Gay dads not topic for 7-year-old?s school book
Yes, it?s true. The pro-gay agenda that is spreading all over America has reached even here, the conservative Bible Belt, and is being covertly slipped into our children?s curriculum. It is subtle and tries to avoid detection, but it solely depends on parent?s inattention (or apathy) to exist.
Last week my 7-year-old child brought home his usual four to five books to read to his mother and me. One of those books was a very easy reading book titled simply, “Two.” It centered on a young boy who had two dogs, two shoes and so on. However, on the very last page the boy was standing between two men of around the same age. He was holding one of their hands while they looked and smiled at each other. This last page said only, “and I have two dads who love me.”
This certainly had the author?s desired effect. My 7-year-old immediately turned and asked how someone could have two dads.
Well, being the quick thinker that I?m not, I explained one was his grandfather. Luckily he accepted that answer and went outside to play. But how was I to explain a homosexual couple to a 7-year-old? He can?t grasp the complexities of heterosexual relationships yet, much less gay ones. I was, and am still, enraged that organizations can insert their political agendas into the schools. I know my sons will obviously need to know and accept that not all families are like theirs. But must it be covertly inserted into their school work? At that age? I was under the impression that it was up to parents to raise our children and help develop their value systems. I though these books were supposed to help children learn to read, not further the cause of political interest groups.
I am very disappointed in the school system for allowing my child?s education to become a battleground for the movement to normalize gay relationships. It?s not that I oppose or support that movement, it?s just that I want my child to learn to read, write and to do math without being subjected to anyone?s personal agenda. Wasn?t God removed from the science books? If it?s possible to kick out the Almighty then I think a couple of gay men shouldn?t be too much of a problem.
Sincerely,
J.L. Cantrell
White Street
McMinnville