Kindergartners pledge to be nice to gay students

i think it is ridiculous that your children are that old and don't know what gay means. I was raised from the time i could understand english not to judge people based on sexual orientation, as well as race or gender. I'm assuming your children know what an african american is, or an asian. I'm also assuming that they have been told to treat them as equals. So why should a gay person be different? news flash: your 11 year old is going to find out soon enough anyway, so you should make sure he/she isn't finding out by someone using the wrong connotation.

You are right on...I would not tolerate what this teacher is doing andhas done.


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I have a 4 children, one of them is 9. He came home crying because a kid in his class called him a fag, but he didn't even know what it meant. He's in 4th grade... that child's parents took that talk away from an appropriate age. There are bullies of every age, just because you as a parent wait to teach what slurs mean, does not mean other parents haven't already used them several times in front of their children...hence sparkling wiggles!!!

Didn't hurt anybody? You know that for a fact, huh? There are parents out here who think that condoning the gay lifestyle could be very harmful to their kids, and do not want it promoted in the schools. Sure, teach the kids to be civil to everyone, but to single out gays? No wonder so many kids are being homeschooled nowadays!

I agre with you. This is just another tactic of the extreme left to indoctrinate our childrenat the youngest age they can get away with to accept this abberant behavior and twist these young minds into seeing it as normal. STUPID FOOLS!!! All little Susie or little Johnny has to do is go home and see his/her mother an father and their siblings to know intuitively and instinctively what is the PROPER family make-up. To require these children to sign or make a pledge is coersion at best and brainwashing at the worst.
Just teach our children the "Golden Rule" and they should be fine.
But then... that would be forcing "religion" down their throats and corrupting their young impressionable minds because the "Golden Rule" was stated by Jesus Christ in the New Testament of the Holy Bible! Heaven FORBID that we should expose our children to such an out-dated, narrow-minded text that has shaped a great part of human societies around the world historically for many, many years! WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE AND REASON GONE???

Cedric, I don't know what alternate universe you are living in, but today's families are no longer "Proper" (aberrant) according to your definition. Everyone needs to realize that what we used to think of as "Proper" in the 50's is no longer applicable. In the 50's, we said negroes/niggers, then we said black, then afro-american, then now it is African American. In the 50's it was queer, homo, fags, etc. Now we say gay. Time do change but I guess you were left somewhere back in the 50's.

We should treat everyone with respect and kindness and there is no need to bring the Bible into the equation. It is obvious from some of the comments on here, there are still people who use nasty words when referring to someone who is gay. Someday we'll get to the place where people realize that being gay IS NOT A CHOICE anymore than it is a choice TO BE BLACK.

One thing that no one here seems to mention is the fact that homosexuality is a choice. For those who seem to think it is part of someone's genes, I'd like for you to show me the research. There is no scientific research that proves homosexuality is part of a person's genetic make up. Therefore, comparing homosexuality to the issue of race discrimination is not of any value. A person's race is a God given trait; people CHOOSE homosexuality. It is a sin, and it is completely relevant to point that out, in a loving, Christ-like manner.

I think it is completely inappropriate for this teacher to have specified those words especially to those children. As far as I know, when I was in kindergarten I had no idea what that meant and when I did find out I was disgusted at the idea of people of the same gender being "in love". I believe that you CAN help who you "love" because I know that God has ordained in people the ways to biblically love others. Sure you can love someone of the same gender as a friend and a brother, but in a romantic sense that is sin. God put love on the earth to be shared by a man and a woman, and homosexuality is indeed a sin. I understand that kids need to be taught about this type of thing, but personally I believe that they need to be taught that this is wrong. People need to understand that the only way to be happy is to have Christ. He loved me so much that He gave His life for me! Not to look for love in any other aspect in life. Especially not in that sense. I do not hate gay people, black people, or anyone else from any other religeon, ethnicty, or background. They are in fact equals and deserve to be treated as such. I treat everyone the same and I try my hardest to help people see their need for Christ. And all of this is coming from a high schooler.

Bingo!

I was 'upset with' PBS one year for introducing my kids to slavery and the 'fact' that black skinned folks are different than white skinned folks. Up until that time, my kids didn't know there was a difference (see? there *isn't*, but someone told my kids that there was).

It was a shame to shatter their innocence on the issue. We must all learn about our history, but there is such a thing as too early to learn specifics.