October 06, 2005

ACLU: Forced Tolerance Training for Kids?

I'm genuinely amazed each time I hear what the ACLU is "fighting" for.  Just when I think I've seen it all, or thought they've gone as far as they can go, they take that extra step into Stupidville.

In a nutshell, the ACLU is threatening a court date if Kentucky's Boyd County School doesn't force all of its students to participate in "tolerance training."  No, this isn't the "normal" tolerance training - it's homosexuality tolerance training.  I read a great article over at TheRealityCheck.org written by Richard Mullenax.  His thoughts on this issue summarize my thoughts rather succinctly.

After all, the ACLU wants kids to receive oral sex training and have all the condoms and morning-after pills at every school's disposal.  Plus, you can't talk about religion in school (unless it's about Islam) or else the ACLU believes it's a violation of "Separation of Church and State." When the ACLU wanted tolerance, it meant tolerance towards homosexuality.

It appears that many parents were unsupportive of the efforts to have this type of training presented to their children. 

District figures illustrates 105 of 730 middle school students opted out of the training video and 145 of 971 high school students did, too. On the day scheduled for training, 324 students didn't show up.

There is a reason that some of the Kentucky students did not show up for the training course. The ACLU doesn't have the power to have students tolerate homosexuality if the students don't approve of it.  Plus, the ACLU shouldn't force this subject on students unless the school has parental consent to do so.

But the ACLU does not see it that way. The intolerant organization along with the Gay-Straight Alliance believes it has a right to force-feed homosexuality down the throats of the American people.  Perhaps there should be a separation of "Homosexuality and State" if the ACLU and gay radical groups continue to impose their ideology.

James Esseks, litigation director for the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project says: "The schools have great latitude in what they want to teach, including what's in training programs, and the training is now part of the school curriculum." Esseks goes on to say, "Parents don't get to say 'I don't want you to teach evolution or this, that, or whatever else.' 'If parents don't like it they can homeschool, they can go to a private school, they can go to a religious school.' "

I'm sorry, James you incompetent boob, but *I'M* the one in charge of my child.  I have EVERY right to shelter him or her from teachings that go against our morals and beliefs.  This is a topic that *I* as a parent should address - my kids don't need to learn about homosexual behavior from a video and a quiz.  And guess what?  I PAY TAXES AND HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT MY CHILD LEARNS AS I AM PAYING FOR THEIR EDUCATION IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.  IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT I WOULD PULL MY KID OUT OF THIS KIND OF TRAINING IN LESS THAN A HEARTBEAT, WHY DON'T YOU HOMESCHOOL YOUR OWN KID?  Now, go in the corner and curl up into the fetal position and whine that I'm not tolerant of you.  Go ahead, I dare you.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mullenax is on a roll:

The ACLU shows its true colors everyday by its never-ending liberal bias. What right does it have to take Christmas out of schools when former president Ulysses S. Grant made Christmas into a National Holiday in 1865? What right does the ACLU have to attempt taking "Under God" out of our pledge when the Deceleration of Independence says that our Creator endows us? And most importantly, what right does the ACLU have to take away our moral conscious when over half of the country voted based on moral decisions? The answer is simple: The ACLU has no right, but its leaders think they have the right to tell us what we should tolerate and not tolerate.

UPDATE:  Thanks to the Gray-Tie for blogging on yet more fun ACLU stuff.