courageousniger:
On second note, human sexuality is not as clear cut as you would think. Some people are born homosexuals. Science confirms this and similar personal life stories of people in this category across the globe confirm it. Coming to this awareness, the British who criminalized same-sex amorous interactions across their colonies have decriminalized it in their own countries and so did many other European countries. South Africa stands as an example for Africa countries to follow. Whatever would make an elder statesman like Nelson Mandela, Wole Soyinka or Desmond Tutu advocate for caution, recognition and respect of the sexual minority’s privacy is worth examining by any other wise leader. Mr. Governor, please come to the assistant of the vulnerable.

Signed: John Adewoye, Couragenigeria@gmail.com

ronkebp:

Ture that!!!!!! "Forward thinking" my foot. Just because you want to be current and progressive' in every sense of life, does not mean i should do away with my morals and embrace nonentities.

toshmann:
Thanks jare

toshmann:
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- Lev.20:13

Yep, evidence from the good book

Mad Cow:


Same good book says if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it off..

Same good book says a woman that is mensurating is unclean and should be kept in isolation..

So why are u only fixated on the homo part and ignoring all the others?

J12:
2. Nobody is born gay

Sagamite:

Inconclusive in my view, but I suspect some are.

I would be more interested in finding root causes and developing cures where possible rather than stewpid acceptance and integration.

J12: The following excerpts from the After the Ball will exemplify the manipulative tactics Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen enticed pro‐sodomy activists employ.
“The first order of business is desensitization of the American public concerning gays…To desensitize the public is to help it view homosexuality with indifference instead of with keen emotion. Ideally we would have the straight register differences in sexual preference the way they register different tastes for ice cream…”

79 “The masses should not be shocked and repelled by premature exposure to homosexual behavior itself…the imagery of sex should be downplayed…”

80 “…gays must be cast as victims in need of protection so that straights will be inclined by reflex to assume the role of protector...”

81 “…make use of symbols which reduce the mainstream’s sense of threat, which lower its guard…”

82 “…replace the mainstream’s self‐righteous pride about its homophobia with shame and guilt…”

83 “Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible…” “The principal behind this advice is simple: almost all behavior begins to look normal if you are exposed to enough of it at close quarters and among your acquaintances."

84 “Constant talk builds the impression that public opinion is at least divided on the subject…”

85 Madsen and Pill (Kirk) explain their scheme in greater depth when they write:
“Where we talk is important. The visual media, film and television, are plainly the most powerful image‐makers in Western civilization. The average American household watches over seven hours of TV daily. Those hours open up a gateway into the private world of straights, through which a Trojan horse might be passed. As far as desensitization is concerned, the medium is the message‐‐of normalcy. So far, gay Hollywood has provided our best covert weapon in the battle to desensitize the mainstream.”

86 “Not so many years ago, all of these statements would have been unbelievably offensive to most Americans, even if they contained no reference to ‘homosexuality,’ precisely because they all advocate coercive tampering with peoples most private domain, their thoughts, opinions, and beliefs, Kirk and Madsen call it ‘transforming the social values of straight America…’”

87 Let’s look at the mechanics of their strategy for ‘transforming’ society into what they feel would be a more acceptable form. The authors continue. “Would a desensitizing campaign of open and sustained talk about gay issues reach every rabid opponent of homosexuality? Of course not. While public opinion is one primary source of mainstream values, religious authority is the
other. When conservative churches condemn gays, there are only two things we can do to confound the homophobia of true believers. First, we can use talk to muddy the moral waters. This means publicizing support for gays by more moderate churches, raising theological objections of our own about conservative interpretations of biblical teachings, and exposing hatred and inconsistency. Second, we can undermine the moral authority of homophobic churches by portraying them as antiquated backwaters, badly out of step with the times and with the latest findings of psychology. . . .

Mad Cow:


Same good book says if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it off..

Same good book says a woman that is mensurating is unclean and should be kept in isolation..

So why are u only fixated on the homo part and ignoring all the others?

toshmann:
There's a reason we are called uncivilized.
Plane crashes-pray
Road accidents-pray
Bastardized universities-pray
Rigged elections-pray
Looted national treasury-pray
Empty hospitals-pray
Fake drugs-pray
Campus cults-pray
Boko haram-pray
Kidnappers-pray
NEPA-pray( actually tired of praying for this one)
Then change Unilag's name- riot
4 gay men- riot

@topic
"Ndi ori'ike"
I wonder how these dudes contributed to the monumental poverty in Nigeria. If only we can parade ohakim, Orji, ibori etc this same way, then we may be making progress.

What a pathetic generation of smart phones and stu.pid people.

ijebabe: WTF! Una no dey tire

Sagamite:

If your teacher say im dey tired instead of teaching you back in the day, you go dey where you dey today?

This is free, high-quality education online, to educate the mind.

ijebabe:
Teacher was paid to do his job na. Now I can refuse to be taught

Sagamite:

The only thing missing from this write-up which I have mentioned before is how they piggyback on racism/civil rights by association to suppress white people's views. They keep on hacking that crap of anti-gay is like anti-black.

J12:

That's the essence of the born gay propaganda. Since gays are born and homosexuality is a harmless act, then hating on gays is similar to hating on blacks or any other form of racism.
It is now an intrinsic part of western culture. Homophobia is now the new disease. .

[size=18pt]Parental Rights vs. Public Schools[/size]

David Parker of Lexington, Mass., is scheduled to go on trial on Sept. 21 for asking his son's public school to provide parental notification before discussing homosexuality with the 6-year old.

The actual charge is criminal trespassing. But the real issue is whether parents or schools will control the teaching of values to children.

The conflict began on Jan. 17, when Parker's then-5-year-old son brought home a Diversity Bookbag from kindergarten. Included was Robert Skutch's "Who's In a Family?" that depicts families headed by same-sex couples. Parker had wanted to decide for himself the timing and manner in which his son was introduced to the subject of homosexuality.

(The Bookbag is supposed to be a voluntary program but the Parkers knew nothing about it in advance.)

Parker immediately e-mailed the Estabrook school principal, Joni Jay (search). Parker expressed his belief that gay parents did not constitute "a spiritually healthy family"; he did not wish his son to be taught that a gay family is "a morally equal alternative to other family constructs."

Parker acknowledged the equal rights of gays but objected to "the 'out of the closet' and into the kindergarten classroom mentality." In essence, Parker highlighted the difference between tolerance, which acknowledges someone's right to make a choice, and acceptance, which is the personal validation of that choice.

The conflict moved quickly from the Diversity Bookbag to the more general issue of parental notification. The Parkers wanted to know if sexuality was scheduled to be discussed in class so they could remove their son. They also wanted their son removed from any "spontaneous conversations" about sexuality that involved an adult.

By law, Massachusetts requires schools to notify parents when sexuality is scheduled for discussion. Lexington School Committee chairman Thomas B. Griffiths explained, "We don't view telling a child that there is a family out there with two mommies as teaching about homosexuality." In an e-mail, the Estabrook school principal stated, "I have confirmed … that discussion of differing families, including gay-headed families, is not included in the parental notification policy."

At an April 27 meeting at the school, Parker refused to leave without an assurance that he would receive parental notification. Arrested for criminal trespass, he spent the night in jail.

When asked why he insisted on staying, Parker replied, "I wanted to see how far they [school authorities] would go for [my] asking something simple."

The state now wishes to impose probation upon Parker, along with other restrictions — such as banning him from Lexington school properties without prior written permission from the superintendent of schools. This means he is barred from places to vote, as well as school committee and parent-teacher meetings.

Parker is contesting the charge. Why? After his arraignment, he stated, "I'm just trying to be a good dad." During a May 11 appearance on the FOX News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," Parker expanded on this statement, saying that he wanted his son "to play on the swing set and make mud pies. I don't want him thinking about same-sex unions in kindergarten."

Parker's attorney, Jeffrey Denner, points to a larger issue — "the role of family and what kind of encroachments government can make into children's and people's lives."

Otherwise stated, schools are usurping the parental role of teaching personal values to children. They are not acting as educators but as guardians, "in loco parentis" (in the place of a parent). Some schools clearly consider this function to be their right, even over parental objections. Thus, Estabrook defends its "right" to teach Parker's son to accept same-sex marriages.

Denner hopes to resolve the conflict before trial but he also intends to file a civil suit in federal court against the town of Lexington, the school system and its officials.

Meanwhile, there seems to be a campaign to discredit Parker. The Lexington School Board has reportedly accused Parker of wanting to be arrested to grab "headlines." If true, it is strange that he wasted months on e-mails, faxes and school meetings before making his move. Parker's actions sound more like those of a father with no options left.

The school also claims that Parker's demands would prevent other children from discussing their families or drawing pictures of them.

But this is far from what's been officially requested. According to Neil Tassel, Parker's co-counsel, "the Parkers' proposal was simple: notify them in advance if there is a planned discussion about same-sex issues, and, if an adult becomes involved in a discussion spontaneously begun by a child, then remove their child from the discussion."

School authorities quite reasonably responded that they could not be held responsible for monitoring spontaneous conversations or remarks made in the class. Moreover, they contend that children with gay parents have a right to talk about their families and have their families represented.

At some point in the dialogue, however, reason broke down; police were called. The attacks on Parker have been so intense that Tassel recently found it necessary to write a defense in the local paper denying that his client is a shill for or member of Article 8, a controversial organization opposed to same-sex marriage.

He pointed to Parker's Ph.D. to deflect criticism of his client as an ignorant book burner. To counter the charge that Parker hates gays, Tassel described him as "an exceptionally kind hearted man" whose best friend was gay.

Perhaps Estabrook authorities are trying to divert attention from the real question: Is Parker simply demanding parental notification or not? I think he is.

David Parker cares so deeply that he is willing to go to jail and endure a lengthy court process for the right to be a parent. In a world where a myriad of social problems can be traced back to parental abuse or indifference, it is incredible that Parker is being treated as a criminal and not as the hero he is.

J12:
• In 2006 the Parkers and Wirthlins filed a federal Civil Rights lawsuit to force the
schools to notify parents and allow them to opt-out their elementary-school children
when homosexual-related subjects were taught. The federal judges dismissed the case.
The judges ruled that because same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts, the school
actually had a duty to normalize homosexual relationships to children, and that schools have no obligation to notify parents or let them opt-out their children! Acceptance of homosexuality had become a matter of good citizenship!
Think about that: Because same-sex marriage is “legal”, a federal judge has ruled that the schools now have a duty to portray homosexual relationships as
normal to children, despite what parents think or believe!
• In 2006, in the elementary school where my daughter went to Kindergarten, the parents
of a third-grader were forced to take their child out of school because a man undergoing a sex-change operation and cross-dressing was being brought into
class to teach the children that there are now “different kinds of families.” School officials told the mother that her complaints to the principal were considered “inappropriate behavior.”
• Libraries have also radically changed. School libraries across the state, from elementary school to high school, now have shelves of books to normalize homosexual behavior and the lifestyle in the minds of kids, some of them quite explicit and even
pornographic. Parents complaints are ignored or met with hostility.
Over the past year, homosexual groups have been using taxpayer money to distribute a large, slick hardcover book celebrating homosexual marriage titled
“Courting Equality” into every school library in the state.

toshmann: There's a reason we are called uncivilized.
Plane crashes-pray
Road accidents-pray
Bastardized universities-pray
Rigged elections-pray
Looted national treasury-pray
Empty hospitals-pray
Fake drugs-pray
Campus cults-pray
Boko haram-pray
Kidnappers-pray
NEPA-pray( actually tired of praying for this one)
Then change Unilag's name- riot
4 gay men- riot

@topic
"Ndi ori'ike"
I wonder how these dudes contributed to the monumental poverty in Nigeria. If only we can parade ohakim, Orji, ibori etc this same way, then we may be making progress.

What a pathetic generation of smart phones and stu.pid people.