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(AgapePress) - A former chairman of the National Education
Association's Ex-Gay Educators Caucus says the NEA is engaging in a
"big misinformation campaign" with the goal of changing public opinion
on homosexuality, starting with the youngest generation.

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/182006b.asp








(AgapePress) - A former chairman of the National Education
Association's Ex-Gay Educators Caucus says the NEA is engaging in a
"big misinformation campaign" with the goal of changing public opinion
on homosexuality, starting with the youngest generation.

The NEA has unveiled a new web page [Caution: This page contains
pro-homosexual material] on "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
students," stating that the educators' union is "committed" to fighting
harassment, bullying, and discrimination aimed at those students. The
page cites statistics from a study published by the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, and even provides a link to an
interview with that group's founder, homosexual activist Kevin
Jennings.

Conservative critics of Jennings have blasted him for promoting what
they see as radical pro-homosexual policies and ideas. Culture and
media critic Bob Knight of the Media Research Center calls the GLSEN
founder a "very controversial" figure, one "who has covered up an
incident of molestation [of a 15-year-old boy by a homosexual man], who
presided over a session in Massachusetts in which kids as young as 14
were exposed to graphic descriptions of homosexual sex acts," and who
has said he wants children, even kindergartners, to be acquainted with
homosexuality.

The NEA's web page on GLBT students provides a link to an NEA Today
article and interview with Jennings called "Safe Schools for Everyone."
In it, the homosexual activist advocates teachers helping to combat the
problem of harassment faced by GLBT students -- by working "to create a
classroom culture of respect and acceptance from day one."

California teacher Jeralee Smith, who founded the NEA's Conservative
Educator Caucus and formerly chaired the union's Ex-Gay Educators
Caucus, says the new web page on GLBT students is all part of the
union's ongoing agenda to legitimize homosexuality. However, she says
she hopes this latest move by the national organization will finally
open the eyes of some of its members.

"Maybe, finally," Smith comments, "some of the conservative and
Christian teachers and other faiths who take issue with children being
urged to adopt a gay identity" will recognize the NEA's pro-homosexual
agenda for what it is. "Maybe, finally, some of these people will
really believe that this is what their dues money is going for," she
says.

Is the NEA Helping to Spread GLSEN Misinformation?


In July, at the NEA's annual convention, the educators union voted
overwhelmingly to endorse legal same-sex civil unions and same-sex
"marriages." And now, with its new web page on GLBT students, Smith
feels the NEA is using misinformation in an effort to change public
attitudes toward homosexuality, and she suspects the union's embrace of
GLSEN's "safe schools" rhetoric is little more than a smokescreen for
its support for and collaboration with the activist organization's
agenda.

According to GLSEN's 2005 National School Climate Survey, homosexual
students were five times more likely than the general population of
students to report having skipped school in the last month because of
safety concerns and were twice as likely as the general population of
students to report having no plans to pursue any post-secondary
education. The survey also found homosexual students who reported
experiencing harassment had an average grade point average a half point
lower than that of homosexual students who were not harassed.

Jennings, as quoted in NEA Today, says the "safe schools" initiative is
"not about how you feel about gay people, it's about making sure all
of our students achieve." However, Smith believes the NEA's and
GLSEN's special emphasis on GLBT youth is telling. She says the NEA has
no business encouraging students to adopt a homosexual identity, and
the organization needs to recognize that all students are equally
deserving of a safe learning environment.

"Children -- by children, I mean anyone younger than 18 -- need to all
be protected from any kind of harassment at school," the California
teacher insists. "I teach physically handicapped children," she notes;
"my kids look different from everyone else in very obvious ways, and
kids like mine are much more likely to get bullied and harassed at
school."

Also telling, Smith suggests, is which data the National Education
Association chooses to report about GLBT students, and what it chooses
to omit. She notes, for instance, that the NEA's new web page does not
provide statistics about the many young people who have had same-sex
sexual encounters in the past but have since abandoned such behavior.

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/182006b.asp

(AgapePress) - A former chairman of the National Education
Association's Ex-Gay Educators Caucus says the NEA is engaging in a
"big misinformation campaign" with the goal of changing public opinion
on homosexuality, starting with the youngest generation.

The NEA has unveiled a new web page [Caution: This page contains
pro-homosexual material] on "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
students," stating that the educators' union is "committed" to fighting
harassment, bullying, and discrimination aimed at those students. The
page cites statistics from a study published by the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, and even provides a link to an
interview with that group's founder, homosexual activist Kevin
Jennings.

Conservative critics of Jennings have blasted him for promoting what
they see as radical pro-homosexual policies and ideas. Culture and
media critic Bob Knight of the Media Research Center calls the GLSEN
founder a "very controversial" figure, one "who has covered up an
incident of molestation [of a 15-year-old boy by a homosexual man], who
presided over a session in Massachusetts in which kids as young as 14
were exposed to graphic descriptions of homosexual sex acts," and who
has said he wants children, even kindergartners, to be acquainted with
homosexuality.

The NEA's web page on GLBT students provides a link to an NEA Today
article and interview with Jennings called "Safe Schools for Everyone."
In it, the homosexual activist advocates teachers helping to combat the
problem of harassment faced by GLBT students -- by working "to create a
classroom culture of respect and acceptance from day one."

California teacher Jeralee Smith, who founded the NEA's Conservative
Educator Caucus and formerly chaired the union's Ex-Gay Educators
Caucus, says the new web page on GLBT students is all part of the
union's ongoing agenda to legitimize homosexuality. However, she says
she hopes this latest move by the national organization will finally
open the eyes of some of its members.

"Maybe, finally," Smith comments, "some of the conservative and
Christian teachers and other faiths who take issue with children being
urged to adopt a gay identity" will recognize the NEA's pro-homosexual
agenda for what it is. "Maybe, finally, some of these people will
really believe that this is what their dues money is going for," she
says.

Is the NEA Helping to Spread GLSEN Misinformation?


In July, at the NEA's annual convention, the educators union voted
overwhelmingly to endorse legal same-sex civil unions and same-sex
"marriages." And now, with its new web page on GLBT students, Smith
feels the NEA is using misinformation in an effort to change public
attitudes toward homosexuality, and she suspects the union's embrace of
GLSEN's "safe schools" rhetoric is little more than a smokescreen for
its support for and collaboration with the activist organization's
agenda.

According to GLSEN's 2005 National School Climate Survey, homosexual
students were five times more likely than the general population of
students to report having skipped school in the last month because of
safety concerns and were twice as likely as the general population of
students to report having no plans to pursue any post-secondary
education. The survey also found homosexual students who reported
experiencing harassment had an average grade point average a half point
lower than that of homosexual students who were not harassed.

Jennings, as quoted in NEA Today, says the "safe schools" initiative is
"not about how you feel about gay people, it's about making sure all
of our students achieve." However, Smith believes the NEA's and
GLSEN's special emphasis on GLBT youth is telling. She says the NEA has
no business encouraging students to adopt a homosexual identity, and
the organization needs to recognize that all students are equally
deserving of a safe learning environment.

"Children -- by children, I mean anyone younger than 18 -- need to all
be protected from any kind of harassment at school," the California
teacher insists. "I teach physically handicapped children," she notes;
"my kids look different from everyone else in very obvious ways, and
kids like mine are much more likely to get bullied and harassed at
school."

Also telling, Smith suggests, is which data the National Education
Association chooses to report about GLBT students, and what it chooses
to omit. She notes, for instance, that the NEA's new web page does not
provide statistics about the many young people who have had same-sex
sexual encounters in the past but have since abandoned such behavior.

" stating that the educators' union is "committed" to fighting
harassment, bullying, and discrimination

The NEA has unveiled a new web page [Caution: This page contains
pro-homosexual material] on "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
students," stating that the educators' union is "committed" to fighting
harassment, bullying, and discrimination aimed at those students.