Comments on: SF Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

By: SteveMD2

SteveMD2 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:27:37 +0000

I see both good and bad in this item. Bullying needs to be stopped period, with expulsion from school for a 3rd offense.

And perhaps putting anti gay bullying on a par with other bullying will help kids to understand what happens to gays can happen to them.

But the so called christian (the name suggest Hispanic Catholic) who talked about “the strong beliefs” of all in the community” – Beliefs in hatred towards a minority by a minority.

What else would you expect from people who have as a leader the German pope?

When I hear about people like her, maybe it is time we get serious about imigration reform – kick the bigots out.

By: Jessi Hartman

Jessi Hartman — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:20:51 +0000

A gay specific curriculum should never have been implemented in the first place, I’m surprised no one noticed the time-bomb waiting to explode there.

You -can- teach kids about discrimination without having a specific lesson plan directed at homophobia.

If they are willing to put forth the cash for an anti-gay discrimination education program, why *not* put the money into something that encompasses a broader range of issues.

If I had a child, I wouldn’t want preference shown towards equal treatment of any one group of individuals with one (however noticeable) thing in common.

By: mr_e38

mr_e38 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:57:50 +0000

I know what it is like to be bullied by someone in school and it’s not nice. I like the fact that people in schools need to know that bulling is not ok. I think that it’s a little hypercritical that in cartoons they teach you not to pre judge or judge by the color of you’re skin but by what is in you’re hart, but in catholic and christian realign they tell you to not like or favor homosexual.

By: Mark Daniel Snyder

Mark Daniel Snyder — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:28:22 +0000

This article is not accurate, particularly the title. Our Family Coalition has contacted the AP writer to correct it. The district will retain lesson 9 (this is the status quo for 2009-2010 year until a literature list for all six (6) protected classes and associated teacher support materials are in place.

By: Ric Alba

Ric Alba — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:44:31 +0000

There’s no way to complain about a curriculum that says, “Don’t be cruel to your gay classmates” without basically saying, “We want our kids to feel free to pick on their gay classmates. It’s a grand tradition among traditional Christian families.”

By: Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:41:14 +0000

The law is pretty strongly on the side of “no opt-outs” for anything that is not explicit sexual education. “Who’s in a Family” clearly does not fall into that category, and the court made a good and consistent decision not to allow an opt-out.

By: Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:36:40 +0000

The headline of this article is misleading. They phased out a “gay focused” anti-bullying program with a bullying program that is “gay friendly” (it includes lessons against anti-gay bias).

The truth isn’t as bad as the headline implies.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:30:32 +0000

I can only assume said Christian parents aren’t sending their little tykes off to Sunday school or anything at that age as they’re FAR to young to learn or appropriate ANY of the moral lessons to be taught by the Sunday School stories.

By: KaninZ

KaninZ — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:56:57 +0000

The Conservative/Fundamentalist approach to education “deny reality as long as possible or leave the lesson up to someone else”.
We’ve seen it in abstinance only sex-ed that condemns kids to death and disease and denial of science that disagrees with dogma or impacts big business’ bottom line.

By: randy

randy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:48:45 +0000

It is vitally important that anti-bullying (including against gay and lesbian people) be taught, right from kindergarten. And that’s exactly why the haters have “torn apart our community” to stop it. Hatred is very very important to them.