Texas Southern Baptists Resolve to Investigate Homosexual Activism in Schools
by Jim Brown
November 2, 2005
(AgapePress) - - The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention has unanimously passed a resolution encouraging Christian parents to look into whether their local public schools are involved in homosexual activism and, where this is the case, to pursue alternative choices for their children's education.
The measure submitted to the convention by messenger Mark Cole urges Texas Southern Baptists to investigate whether the public schools in their area are promoting homosexuality and, if so, to seek more suitable options for their kids -- options such as private Christian schools or home education. Dr. Gary Ledbetter, a spokesman for the Texas Convention, says the public school resolution is similar to one passed last summer at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
The bottom line, Ledbetter asserts, is that parents have a responsibility to provide for the spiritual, emotional, and instructional education of their children. "That was the point of the resolution," he says. "The language went on to point out that other people have other agendas for our children, and ... we need to pay very close attention to what they are."
The Texas Southern Baptist feels the resolution was successful because Christian parents and churches are feeling increasingly threatened by what is being taught in public schools and are looking for ways to fight back. "Whatever means we use as parents, we need to be informed," he says.
"There are other agendas, particularly the homosexual agenda, that have been very aggressive in promoting tolerance of what we consider to be destructive and unbiblical lifestyles -- and building that tolerance into our children," Ledbetter contends. "And they're finding a listening ear. Whether it's on the Supreme Court, or whether it's the textbook manufacturers, the National Education Association -- we find ourselves up against some pretty big boys."
The goal of the public school resolution is to put the responsibility for educating children in the hands of the parents where it belongs, Ledbetter adds. Now that more believing parents are becoming wary of what is being taught in public schools, he says these Christian moms and dads are looking to take a proactive response.
Jim Brown, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
