PFOX Dad at School

From a PFOX Dad:

Well, if you oppose the gay activist agenda, we have a great new weapon -- free speech. I proposed last week to our local school board that an ex-gay be allowed to present the concept that homosexual behavior is a choice that people make. And given that it is a choice and not an immutable, genetic trait that come diversity day at the school, I or another ex-gay like me should be allowed to speak on the topic.

Seeing as how there already was a school panel of gay men and women, that I should be allowed to present along with a psychologist, a pastor, rabbi, or priest and a counselor the concept that if you don't want to be gay, you don't have to be. Or as I said, "Feelings are often misleading, and just because you have them, doesn't mean that you have to act upon, especially when you consider violent behavior, alcohol consumption or anger."

The verdict: the school cancelled the homosexual element of Cultural Diversity day. The reasoning: it is too controversial at this time to discuss and therefore we are removing the gay portion from Cultural Diversity Day.

Nice of them. This is not what I had hoped for. I am not sure that I can be called an activist but I have so many good parents involved that there is pressure on this school to include ex-gay materials. I had one teacher say that I was promoting hate speech and, boy, am I
getting tired of hearing that. So I got a bit irritated and said, "If I'm promoting hate speech, which I am not, then Students Against Drunk Driving is an organization to rival the KKK." And then I sat down.

I had hoped that I would have been allowed to present my ex-gay story, but in the end, there is nothing. Although the school still has a GSA club, it is becoming less and less all the time as kids figure out that there are alternatives to homosexuality. At least some of the people who attended the parents' meeting learned about ex-gays. So that is a good thing.

So that's it. Back to neutral.

But it should give parents some thought and action when they hear the word "Diversity Day."

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PFOX Note: Are your local schools presenting gay speakers? Demand ex-gay speakers to promote equal access. Contact PFOX for an ex-gay speaker in your area. 

Start a PFOX Ex-gay & Friends Club at your schools, youth groups, churches, etc. to educate others on the causes of and alternatives to homosexuality, and to support questioning and struggling youth. Currently, youth only have gay affirming clubs to join or get answers. You must make a difference in young people's lives by offering them alternatives to homosexuality. We are responsible for the next generation.

Download the PFOX teen brochure and make copies to distribute to youth groups, counselor offices, schools, etc.