Shocking Story of Gay Porn as Required Reading in High School
UPDATE - TRM at D Equals S agrees wholeheartedly!
The story of an Illinois high school making a gay pornographic play required reading for seniors has been reported since March 7th, but it has been ignored for the most part with only a handful of news outlets having taken on this issue. The fact that a public high school that requires such reading doesn't raise a fuss in the media shows how the media supports the gay agenda, of course.
The book, "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes," has numerous passages that describes gay sexual encounters in exacting, sometimes violent, detail.
The book, "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes," has numerous passages that describes gay sexual encounters in exacting detail, some of them violent.
Initially, this book was required reading for college-bound seniors, but a Deerfield community group was successful in getting the book removed from the required list and placed on an opt-in list.
Matt Barber, director of cultural issues with Concerned Women for America, was amazed by the explicit nature of the book.
Barber said, "This isn't a First Amendment issue. This is about school officials betraying the community trust. Heads need to roll here. Assigning this racist, pornographic smut to high school kids is nothing short of child abuse."
This same school district has been in hot water before for trying to slip in under the radar homosexual advocacy into the curriculum.
The school district and NSSA clashed last year over a freshman orientation session where students talked about bullying and other issues and included gay students relating their experience in high school.
And yet, the news media stays silent on this issue. It isn’t hard to understand why. The MSM wants neither to alert people who would stand against this effort nor report the success, even if minor, of these people trying to head off the instituting of the homosexual agenda in our schools.
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Not that we aren’t all aware of the liberal push to have the gay agenda forced into our schools and homes whether we like it or not, Voice of Liberty Podcast Network has a report on it’s slow steady infection that the MSM will NEVER let sli...
It is because of antics like this, that I will be homeschooling my future children.
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Thanks for bringing this article to my attention, I'm going to cross post it at D equals S
I joined Grizzly Groundswell network and your link was included in the OMPL... any chance for a link back??
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Carrie, you are judging the bulk of your children's education on purely ONE account. This is one sad sad school of course, but to possibly change the lives of your to be children based one school and its problems is absurd. This is what's wrong with America now-a-days. We are all to afraid to walk out into the world, all so paranoid that something will happen, when in fact it is almost guaranteed. Chances are something will happen to you or someone you know at one time or another, but that's what makes us as people, human. It changes our entire personalities and makes us who we will be one day. I understand the fear, I've been there. I also understand that what this school did was horribly wrong, not the fact that they allowed gay materials into the school, but the fact that they went so far as to add pornography, and as far as I can tell racism, is beyond me. Now, don't get me wrong as saying that you should change your mind about homeschooling your children, there's nothing wrong with that, it's the basis you will put them in it for. You are letting fear control your actions and that's no good, because you will be leading their lives. I wish you the best of luck in life, God knows we will all need it.
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Dylan, I can assure you that I made the decision to homeschool my children years before the posting of this story. The main reason is to add consistency to my children's education as my husband serves in the US military and we move often. I don't think fear is part of the equation, and frankly I think it takes a lot of courage to build your own curriculum and teach it in your own home. I am happy, however, that I will have full control over what my kids will learn, and I feel that is what is RIGHT about America now-a-days.
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Carrie - I knew that at some point you would make that response. I nearly made it on your behalf - something to the effect of "I know Carrie personally, and I can assure you that it was not Warner Todd Huston's blog post that pushed her over the edge into homeschooling!" LOL
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Firstly, I haven't read the play, only Spark Notes' plot outline and Wikipedia's plot summary. If anyone has actually read the play and can cite any textual examples of Kushner's depiction of sexuality, I'd love to hear it.
On what grounds is this play racist? Spark Notes describes the character Belize, a gay, black ex-drag queen, as "the most ethical and reasonable character in the play." A more central albeit less virtuous character, Louis is a Jew, but so is the playwright Tony Kushner. Only someone who's done less research than I could call this racist literature.
As for the explicitness, I can say nothing, as I haven't read it. I could guess that the depictions aren't as graphic as this article claims; either way, calling it a "gay pornographic play" without having first read it is unfair. D Equals S's decision to follow suit is equally unfair, but the use of caps lock gives it a laughably frivolous ring (though surely unintentionally).
Finally, this is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Literary education is designed to expose students to important literature.
Zech
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Thanks for bringing this article to my attention, I'm going to cross post it at D equals S
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Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more information? It is extremely helpful and beneficial to your readers
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