~candice~ Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 10, 2011 Well done TN. http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/25/dont-say-gay-bill-may-ban-tennessee-teachers-from-discussing-homosexuality/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 without a lot of prayer, this bill will never pass. we need the prayer warriors all over the country to be lifting this one up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron A Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 136 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/28/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/07/1987 Share Posted May 10, 2011 without a lot of prayer, this bill will never pass. we need the prayer warriors all over the country to be lifting this one up! I will only be praying for its failure. For elementary students only, I would probably agree. But don't most schools start sex ed these days in middle school? I had my first sex ed class in sixth grade. If we are going to teach sex ed, we need to give Full story. Pretending something doesn't exist doesn't make it so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,132 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,858 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted May 10, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 without a lot of prayer, this bill will never pass. we need the prayer warriors all over the country to be lifting this one up! I will only be praying for its failure. For elementary students only, I would probably agree. But don't most schools start sex ed these days in middle school? I had my first sex ed class in sixth grade. If we are going to teach sex ed, we need to give Full story. Pretending something doesn't exist doesn't make it so... Byron, are you going to engage with us on this topic or not? I will respond to your reply, but only if you promise not to run off when we get down to the hard questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldzimm Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,874 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 348 Days Won: 12 Joined: 03/10/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/08/1955 Share Posted May 10, 2011 without a lot of prayer, this bill will never pass. we need the prayer warriors all over the country to be lifting this one up! I'm praying with you LadyC, I feel sex ed shouldn't be taught in any school. I feel sex ed should be taught in two places, in the home and at Church, where it would be done properly. If my child were to come home and say a teacher said being gay is okay, I would be in that school, giving a teacher a piece of my mind. Parents should have control on what their children are taught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xequedox Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 65 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 13 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/28/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/24/1993 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) exactly -___- Edited May 10, 2011 by xequedox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amor Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,194 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 34 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/18/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted May 10, 2011 without a lot of prayer, this bill will never pass. we need the prayer warriors all over the country to be lifting this one up! I'm praying with you LadyC, I feel sex ed shouldn't be taught in any school. I feel sex ed should be taught in two places, in the home and at Church, where it would be done properly. If my child were to come home and say a teacher said being gay is okay, I would be in that school, giving a teacher a piece of my mind. Parents should have control on what their children are taught. And if children don't receive it in either of those places, where will they receive it? Plenty of parents don't give their children sex education and very few churches actually have a thought out sex education programme. As to homosexuality well it's a reality in all societies, even I'm sure in Tennessee, so what is achieved by ignoring it. I have a niece with a transgender parent, it's something she can't ignore and it's something those she's at school with have to have some understanding of if they are to be able to relate to her in a normal way. I don't want to see her or children with gay parents or families bullied for being odd. As to giving gay friendly teachers a piece of your mind, if your child came home and told you he/she was homosexual. Would you want them to be in a school environment where that was a topic that could never be mentioned, something just treated as a dirty secret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 when i was in school, sex ed was totally different. in fifth grade, the boys and girls went into separate rooms (an auditorium for one, the lunchroom for the other) and the girls saw a film that explained menstrual periods and the changes they should expect in their bodies. to this day i don't know what the boy's film was about, other than their own bodily changes. that was the extent of sex ed until high school, and even then, we didn't learn near what they're taught today. it's not necessary for people to be discussing sexual preferences, practices, or anything else at that age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE635 Posted May 10, 2011 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 95 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 7 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/14/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted May 10, 2011 midle school age is a very confusing time. The kids have their "best friend", they are very close and would die for each other, it is normal and healthy. If we start teaching them about homosexuality they may question their feelings towards the best friend. They may believe that they are gay when they are not. Too much publicity, the same with suicide, the more the press talk about the more it is happening. When my son's friend killed himself the school did not let them do a fundraising. A jar was put in the office and money was donated. The school did not let them sell t-shirts or other items to make money. Too much talk turns into propaganda. Better to teach the basic principle os respect for each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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