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- From: wgb3@pyuxf.uucp (25336-buoni)
- Subject: Re: Education Regarding Alternative Family Units (Re: The Analogy Betwixt Gays & Blacks (Re: Children in Same-gender Families))
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 17:17:40 GMT
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- From porthos!walter!uunet!wupost!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cts.eiu.edu!cfthb Wed Dec 30 12:00:11 EST 1992
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- In article <1992Dec29.150908.2994@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> wgb3@pyuxf.uucp (25336-buoni) writes:
- >>
- >> When the school teaches that
- >>homosexuality as a valid lifestyle, it operates in direct conflict with the
- >>values I attempt to instill within my children.
-
- > Perhaps this is a problem of semantics. Homosexuality *is* a valid
- >lifestyle, and gay couples can be happy, raise children, be outstanding
- >citizens, etc.
-
- Homosexuality may be a valid lifestyle from a legal standpoint, but it is still
- in direct conflict with those values we teach in our home.
-
- >This is a fact. To teach facts is what school is all
- >about. To say something exists is not to condone it.
- > It sounds more like you only want your kids to be told that
- >homosexuality exists if you can be sure it's painted in a negative light at
- >the same time.
-
- I will teach my children that choosing a homosexual lifestyle is wrong.
- I will teach them that there are many individuals in this world who choose
- to live lifestyle which contradict ours, but that does not make it OK.
-
- >I sure hope that none of your kids turns out to be gay -
- >what a parental message you're giving them. Attitudes like this are
- >reflected in the very high suicide rate for gay teens.
-
- If one of my kids turns out gay he turns out gay. When he reaches the age
- of 18 and leaves my home he may live as he chooses. If he chooses to live
- a homosexual lifestyle I will still love him, but I will not accept his
- behavior. I'd have the same reaction if he decided to become entangled with
- pornography or drugs. If he decides to take the "easy way" out rather than
- dealing with his problems what can I do?
-
- >> In my view, teaching my children views which are in direct conflict
- >>with our (my wife and I) values is a violation of this respect.
-
- > See above. If it's a "view" that gays exist in our society, so
- >thoroughly intermingled that you know many of us without even being aware
- >of it, your definition of "view" is weird.
-
- I know quite a few gay people. I have friends that are gay. We disagree
- on this issue (as well as many others I'm sure). I also have friends who
- enjoy visiting go-go bars and watching x-rated videos, but I'll teach my kids
- that pornography is wrong just the same.
-
- >>Bill Buoni
- >>my opinions are my own and do NOT represent those of my employer!
-
- > Well, *that's* a relief.
-
- I bet!
-
- >--
- > ******************************************************************
- > Howard Black cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
- > Department of Chemistry Eastern Illinois Univ.
-
- Bill Buoni
- my opinions are my own and do NOT represent those of my employer!
-
-