Homosexual Groups Unite to Push Agenda
by AFA Journal
March 7, 2005
(AgapePress) - For those who ridicule the whole notion of a homosexual "agenda," a recent press release from a new coalition of lesbian, "gay," bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) groups was unwelcome news.
In a joint statement released January 13, an alliance of 22 organizations spoke of a "shared vision," which includes the legalization of same-sex marriage, the continuation of promotional efforts throughout the nation's public school systems, the inclusion of "sexual orientation" in federal hate crimes and nondiscrimination laws, and an end to the ban on homosexuals in the military.
The coalition consists of LGBT groups such as the Human Rights Campaign; Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network; the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and the American Civil Liberties Union Lesbian & Gay Rights Project.
"The speed with which our movement is advancing on all fronts is absolutely historic -- and it hasn't happened by chance or by accident," said the press release. It cited the LGBT movement's "instruments" of change: "lobbying, electoral politics, impact litigation, grassroots organizing, public education, media advocacy and more ...."
The statement also accused pro-family groups of continuing to "confuse, distort and subvert the public debate," even while homosexuality continues to become more acceptable in the hearts and minds of the American public.
Example: PFLAG Pushes Agenda in Schools
A pro-homosexual organization began 2005 with a demand that the public school system do more to normalize "gay," lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered lifestyles. The group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) released a study in January that claimed public schools were failing to educate students about homosexuality and were failing to protect LGBT students.
According to PFLAG's numbers, 95 percent of school counseling departments had little or no resources for homosexual children, and 70 percent of schools did not train faculty to stop harassment of LGBT students.
Nevertheless, some parents think their schools are, in fact, already pushing the homosexual agenda too far. In Massachusetts, one mother is upset that at her kids' school, John Glenn Middle School, a rainbow flag flies overhead and pink triangles adorn classroom doors.
Also in Massachusetts, that state's legalization of same-sex marriage may be emboldening homosexual teachers within the public school system to promote their own lifestyle to kids. For example, according to an interview on National Public Radio (NPR) All Thinks Considered, lesbian eighth-grade teacher Deb Allen said she explicitly teaches her students about lesbian sex, including the use of sex toys.
NPR reporter Tovia Smith said, "Already, some gay and lesbian advocates are working on a new 'gay'-friendly curriculum for kindergarten and up."
But this is not just a phenomenon occurring in the liberal northeast section of the U.S. In Kentucky, a federal judge ordered Boyd County middle and high schools to require all teachers and students to attend diversity and tolerance classes on the subject of homosexuality. The decision came after a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, after the county school system refused to allow a Gay-Straight Alliance student group to meet on campus.
These articles appeared in the March 2005 issue of AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association.
