on the side of condom wrappers is a testament to the power and
influence wielded by the radical homosexual lobby. (Warning: Male-male
anal sodomy has been proven to shorten your lifespan by up to 20 years.)
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- Not surprisingly, that same homosexual lobby and its
codependent enablers in the mainstream media moved quickly to sweep the
IJE study under the rug. Under tremendous pressure, the researchers who
conducted the study even jumped into the political damage control fray
issuing a statement which read, "[W]e do not condone the use of our
research in a manner that restricts the political or human rights of gay
and bisexual men or any other group."
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- Yeah, so?
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- Of course, that's all just worthless fluff. All the political
spin in the world doesn't change reality, nor does it eliminate the study's
disturbing conclusions or practical implications. The research left ZERO
wiggle room for anyone who would argue that homosexuality is a "perfectly
normal and healthy alternative sexual orientation."
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- The risks associated with homosexual conduct are so drastic,
in fact, that U.S. health regulations prohibit men who have sex with men
(MSM) and women who have had sex with MSM, from even donating blood.
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- Consider that, according to the Food and Drug Administration,
MSM, "have an HIV prevalence 60 times higher than the general population,
800 times higher than first time blood donors and 8,000 times higher than
repeat blood donors."
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- Adults and children who engage in homosexual conduct,
especially males, are also susceptible, at an astronomical rate, to nearly
all other forms of sexually transmitted disease (STD). For example, the
Hepatitis B virus is about five to six times more prevalent among "gays,"
and Hepatitis C is twice as common.
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- But perhaps most shocking are today's syphilis rates
among homosexual men and adolescents. A recent study conducted by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that although homosexuals
comprise only a fraction of the population (one to two percent), they account
for an epidemic 64 percent of all syphilis cases.
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- The "Day of Silence"
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- In light of the irrefutable medical facts, it should
be considered criminally reckless for educators to teach children that
homosexual conduct is a normal, safe and perfectly acceptable alternative
form of sexual expression (or "sexual orientation").
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- But instead, the "gay" lifestyle is vigorously
promoted in our public schools. Sexually confused children who suffer from
gender identity disorder and same-sex attractions are told to "embrace
who they are," and are encouraged to entertain deviant and dangerous
sexual temptations. "But always use a condom!" liberal educators
bellow. (Forget that condoms have a perilously high failure rate and are
incapable of preventing numerous STDs such as the HPV virus.)
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- On April 25, 2008, the pro-homosexual indoctrination
of your children comes to a boil. Homosexual activists and like-minded
liberal educators will be pushing the so-called "Day of Silence"
on kids in thousands of schools across the country.
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- The "Day of Silence" (DOS) is organized by
the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), one of the most
militant and well-funded of the powerful homosexual pressure groups. DOS
purports to confront the alleged systematic harassment and bullying of
children who self-identify as homosexual, bisexual or "transgender."
(For a sampling of the kinds of things GLSEN teaches children, click here:
http://www.cultureandfamily.org/arti...apers#fistgate ; Be warned, though.
It's pretty graphic.)
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- To be sure, bullying and harassment should not be tolerated
against anyone, anywhere for any reason, and those who engage in such activities
should be firmly disciplined. However, DOS has very little to do with "bullying"
and has everything to do with propaganda.
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- During DOS, children and teachers are encouraged to disrupt
the school day by refusing to speak, in a show of support to self-described
"gay," "lesbian," "bisexual" and "transgender"
students. Kids are additionally taught that Biblical truth, which holds
that human sexuality is a gift from God shared between husband and wife
within the bonds of marriage, is "homophobic," "hateful"
and "discriminatory."
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- Our schools are supposed to be places of learning, not
places of political indoctrination. It's the height of impropriety and
cynicism for "gay" activists and school officials to use good-hearted
but misguided children as pawns in their attempt to further a deceptive,
highly controversial and polarizing political agenda.
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- DOS is pure, unadulterated propaganda and, based on the
medical science, amounts to nothing short of educational malpractice. With
liberal school officials in tow, these militant homosexual activists are
brazenly circumventing and abusing parental authority to further this dangerous
political agenda. DOS is also a slap in the face to the many students with
traditional moral values.
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- So, it's time for the "Day of Silence" to finally
live up to its name. It's time for these radical adult activists to be
silent in our children's schools.
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- And you can to do something to help.
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- At DOS-participating schools all over the country, parents
are joining with dozens of pro-family organizations, such as Concerned
Women for America (CWA), in a "Day of Silence Walkout." They're
keeping their kids home from school on DOS as a show of protest. (For more
information visit http://www.missionamerica.com).
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- Parents and children are also strongly encouraged to
participate in the Alliance Defense Fund's non-disruptive "Day of
Truth," which will follow DOS on Monday, April 28, 2008. (For more
information visit http://www.dayoftruth.org ).
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- Children are impressionable. Their young minds are fresh
clay ready for molding, and these adult homosexual activists know it. Your
child's spiritual, emotional and physical well-being belongs in your hands,
not in the hands of liberal activists and elitist educators with a deceptive
and destructive political agenda.
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- It's time to shatter the silence with truth.
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- Matt Barber is one of the "like-minded men"
with Concerned Women for America. He is an attorney concentrating in constitutional
law and serves as CWA's policy director for cultural issues.
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