Idaho Univ. Pays $20,000 to Unmuzzle Pro-lifers

Boise State University has agreed to pay Abolitionists4Life nominal damages plus legal fees for unfairly limiting the free speech of the pro-life student group compared to other student groups.

“I am pretty happy with the policy they [Boise State] have ended up with.”
-- Lisa Atkins, Students For Life

"Perhaps colleges are slowly getting the message – after all, they aren't even trying to defend their 'free speech zones' in court…"
-- Susan Kruth, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Ohio College Pays $9,000 for Censoring Christian Speech

Virginia College Lifts Muzzle on Christian Speech

Buffalo NY Univ. Charges Pro-life Students Extra $

Judge Rules Illinois College Must Accept 'Anti-Gay' Speech

Also read myriad examples of colleges and public schools censoring pro-life speech.

And read Gallup Poll Shows 'Higher Education' Indoctrinates Pro-abortion -- for example: University of Chicago Teaches Students How to Get Abortion

-- From "BSU, anti-abortion group settle free speech lawsuit" by Bill Roberts, Idaho Statesman 6/3/15

Signs were an integral part of what prompted the suit last June. Abolitionists4Life claimed that Boise State clipped its First Amendment rights when it asked the group to place warning signs around two exhibits that showed images from abortions and an autopsy photo of a woman who died having an abortion. Other groups weren’t asked to provide any signs, Abolitionists4Life said.

As part of the settlement, Boise State may either require signs that read, “Public display ahead; viewer discretion advised,” in all open spaces reserved for events, or simply require no signs at all.

The change puts people exercising their rights of free speech on an equal footing without regard to their message, said Lisa Atkins, who was president of the campus Abolitionists4Life group and was at the event last year that led to the lawsuit.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Idaho college no longer requires warning for contentious protests" by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters 6/3/15

The Alliance Defending Freedom [ADF], a conservative Christian legal organization, last year sued Boise State claiming the college deprived anti-abortion activists of their constitutional rights and unfairly targeted them by restricting where they could distribute fliers.

The lawsuit in federal court in Idaho was filed after the anti-abortion group Abolitionists4Life hosted two events on campus last spring that sought through images to “communicate its pro-life message,” the organization's senior legal counsel, David Hacker, said in a statement.

The university told Abolitionists4Life that so-called warning signs were required for events tied to issues considered controversial and that it must distribute anti-abortion pamphlets inside one of the school’s eight “speech zones,” said Hacker.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Boise State University to Pay $20,000 to Pro-Life Group After Backtracking on Censorship" by Ray Nothstine, Christian Post Contributor 6/6/15

In April and May of 2014, Abolitionists4Life hosted two events titled "Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust" and "What Has Roe Done for Us?" An official at the University demanded that the students had to use warning signs around their displays because they were deemed "controversial" in nature. The ADF pointed out in their lawsuit that the pro-life group was targeted with demands not consistent with other campus groups, including Planned Parenthood and an atheist group which both had free reign to disseminate their message on campus.

A press release by Alliance Defending Freedom quotes Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for America: "Pro-life students have every right to host events on campus as does any other student. Universities are supposed to be beacons of free speech and tolerance, not discriminatory havens of censorship where the only views tolerated are those of liberal administrators."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Boise State University Stops Making Pro-Life groups Post Warning Signs for Their Events" by Alliance Defending Freedom 6/3/15

Boise State University has allowed other groups to host events without warning signs, including Planned Parenthood, which distributed condoms on campus, and the Secular Student Alliance, which held “Does God Exist?” signs in open spaces on campus.

The university also prohibited [Abolitionists4Life] from distributing fliers outside one of the school’s eight “speech zones,” which together are limited to less than one percent of the entire campus.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Abortion Clinic Bombing Targets Pro-lifers Praying

And read myriad other examples of violence against pro-lifers.

Obama's Sexually Confused White House Appointees

As President Obama declares June LGBT Pride Month, he appoints attorney Shannon Minter, a woman born in 1961 who has pretended to be a man for over 25 years, to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships to "tackle the important challenges facing America."  Minter argued against natural marriage before the California Supreme Court in 2009 and celebrates the opening of employee restrooms and showers to perverts by this month's mandate by Obama's Department of Labor.

Minter, who has been "married" to a woman since 2001 and has a step daughter, obviously still has XX (female) chromosomes.

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

President Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money

ObamaNation: Homosexual Victory 'Pride Parades'

President Obama's Cross-dressing Military Fantasy is Reality

Confirmed: Obama = Liar in Chief RE 'Gay Marriage'

Mrs. Obama Thanks Hollywood for Gay Indoctrination

President Obama Focuses Government on the One Percenters of America -- the Homosexuals

Most importantly, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim

-- From "Obama Appoints Transgender Attorney Shannon Minter To White House Commission" by Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post 6/8/15

Minter, who is the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights [NCLR], has been lead counsel in a number of legal wins for the LGBT community. He gained national attention in 2001 when he represented the lesbian partner of Diane Whipple in a wrongful death case stemming from a dog mauling. That case resulted in a landmark decision in California that extended tort claims to same-sex domestic partners.

The Commission on White House Fellowships interviews and then recommends people to the president for appointment as White House Fellows, who typically spend a year as full-time, paid assistants to senior White House staff.

Minter is one of a number of transgender appointees in the Obama administration. Others include Amanda Simpson and Shawn Skelly at the Defense Department and Jay Davis at the Environmental Protection Agency.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Shannon Minter, attorney in Miami-Dade same-sex marriage case, gets presidential appointment" by Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald 6/8/15

Minter was one of the lead attorneys for six gay and lesbian couples and Equality Florida Institute in the 2014 lawsuit that helped lead to same-sex marriage in Florida. The couples who successfully sued Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey Ruvin for marriage licenses: Catherina Pareto and Karla Arguello; Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez and David Price; Vanessa and Melanie Alenier; Todd and Jeff Delmay; Summer Greene and Pamela Faerber; and Don Price Johnston and Jorge Isaias Diaz.

“We wanted folks who could just be representative of the community and who were in different life situations,” Minter, a transgender man, told the Miami Herald in January 2014. “One of our couples is dealing with aging issues. We wanted to show couples raising children. One of our couples has grandchildren. They work in all different fields. They’re culturally diverse.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "EEOC Sends Message to Private Sector On Transgender Workers' Restroom Rights" by Patrick Dorrian, Daily Labor Report, Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs 6/10/15

Private sector employers that don't respect a transgender worker's choice of restroom to use run the risk of claims and potential liability under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employment lawyers and advocates told Bloomberg BNA in a series of interviews.

Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco told Bloomberg BNA June 2 that, up until now, the denial of restroom rights “has probably been the most common problem” his organization “has been contacted about” by transgender workers.

[Minter] believes employers are starting to understand the issue [that] recent workplace developments regarding LGBT employees will continue to raise employer awareness and recognition of transgender workers' restroom rights.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

. . . in related news:

From "7 Homosexual U.S. Ambassadors: Trade Deals Should Advance LGBTI Rights" by Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com 6/10/15:

The seven, joined by the State Department’s first “special envoy for LGBTI persons,” Randy Berry, signed a joint letter published Tuesday in the national gay and lesbian news magazine The Advocate, and re-posted by the White House.

The seven joining Berry are Ambassador to Dominican Republic James Brewster, Ambassador to Spain James Costos, Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, Ambassador to Australia John Berry, Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Daniel Baer, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Robert Holleyman.

“As the seven openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex U.S. Ambassadors and the Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons, this approach is particularly important to us.”

The signatories said they were proud to be part of an administration “deeply committed” to advancing the human rights of LGBTI people, citing President Obama’s recent comment – in a statement marking International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – that “all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination, regardless of who they are or whom they love.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School

And read Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy

Gay Agenda Defeated by North Carolina Legislature

Unlike the cowering Republicans in Indiana and Arkansas, where homosexualists intimidated very conservative state lawmakers and governors into acquiescence of the Gay Agenda, the North Carolina legislature overrode the veto of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory to enact Senate Bill 2 allowing local magistrates to refuse to perform same-sex marriages and still keep their jobs.

"I think it strikes the right balance by protecting religious liberty and also not being discriminatory.  We needed to protect the will of the people of North Carolina."
-- Rep. Josh Dobson, R-McDowell

For background, read North Carolina Christian Magistrates Lose Jobs for Refusing Same-sex 'Wedding' and also read Pastors Face Fines, Jail for Refusing 'Gay Wedding'

In contrast, read how Indiana Republicans surrendered to homosexualist blackmail just hours after enacting a religious liberty law, and also read how Arkansas Republicans immediately followed suit.

And read of the widespread persecution of Christians who refuse to worship the Gay Agenda.

UPDATE 10/7/15: 'Gay Marriage' Stopped in Alabama by Judges

In addition, read Almost No Americans Want a 'Homosexual Marriage'





-- From "North Carolina lawmakers allow 'opt-out' over same-sex marriage" by Marti Maguire, Reuters 6/11/15

The [new] law protects the jobs of magistrates and other officials who refuse to perform marriages of gay couples by citing a “sincerely held religious objection.”

The state House of Representatives overrode [Gov. McCrory's] veto by reaching the three-fifths majority in a 69-41 vote. The state Senate overrode the veto earlier this month [32-16].

While gay marriage was targeted in a wave of conservative legislation in U.S. statehouses this year, North Carolina is among the few states to pass a measure. Utah approved a similar opt-out law earlier this year.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "N.C. OKs gay marriage religious exemption" by Beth Walton, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times 6/12/15

The law says court officials who disclose a "sincerely held religious objection" and recuse themselves for marriage responsibilities must stop performing all marriage duties for both gay and heterosexual couples for at least six months. The chief District Court judge or the county register of deeds — both elected officials — would fill in on marriages if needed.

Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, introduced the bill shortly after rulings by federal judges last October that overturned North Carolina's constitutional ban on gay marriage approved by voters in 2012. Berger responded to several magistrates who resigned when the state's top court administrator wrote that magistrates who declined to officiate for same-sex couples could be punished, terminated or face potential criminal charges.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Cheers, Jeers Greet NC's New Magistrate Law" by Tom Bullock, WFAE-FM90.7 (Charlotte, NC) 6/11/15

When they take the office, magistrates are required to take an oath to uphold the laws of the land. Governor Pat McCrory, speaking on Charlotte Talks earlier this year, said that’s why he opposes the bill.

That’s flawed logic, says Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the North Carolina Values Coalition.

"There’s no constitutional right to have a certain magistrate marry you. But there is a constitutional right to exercise your religious belief."

Both the ACLU and Equality NC are now looking towards the courts.

"The bill is written where it does not discriminate and if they want to waste money on going to court than that’s their choice," [Fitzgerald] says.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read North Carolina Gay Teachers Indoctrinate 8-year-olds

And read Sexual Deviancy Special Class? Not in Charlotte, North Carolina

Penn. School Staff to Mosque for Islamic Training

Unbeknownst to taxpayers who funded it . . .

Fifty teachers and school administrators of Lebanon (Pennsylvania) School District bowed to chants of "Allahu Akbar" at the Lebanon Valley Mosque while attending an all-day in-service workshop.  School Superintendent Marianne T. Bartley, who participated, authorized the Islamic training to help the staff relate to the religious aspects of their Arabic students.

"We have so many students from different Hispanic countries, but slowly but surely the Arabic population is growing."
-- Fred Shattls, faculty

"I think this is the first time ever in the United States that a school district goes to a mosque."
-- Hamid Housni, Lebanon Valley Mosque

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Students Required to Pretend Being Muslim in Wisconsin

Florida School Teaches Islam Including Prayer Rugs

Massachusetts Students Forced To Learn Muslim Conversion

Teaching Girls to Wear Muslim Hijab in California School

Colorado School Visits Mosque, Enforces Sharia Law for Girls' Dress

Also read myriad examples of Islamic indoctrination in American public schools

However, Ohio Taxpayers force Cancelation of Celebrate Islam Day at School



-- From "Lebanon Valley Mosque welcomes Lebanon School District staff" by John Latimer, Lebanon 6/8/15

It was the second year that the workshop was offered to the staff, according to Fred Shattls, director of the district's English as a Second Language department. The workshop was led by Mohamed Omar, a former teacher's aide and Arabic translator for the district who also served a year as president of the mosque.

Providing a course on Arabic culture and Islam is important, Shattls said, because the number of students from Middle Eastern countries in the district is growing and now totals 87. Most of them are from Eygpt and Morocco, two of the 33 countries represented by students in the district.

At noon, the teachers took a bus to the mosque, located not far away at 13th and Florence streets. Following Islamic practice, each took off their shoes before entering the prayer room where they took a seat on a maroon-colored carpet with intricate designs.

Omar, dressed in a suit and tie, spent about 20 minutes instructing the teachers on the many facets of Islam, including some nearly identical to Christianity, like the belief that all who are faithful to the religion will one day be called before God who will judge them to determine if they will go to Heaven or Hell.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Compare this public school acceptance of Islam to myriad examples of rejection of Christianity.

From "School Staff Trained On Islam, BOWS TO ALLAH At Local Mosque On Taxpayer Dime" by Eric Owens, Education Editor, Daily Caller 6/10/15

Approximately 50 teachers and officials from Pennsylvania’s recently gathered at a taxpayer-funded workshop during church services at a local Baptist church to learn about the problems Christian children face in today’s secular educational environment.

No, wait. Scratch that. That didn’t happen. That’s totally wrong.

Instead, approximately 50 teachers and staffers in the town of Lebanon, Pa. attended a workshop at a local mosque to learn all about Islam and Arab culture, EAGnews.org reports.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

In addition, read President Obama Praises Islam for Making America What It Is and then he also Compares Christians to Islamic Terrorists

And read President Obama Ignores Hate Crimes Against U.S. Christians so it's no surprise that Muslims Killing Christians Doesn't Make Headline

Supreme Court 'Hail Mary' for Texas Abortionists

After yesterday's 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the 2013 Texas law (House Bill 2) resulting in closure of all but a fraction of the state's once-burgeoning abortion industry, abortionists' last hope is the U.S. Supreme Court, which has once already halted the new law.  H.B. 2, which requires abortion clinics to be as clean and safe as hospitals, dominated the mainstream media in July 2013 when Texas state Senator Wendy Davis, a.k.a. "Abortion Barbie," blocked inevitable passage of the bill for a few hours.

"Abortion practitioners should have no right to operate their businesses from sub-standard facilities and with doctors who lack admitting privileges at a hospital."
-- Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General

For background, read the entire saga of the court battles of H.B. 2.

Also, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Texas Yanks Abortionist's License for 268 Killed

Texas Abortion Rate Plunges, Liberals Fume

9th Circuit Court Strikes Abortion Bans, Supreme Court Next

Abortionists Forced to Risk All in Supreme Court

-- From "Federal appeals court backs strict Texas abortion law" by John Bacon, USA TODAY 6/9/15

The Center for Reproductive Rights said it will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices had put the 2013 law on hold last year, sending it back to the appeals court for review.

Small clinics claimed they can't afford the high cost of such upgrades [to hospital safety standards]. The center said the ruling puts all but seven abortion clinics in the state at risk of closure.

[Yesterday's] ruling reversed a lower court's injunction blocking the state's admitting privileges requirement except as applied to a single doctor [in McAllen, Texas]. The provision already has been blamed for closure of about half the state's abortion clinics.

The number of abortion clinics operating in Texas has fallen from 41 before the law was passed in 2013 to less than 20 today.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Court upholds key parts of Texas' strict anti-abortion law" by Paul J. Weber, Associated Press 6/10/15

Owners of traditional abortion clinics, which resemble doctor's offices more than hospitals, say they would be forced to close because the new rules demand millions of dollars in upgrades they can't afford. That would mark the second large wave of closures in as many years in Texas, which had 41 abortion clinics in 2012, before other new restrictions took effect that require doctor admitting privileges.

Texas will be able to start enforcing the restrictions in about three weeks unless the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to halt the decision, said Stephanie Toti, an attorney for the [Center for Reproductive Rights]. Only seven abortion facilities in Texas, including four operated by Planned Parenthood, meet the more robust requirements.

If the law takes effect, some women in the state would live hundreds of miles away from a Texas abortion provider. But that argument didn't sway the three-judge panel making the decision for the New Orleans-based appeals court, which is considered one of the most conservative in the nation. The judges noted that a New Mexico abortion clinic was just across the Texas border, and said clinic owners in Texas failed to prove that a "large fraction" of women would be burdened.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Court Upholds Texas Limits on Abortions" by Manny Fernandez and Erik Eckholm, News York Times 6/9/15

In addition to the surgical standards, the court upheld a requirement that doctors performing abortions obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of a clinic. The court said that except as applied to one doctor working in McAllen in South Texas, the provision did not put an unconstitutional burden on women seeking abortions.

Under the 1973 Roe v Wade decision and later cases, the Supreme Court has permitted a wide array of abortion regulations, including waiting periods and parental consent for minors, but said states may not impose an “undue burden” on the right to an abortion before a fetus is viable outside the womb.

“Texas’ stated purpose for enacting H.B. 2 was to provide the highest quality of care to women seeking abortions and to protect the health and welfare of women seeking abortions,” the Fifth Circuit ruling read. “There is no question that this is a legitimate purpose that supports regulating physicians and the facilities in which they perform abortions.”

In the case of the McAllen [Texas] clinic, the sole abortion provider in the Rio Grande Valley, Tuesday’s decision held that the distance of 235 miles or more to the nearest clinic did pose an undue burden. For now, at least, the Fifth Circuit panel exempted that clinic from aspects of the surgical-center and admitting-privileges requirements. But Amy Hagstrom Miller, the chief executive of Whole Woman’s Health, which runs the McAllen facility and was one of the abortion providers that sued the state, said the organization was evaluating whether the ruling would permit the clinic to continue operating.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Federal court ruling could close half of Texas' abortion clinics" by Brittney Martin, Austin Bureau, The Dallas Morning News 6/10/15

In conjunction with a 2011 law that requires women to view a sonogram 24 hours before having an abortion, Texas abortion restrictions are some of the toughest in the country.

The regulations are spelled out in more than 100 pages of state statute and include specific room and doorway sizes, sterilization systems and male and female locker rooms for staff. Estimates are that building or renovating a facility to meet the state’s requirements could cost between $1 million and $3.5 million.

This was the second challenge to a law that also bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, requires that physicians have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and tightens regulations on abortion-inducing drugs. The state has spent more than $790,000 defending the law.

Planned Parenthood South Texas plans to build a clinic in San Antonio that meets all of the state’s requirements, but a spokeswoman for the organization stopped short of confirming Tuesday whether that facility is open yet.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Court Upholds Texas Pro-Life Law Closing Abortion Clinics, Saving 10,000 From Abortion" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 6/9/15

Planned Parenthood did not challenge the law’s prohibition on abortions that take place at 20 weeks or later, a provision based on evidence that demonstrates the baby can feel pain at that stage. Pro-life Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the omnibus HB 2 bill into law in July 2013.

This case is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. [Americans United for Life] Vice President of Legal Affairs Denise Burke, writing in The Federalist, predicted in January 2015 that the high court would eventually review the life-affirming provisions of Texas House Bill 2 and, in doing so, could dramatically change America’s abortion landscape. Notably, the Supreme Court has never ruled on the constitutionality of comprehensive health and safety standards for abortion facilities.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

In addition, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Abortion Clinic Closings Set Record; Abortionists Admit Defeat

Abortionists Lament Ever-greater State Limits

Abortion Rate Declines, Democrats Want More Access

Pro-life Laws Sweep America; Liberals Battle Back

Abortionists Battle to Kill Without Clinics

Also read Physicians Force New York Times to Admit 22-week Fetus is a Baby!

Most Liberals Say American Morals Getting Worse

According to a new Gallup poll, the vast majority of Americans believe that "the state of moral values in the country as a whole is getting worse," including self-identified social liberals, who had thought just the opposite the year after Barack Obama was elected president.

For background, read Most Disgusted with American Morals, Yet Favor Sin

-- From "Majority in US still say moral values decaying: poll" posted at Global Times 6/8/15

According to Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll released recently, 72 percent of Americans continue to believe that the state of moral values in the United States is "getting worse," while only 22 percent show certain optimism.

Apart from the their perception of the direction in which morals are headed, 45 percent of Americans call the current state of moral values in the country as "poor," with less than one in five rating the state of values as either "excellent" or "good."

Americans' pessimistic views about the nation's state of moral values reflect a belief that there is a deteriorating collective moral character, the poll said . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Most Americans Think Our Morals Are Going To Hell" by Millie Dent, The Fiscal Times 6/3/15

Unsurprisingly perhaps, social conservatives have consistently been most likely to tell pollsters that the nation’s moral values are deteriorating, but the latest Gallup findings showed an uptick from 2014 to 2015 among social moderates and social liberals who believe moral values are regressing.

Gallup also found that Americans’ views of the moral acceptability of a number of key issues has been shifting to the left since 2001. The largest shift was on gay or lesbian relations, with a 23 percentage point increase in the share of people who say that behavior is morally acceptable. The change coincides with a sharp increase in support for same-sex marriage.

Sex between unmarried people has also become more acceptable, as has having babies outside of marriage. Polygamy and divorce are also now acceptable to a greater portion of the population than in 2001. On the other hand, the views of married men and women having an affair haven’t changed much, with just 8 percent of Americans saying it’s morally tolerable.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Gallup: As Americans Shift to the Left, 72% Also Believe Moral Values Are In Decline" by Gabrielle Cintorino, CNSNews.com 6/8/15

In two separate surveys conducted during the week of May 6-10, Americans were asked to comment on social issues and morality in the U.S.

According to the first survey, “Values and Beliefs,” Gallup reports that “89% of Americans believe that birth control is morally acceptable, 63% believe that gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, 56% believe that doctor-assisted suicide is morally acceptable, and 45% believe that abortion is morally acceptable.”

Even previously taboo behaviors, such as suicide, polygamy, and cloning human beings, have become more socially acceptable in recent years, Gallup reports.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Majority in U.S. Still Say Moral Values Getting Worse" by Justin McCarthy, Gallup 6/2/15

Across most demographic groups, clear majorities of Americans have consistently said the country's morals are deteriorating. . . . with upward of 80% of social conservatives consistently saying the state of morals is getting worse. . . . But social liberals [briefly] turned sharply less negative upon Democratic President Barack Obama's taking office in 2009, while social conservatives' views have changed little since 2004.

Social conservatives tend to be the most likely to describe the state of U.S. values as poor. This view has increased from as low as 42% in 2003 to a high of 63% in 2013. Currently, 57% of social conservatives say the state of moral values is poor. Social moderates, too, have increased in this view over time, reaching a new high this year of 46% -- up from a low of 31% in 2003.

Social liberals, meanwhile, have had less movement in their views of the U.S. being in a state of poor moral values, ranging from a low of 26% in 2011 and 2013 to a high of 36% in 2006 . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

New Calif. Law: Sex Rules for High School Students

The state Senate of California unanimously passed SB 695 requiring high school students to pass a new curriculum that details the precise process for the kids to initiate sexual relations.  Students unable to engage in sex properly, according to the rules, will be barred from graduation.

For background, read California Law Teaches College Students: To Avoid Rape, You Must Videotape

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Sexual Consent for Kindergartners, Demand California Feminists

California Sex Worker Abortionist Teachers Exposed

Oregon Trains Pre-teens in Masturbation, Anal Sex

Pennsylvania School Gives 8th Grade Sadomasochistic Exercise

President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

Pornography Belongs in Classroom, More Experts Say

Also read Abstinence Education Illegal in California, Judge Rules

-- From "Senate Approves High School Sexual Violence Prevention Bill" by The Associated Press 6/2/15

The bill by Senate President Kevin de Leon and Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson follows legislation last year requiring all colleges receiving public funds to adopt a so-called affirmative consent standard for investigating assault allegations.

SB695 would specify that students be informed about the "Yes Means Yes" law.

Jackson, a Santa Barbara Democrat, says it's important for the state to teach students about sexual assault prevention as early as possible.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "California's sexual re-education camps are coming soon" by Ashe Schow Washington Examiner 6/2/15

The "yes means yes" law effectively defines every sexual encounter as rape unless you follow the law's specific requirements — or unless neither party turns the other in to police.

"As it stands, we are not doing nearly enough. We can and must educate the youth of our state, especially our young men, about affirmative consent and healthy relationships," de Leon said in a press release about the new bill. "This bill represents the next step in the fight to change behavior toward young women."

The bill now heads to the state assembly [where passage is likely].

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Yes Means Yes: Sex Education Has Undergone Significant Changes" by Tamiya King, Atlanta Black Star 6/6/15

. . . The bill requires high school students to take a health education class before graduating, which includes training on affirming sexual consent.

. . . The bill also states a clear definition of “consensual” as “affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity.” The bill also states that “a lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent, nor does silence mean consent.” This clause was added to the bill to emphasize that a person cannot give sexual consent when he/she is under the influence of drugs and alcohol, since these substances can cause severe lapses in judgment.

[Senate President Kevin de Leon] stated that sexual activity doesn’t begin in college. For many young people, it starts in high school, and sometimes before then. He emphasized that students’ exposure to the “yes means yes” concept should occur before they reach college. . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Pre-teens' Sex Lives Tracked by Feds via Schools

And read how sexualization is making criminals of public school children nationwide.

New Gay Health Risk: Meningococcal Disease

The Chicago Department of Public Health has issued an alert to all homosexual men about a recent outbreak of the "very serious" meningococcal disease, which is transmitted through intimate contact, including anal sex, or even casual contact.  Officials are focusing on homosexual men who use Internet social media, such as Grindr, to "hook up" in anonymous sexcapades.

“If the general population is concerned, it really shouldn’t be.”
-- Dr. Magda Houlberg, Howard Brown Health Center for LGBT health

UPDATE 8/1/16: Meningococcal Disease Spreads to California Homosexual Men

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Internet Social Media Cause HIV & STD Epidemic Among Young Adults

'New Gay Disease' Spreading in New York & California

Anal Sex Pill Pushed in Gay Men Study to Stop HIV

The Only 'Safe Gays' are Celibate Gays, Says U.S. FDA





-- From "Chicago Health Officials Urge New Vaccination for Gay Men" posted at WMAQ-TV5 NBC Chicago 6/3/15

The alert was sent out after three confirmed cases were tied to the same strain within a short period of time.

The disease, less contagious than the common cold, is spread through saliva -- kissing and sharing drinks -- or through intimate contact.

Meningococcal disease can cause symptoms including fever, headache and a stiff neck. Some people may experience nausea, vomiting, increased sensitivity to light and altered mental status or confusion. Anyone with symptoms should seek immediate medical attention. Those without health insurance can call 311 to find a CDPH clinic or partner site.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Health Dept: Small but serious invasive meningococcal disease outbreak in Chicago" by Tonya Francisco, WGN-TV9 (Chicago) 6/3/15

[The Chicago Department of Health has] traced the outbreak to a specific group of people: sexually active men who are having sex with men living with HIV, or sexually active men who are having sex with anonymous partners or who are using online hook-up apps to meet other men.

It also can be spread through sex. Health officials say the disease is a rare bacterial infection that can cause very serious diseases, such as meningitis or blood stream infections and if left untreated it can lead to death.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Carefree Sex NOT Possible: Federal CDC Admits Failure

Carefree Sex NOT Possible: Fed. CDC Admits Failure

In a stunning admission of failure amid the sexual revolution, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines" to indicate that the nanny-state government is incapable of ensuring that a hedonistic culture can remain safe from disease.  The new report recommends abstinence and/or a monogamous relationship.

UPDATE 12/30/15: New Untreatable Sex Disease Discovered — 'Super Gonorrhea'

For background, read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs and also read The Only 'Safe Gays' are Celibate Gays, Says U.S. FDA

And yet, Abstinence Education is Illegal in California, Judge Rules

And read how President Obama Wants an End to Abstinence Education, Favoring Anal Sex, and the Obama Administration Wants More Worry-free Sex for Teen Girls

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-- From "Feds shift to abstinence, monogamy as 'most reliable' STD prevention" by Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner 6/4/15

In a significant shift, the federal government is now calling abstinence and monogamy "the most reliable way" to avoid sexually transmitted diseases, a $16 billion annual problem that hits as many as 10 million teens a year.

In a very long rewrite of the "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped the old language that monogamy and abstinence were just "a reliable way" to avoid STDs.

The prevention section now reads: "The most reliable way to avoid transmission of STDs is to abstain from oral, vaginal, and anal sex or to be in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with a partner known to be uninfected."

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From "CDC Issues New STD Guidelines" posted at GenomeWeb 6/4/15

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today updated its sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines to help healthcare professionals better manage the more than 20 million cases of STDs in the US annually.

The Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Treatment Guidelines, 2015 provides the first update since 2010. It notably includes recommendations for use of nucleic acid amplification tests, or NAATs, for Trichomonas vaginalis and routine trichomonas screening for high-risk populations.

A "dear colleague" letter to clinicians sent today from the CDC also details, among other items, new guidance for treatment of gonorrhea, chlamydia during pregnancy, and genital warts, and has new screening recommendations for gonorrhea and chlamydia, and for men who have sex with men.

Trichomonas affects about 3.7 million people each year. . . . trichomonas infection is associated with up to a three-fold increase risk of contracting HIV.

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From "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010" by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A reliable way to avoid transmission of STDs is to abstain from oral, vaginal, and anal sex or to be in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner. For persons who are being treated for an STD (or whose partners are undergoing treatment), counseling that encourages abstinence from sexual intercourse until completion of the entire course of medication is crucial. A more comprehensive discussion of abstinence and other sexual practices than can help persons reduce their risk for STDs is available in Contraceptive Technology, 19th Edition. For persons embarking on a mutually monogamous relationship, screening for common STDs before initiating sex might reduce the risk for future disease transmission.

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From "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2015" by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The most reliable way to avoid transmission of STDs is to abstain from oral, vaginal, and anal sex or to be in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with a partner known to be uninfected. For persons who are being treated for an STD other than HIV (or whose partners are undergoing treatment), counseling that encourages abstinence from sexual intercourse until completion of the entire course of medication is crucial. A recent trial conducted among women on the effectiveness of counseling messages demonstrated that women whose sexual partners have used condoms may benefit from a hierarchical message that includes condoms, whereas women without such experience might benefit more from an abstinence-only message. A more comprehensive discussion of abstinence and other sexual practices than can help persons reduce their risk for STDs is available in Contraceptive Technology, 20th Edition.

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Also read how sexualization is making criminals of public school children nationwide.

Perverts OKd in Employees' Restrooms: Obama's OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is warning all employers this week to open all restrooms, showers, etc. to all employees regardless of sex (chromosomes).  The Obama administration Department of Labor teamed up with Gay Agenda activists to write these latest "physical safety" standards, so that each employee may choose facilities labeled for men or women (or whatever); such choice needn't be based on any formal documentation of "gender identity" (e.g. sex change) of any kind.

“Regardless of the physical layout of a worksite, all employers need to find solutions that are safe and convenient and respect transgender employees.”
-- OSHA

“I believe I'm a woman today,” said the burly guy following the buxom blonde into the ladies room.

UPDATE 1/28/16: President Obama's Enforcer Strong-arms Employer into Compliance of Gay Agenda

UPDATE 4/2/16: Toilets NOT in Restrooms will be New Design for Transgender Agenda

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

President Obama's DOJ (Eric Holder) Creates Law for Transgenders

President Obama's DOJ Forces Girl into Boys Locker Room

Supreme Court Opens Girl's Room to Grown Men in Maine

Minnesota & California OK Boys on Girls' School Teams, in Showers

Naked Man in Girls Locker Room OKd in Washington

Michigan Fitness Club Favors Transgenders in Ladies Room

Also read President Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money

-- From "OSHA issues guidance on transgender bathroom access" by Lydia Wheeler, The Hill 6/1/15

The National Center for Transgender Equality requested OSHA develop the 4-page “Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers” to ensure transgender employees are able to work in a manner that is consistent with how they live the rest of their daily lives.

In describing best practices, OSHA said many companies have implemented written policies to ensure that all employees have prompt access to appropriate sanitary facilities and are given additional options, including use of a single-occupancy gender-neutral or unisex facility or use of multiple-occupant, gender-neutral restroom facility with lockable single-occupant stalls.

In its guidance, OSHA also lists federal, state and local laws that reaffirm the principle of providing employees with access to restroom facilities based on gender identification.

OSHA’s new guidance comes on the same day Vanity Fair magazine featured "Keeping up with the Kardashians" start and former Olympian Bruce Jenner as a trans woman in the cover story, “Call me Caitlyn.”

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From "OSHA Issues Restroom Guidance For Transgender Employees" by Y. Peter Kang, Law360.com 6/1/15

In the guide for employers, OSHA said that, for example, a transgender woman, though designated male at birth, should be allowed to use the women’s restroom if she identifies as female.

The guide, titled “A Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers,” states that making transgender employees use bathrooms inconsistent with their identity or forcing them to use gender-neutral or other specific bathrooms segregated from other employees “singles those employees out and may make them fear for their physical safety.”

For their part, attorneys have suggested that employers should allow for everyone to use the restroom in accordance with their gender identity in order to stay out of the EEOC’s crosshairs.

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From "Men's or Women's? OSHA: Permit Workers to Use Restroom of Their 'Gender Identity'" by Susan Jones, CNSNews.com 6/4/15

. . . the [OSHA] guide outlines the "core principle" that "all employees," including transgender employees, "should be permitted to use the facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

"For example, a person who identifies as a man should be permitted to use men’s restrooms, and a person who identifies as a woman should be permitted to use women’s restrooms. The employee should determine the most appropriate and safest option for him- or herself."

If co-workers don't like it, tough: OSHA points to an April 2015 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] ruling, which said "a transgender employee cannot be denied access to the common restrooms used by other employees of the same gender identity, regardless of whether that employee has had any medical procedure or whether other employees’ may have negative reactions to allowing the employee to do so."

"Under these best practices, employees are not asked to provide any medical or legal documentation of their gender identity in order to have access to gender-appropriate facilities. In addition, no employee should be required to use a segregated (gender-neutral) facility apart from other employees because of their gender identity or transgender status."

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UPDATE 6/10/15: From "EEOC Sends Message to Private Sector On Transgender Workers' Restroom Rights" by Patrick Dorrian, Daily Labor Report, Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs

Private sector employers that don't respect a transgender worker's choice of restroom to use run the risk of claims and potential liability under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employment lawyers and advocates told Bloomberg BNA in a series of interviews.

They said the risk exists even though there's disagreement over whether federal courts will embrace the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's April 1 decision in Lusardi v. McHugh, EEOC, No. 0120133395, 4/1/15, when interpreting the workplace rights of transgender private sector employees.

In Lusardi, a case involving a government employee, the EEOC held for the first time that a male-to-female transgender woman faced illegal sex discrimination under Title VII when she was told her use of a common women's restroom was making co-workers uncomfortable and to use a unisex bathroom instead.

Title VII doesn't contain an express prohibition against discrimination based on gender identity, but the EEOC told Bloomberg BNA in a statement June 4 that its investigators will rely on Lusardi when making reasonable cause findings in the private sector and when pursuing private sector litigation in federal court.

As if to prove the point, the agency June 4 sued a Minnesota financial services company under Title VII on behalf of a transgender woman, challenging the employer's alleged companywide policy or practice of precluding transgender female employees from using the restroom consistent with their sex (EEOC v. Deluxe Fin. Servs., Inc., D. Minn., No. 0:15-cv-02646, complaint filed 6/4/15).

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Also read President Obama Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$

UPDATE 6/25/15: President Obama's New 'Free' (Transgender) Sexual Mutilation — Gay Agenda

Atheists Frantic: Prayer Uncovered at U. of Toledo

The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has issued a warning to the University of Toledo after atheists discovered a YouTube video posted by the school in 2012 showing head football coach Matt Campbell saying the Lord's Prayer amid a group of athletes who voluntarily gathered before a game for “this serious and flagrant violation of the First Amendment.”

“The University of Toledo is grateful to Coach Matt Campbell for his leadership in elevating UT student-athletes’ performance in the classroom and on the field.”
-- Statement by UT officials

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Atheists Say Too Many Christians at Ohio School

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Atheists Strip Memorial Crosses From Arkansas Football

Atheists Demand: Georgia Football Monument Must Go

Arizona Schools Ban Christian Football Coaches

Also read Atheists Force Bible Ban at University of Wisconsin and at Colleges Across America but the Wisconsin Governor Ignores Atheists' Demands Regarding the Bible

And read Texas School Supt. Tells Atheists to Go Fly a Kite



-- From "Group asks UT Rockets to end pregame prayers" by Nicholas Piotrowicz, Blade Sports Writer 5/27/15

UT spokesman Jon Strunk issued a statement to The Blade that said: “UT is in receipt of a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation regarding UT’s football program and is reviewing its contents.”

In the video, former Toledo kicker Jeremiah Detmer wore a GoPro, a mobile video camera that was attached to his helmet.

Before the team ran onto the field, Mr. Campbell, who is Catholic and attends St. Rose Parish in Perrysburg, led the team in the Lord’s Prayer in the locker room at the Glass Bowl.

UT played the game Sept. 15, 2012, and UT’s YouTube account published the video Oct. 19, 2012.

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From "Freedom From Religion Foundation wants U. of Toledo football to stop pre-game prayers" by Cabot Phillips, Virginia Campus Correspondent, Campus Reform 6/1/15

The [FFRF] group, which serves as a “voice for freethought,” claimed that Head Coach Matt Campbell committed a “serious and flagrant violation of the First Amendment” when he led the team in a prayer before a 2012 game against Bowling Green.

The video shows Coach Campbell telling the team “I’m going to say this: Every one of us has so much to be thankful for. A great night to play football, play with your brothers, OK? What an opportunity. Let’s be grateful for it.”

At that, he takes a knee and the team begins to recite the Lord’s Prayer.

According to the foundation, this sort of activity is unacceptable, and results in players feeling “huge pressure to participate in the prayer” in order to “please their coach or curry favor.”

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From "Flag on the play" posted at The Blade (Toledo, OH) 5/29/15

The prayer circle was a private, voluntary gathering, and should have remained such. The university official or officials who signed off on posting the video made a sizable mistake. They opened the university to criticism — and possibly legal action — from a group that targets even the most minute violation of alleged separation of church and state.

Still, the Freedom From Religion Foundation doesn’t seem to want to acknowledge that players at UT — or anywhere else — have the freedom to pray or not. The UT video does not show that any player was compelled to take part in the prayer, nor did it appear that any took issue with the spiritual moment. For many players, prayer is a form of camaraderie.

Prayer surely should not be demanded of those who don’t want to participate. But it is undeniably rooted in the football culture. When a coach and team want to pray privately and voluntarily, it shouldn’t be anybody else’s business.

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Also read Atheists' Sanctuary City Created: Madison, Wisc.

Federal Judge OKs Students Preaching at School

Senior Michael Leal sued administrators of Cascade High School in Everett, Washington after they repeatedly suspended him for spreading the Gospel to fellow students.  The school responded by designating a single "free speech zone" outside the building, but Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas S. Zilly ruled against the school's ban on Leal's distribution of Bibles and all published Christian literature.

For background, read Student Suspended for Jesus Talk Sues Washington School as well as Washington School Says Homosexual Advocacy is OK, but Pro-life Advocacy is Offensive

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And read U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of public prayer, and read the resulting resurgence in public prayer following the Supreme Court decision.

In addition, read the long list of states enacting laws to bring religious liberty back to schools.



-- From "Suspensions revoked for teen who preached at Cascade High School" by Chris Winters, Everett Herald Writer 5/30/15

[Michael Leal] filed suit in November against Everett Public Schools, Superintendent Gary Cohn, Cascade Principal Cathy Woods and two assistant principals, claiming his constitutional right of free speech was being infringed by the school's actions and the district's policies.

The judge tossed out a part of [the new school] policy that requires the printed material to have been written or produced by the student. “The court found that was unconstitutional because he wouldn't be able to pass out the Constitution or Shakespeare,” said Leal's attorney, Kevin Snider of the Pacific Justice Institute, a nonprofit law firm that specializes in religious discrimination cases.

[Judge] Zilly also expunged Leal's three suspensions from his record.

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From "Everett student wrongly punished for preaching, judge rules" by Mike Carter, Seattle Times staff reporter 6/1/15

U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly awarded the student, Michael Leal, token damages of $1 and said his attorneys could collect their costs from the school district. Leal’s attorneys said they also will pursue attorneys’ fees.

The lawsuit, filed last November, had claimed Leal was being punished by the district for expressing his fundamentalist Christian views, in violation of his right to free speech.

Leal is described in the lawsuit as a “young man who is a practitioner of the Christian faith” and who believes in conveying his beliefs to others. Primarily, the lawsuit says, that involves the “distribution of written materials and oral communications to individuals or groups of persons attending [Cascade High School] or its events.”

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Colo. School Censors Homosexual Speech—Media Fume

When public schools ban students from speaking of their Christian faith, the media cheer, but when Twin Peaks Charter Academy of the St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colorado told valedictorian Evan Young that he couldn't speak at graduation of his Gay Pride while denouncing the homophobic school, per the overtly sexual text he submitted for pre-screening, the media pounced on the school and excoriated Principal BJ Bachmann for "outing" Young to his parents (who knew nothing of their son's "sexual orientation").

“First Amendment law in this area reflects common sense.  As the Supreme Court has noted . . . It is not a time for a student to use his commencement speech to push his personal agenda on a captive audience, and school officials are well within their rights to prevent that from happening.”
-- Barry Arrington, school attorney

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

School Forbids Cross Dressing at Prom — Media Fume

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South Carolina Seminary Says Homosexuality Sinful — Media Outraged

Fewer Americans Claim Christian, Media Cheer: Poll

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Also read Mrs. Obama Thanks Hollywood for Gay Indoctrination

-- From "School blocks 'coming out' speech from valedictorian" by The Associated Press 5/29/15

Eighteen-year-old Evan Young told the Daily Camera that he agreed to make some suggested changes to his speech but wouldn't remove the disclosure about his sexuality. Young says he wasn't notified until just a few minutes before the May 16 ceremony that he wouldn't be allowed to speak or be recognized as valedictorian.

A gay rights group, Out Boulder, has asked Young to deliver his speech during an event Sunday.

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From "High School valedictorian denied speech rights after planning to come out as gay" Kevin Torres, KWGN-TV2 (Denver, CO) 5/29/15

The principal, BJ Bachmann, decided to call Evan’s dad and tell him about the speech. In doing so, Bachmann also told [him] his son was gay. Problem is, Rob and his wife Alise Curry had no clue.

Five minutes before he was supposed to give his valedictorian speech, Mr. Bachmann told Evan’s parents their son wouldn’t be talking. To make matters worse, Alise says the school never even acknowledged Evan as valedictorian.

The student with a 4.5 GPA who has a scholarship to Rutgers University had been silenced by a school board who didn’t feel his message was appropriate.

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From "The Controversial Reason a High School Canceled Its Valedictorian’s Speech" by Samantha Cowan, Takepart.com posted at Yahoo News 5/30/15

The talking point principal BJ Buchmann had a problem with was Young’s revelation that he is gay. Young planned to disclose his sexual orientation publicly for the first time during his speech.

Young sent a copy of his speech to the school administrators, who returned it to him with requested changes, most of which Young said he made. But when it came to omitting his sexual orientation, Young drew the line.

“I’d told him I’m not going to remove the part where I say I’m gay, because I am. It’s important to me,” said Young.

“My parents are very liberal. I think they were totally OK with it,” said Young.

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From "Valedictorian Claims He Couldn’t Deliver Graduation Speech Because He’s Gay" posted at CBS4 - Denver 5/29/15

The principal cancelled Young’s speech minutes before graduation. The school released a statement which read, in part, “The initial draft of the student’s speech… was condescending toward the school and the student’s peers and included, among other things, ridiculing comments about faculty and students. The draft speech also included references to personal matters of a sexual nature.”

“We initially said to ourselves, ‘Well maybe this is not the forum’ but when we read the speech and the context of ‘I’m gay, I’m different, we’re all different, we should all accept each other’ that was the context,” said Evan’s mother Alise Corry.

The story has generated a controversy that has reached far beyond Colorado. Out Boulder, a gay advocacy organization, said it has received emails of support for Evan from around the country.

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From "Longmont valedictorian silenced over speech disclosing he was gay" by Charlie Brennan, Staff Writer, Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) 5/28/15

"Mr. Buchmann called me and said, 'I've got Evan's speech here. There's two things in it that I don't think are appropriate,'" Don Young, [Evan's father,] an accountant, recalled. "One was he had mentioned another student's name. And then there was his coming out that he was gay."

That was the first time in Evan Young's life that his parents had been given a clue about his sexual identity.

"He's Evan, you know?" his father said. "He's never really expressed interest in either (boys or girls). He's just a teenager. ... But we had no indication beforehand."

Initially, Evan's parents were somewhat sympathetic to Buchmann's decision concerning the speech.

"His mother and I were not sure that his coming out in a valedictorian speech was the appropriate place to say it, with grandchildren and 3-year-olds in the audience, and that's kind of what we said to BJ," Don Young said.

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Click headlines below to read how schools censor Christians:

California School Lawyers Strip Student's Jesus Speech

Texas School Cuts Mic on Christian Valedictorian Speech

Jesus, God Almighty Censored at Vermont Graduation

However  . . .

Lord's Prayer at South Carolina Graduation, Atheists Fume

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