Think of the Children

by: Juan Melli

Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 11:47:16 AM EDT

I don't always agree with them, but today's Courier Post's editorial on the controversial film "That's a Family" was right in telling the Evesham school district to butt out of the business of teaching our kids about certain sensitive topics:

The Evesham school board was right Thursday to vote to not show a video designed to teach elementary-school kids tolerance and about different kinds of family structures. The video briefly features children whose parents are gay couples. [...]
As much as schools should work to teach kids about diversity, tolerance and acceptance of others, there are certain topics that many parents want to be the first to communicate to their children, and homosexuality is probably one of those topics. And, as the outcry in Evesham indicates, many parents don't think their kids are ready to learn about homosexuality in elementary school.

I couldn't agree more. I'm not a parent yet, but I hope to be one some day, so this issue is very important to me. There are certain topics the school should mind it's own business on, and alternative "family" types is certainly one of those.

Imagine having your child exposed to and indoctrinated by a film showing a white woman and a Hispanic or black man with their family. I'm not sure how I would handle that, so I can understand the outrage of some of these parents. It's just icky and against the laws of nature. You don't see jackrabbits and sea otters raising families together in the wild, because that's not the way God intended things to be.

After seeing this film, confused third graders will come home with awkward questions. Naturally, they will inquire about the details of how the white woman and non-white man have sex. It's not right to put parents in the position of explaining that lifestyle to their kids - especially not while they're that young. That's something I will teach my kids when I want - on my terms. I don't care what deviant things people choose do in their homes - that's their right - but don't shove your interracial, godless "marriages" down my throat and brainwash my children into thinking they are "normal" and acceptable under the guise of promoting "tolerance".

The school should worry about math and geography, and I'll make sure they learn proper values.

Juan Melli :: Think of the Children

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Think of the Children | 5 comments

My, what snark for a Tuesday morning. (4.00 / 1)

:)

Gimmeabreak http://pennsauken.drinkingliberally.com pennsauken@drinkingliberally.com

by: gimmeabreak @ Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 15:57:46 PM UTC

I can't do snark as well as the master... (4.00 / 1)

but I attempted a "straight" (if you'll excuse the pun) response in the comments to the editorial.

by: Josh Aronovitch @ Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 18:05:50 PM UTC

In 1941 (0.00 / 0)

my parents were ... a mixed marriage. Catholic & protestant. They had a Catholic wedding but... raised their kids ... ..Methodist. Managed to scandalize both families. Fortunately, a World War broke out & & everybody had more important stuff to worry about.

by: Wesleylake @ Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 00:07:29 AM UTC

It's about ALL the children (0.00 / 0)

It's well documented that elementary school age children in "atypical" families are frequent victims of bullying and teasing by other children. Such negative experiences affect children throughout their lives. These atypical families can be single-parent, mixed race, or with same-sex parents. it's also proven over and over again that, when children learn that other children who come from other family arrangements are no less valid than they are, bullying and teasing are greatly reduced or eliminated altogether.

Leslie Farber

by: Leslie3532 @ Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 02:16:12 AM UTC