A coalition of Christian organizations is encouraging students to stay home when their schools recognize the "Day of Silence" homosexual-lifestyle promotion this year – and the reaction has started coming in.
Liberty Counsel reports it has had complaints from parents and students about a wide range of misbehaviors or misrepresentations presented by schools.
For example, in one school district a principal told a father if his son was not at school on the "Day of Silence," the student would be given a failing grade for the year. In Indiana, parents were told by public school officials it was "against the law" for them to cancel the program or excuse absences that day. And in Iowa, a school board member said a student refusing to speak throughout a school day was no more disruptive than a "Christian wearing a cross."
..."It's outrageous that our neighborhood schools would allow homosexual activism to intrude into the classroom," said Buddy Smith of the American Family Association, one of a long list of organizations asking parents to keep their students home from school on that day.
"'Day of Silence' is about coercing students to repudiate traditional morality. It's time for Christian parents to draw the line – if your children will be exposed to this DOS propaganda in their school, then keep them home for the day," he said.
Linda Harvey, a spokeswoman for Mission America, told WND, "It's incredibly important that parents be very aware because things are quickly getting to a bizarre level."
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Mission America has published a list of schools where the event appears to be on the schedule, as well as a list of schools where officials have confirmed they will not recognize the promotional day.
To find out if your school is encouraging or permitting students to participate in the Day of Silence click HERE.If your school IS participating, please consider keeping your student home. Send a polite but firm note to your principal explaining why your child will stay home on this day. Public school administrators should not allow LGBT activists to use our schools as a platform to advance their political agenda.
NOTE: GLSEN has been the official sponsor of the DOS since 2001. This is the same organization that gave a workshop where kids were instructed in the practice of fisting and The Little Black Book for Boys was distributed to kids as young as middle school.
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