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Re: GAY RIGHTS & CHILDREN!

From: Sharon Heneborn (heneborn)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 22:17:18 PST

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    A few thoughts from a gray head in NJ / Very stimulating thread!!!:
    >From: Woody Duncan <wduncan>
    >Subject: Re: GAY RIGHTS & CHILDREN!
    >Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2000, 11:41 PM
        I feel very
    > strongly that those who do nothing and say nothing about the
    evils they
    > see around themselves daily share a large portion of the blame
    for what happens in society.
    > Nuff said, Woody in KC

    Woody, There is never "nuff said" on that subject 'till discrimination
    is a relic of the past. (This thought from a gray hair who slept with
    a 22 under her bed in the mid 50's because she dared to bring a Negro
    boy to church.) I wonder as I read your strong statement about
    saying/doing nothing about evil could this be justification for
    taking action against homosexuality if someone perceives that to be
    the evil? I believe and teach that the doing and the saying must have
    very strict guidelines.

    A person doesn't have to have a very large difference to bring down
    the destructive discrimination from the group. We have all seen it.
    "Be exactly like us. Reflect us or get away from us, or we will peck
    you to death!" Once had a 6th gr. student who was pecked with no
    mercy. After long discovery process the peckers revealed it was
    because he wore K-Mart shoes.

    Woody, I have wanted to tell you that I get a chuckle when I read your
    Kansas/monkeys signature.("I'm from Kansas, where evolution is
    outlawed and the monkeys are in charge of the schools")

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    <Let me add, You will never convince me that Homosexuality is moral,

    Stacy, I did not read in any previous post that anyone said
    homosexuality
    is moral or immoral. (Sorry, I didn't get this posted in time...No
    longer true!)
    I read that homosexuals are human beings whose rights are being
    discussed along with our obligation as teachers to protect them from
    abuse. Our job is to hold a mirror up to life and open the dialog as
    we
    have done here. That is what artists do. It is so much more than
    manipulating materials and discussing the use of materials, style and
    form. You have to decide what dialog is appropriate for your
    classroom
    and your children. If the students are calling one a fag then the
    dialog is
    open. Where will you lead them?

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