Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Christ in a boob-tube. American parents are having to go to court to try and prevent their children from being indoctrinated by fundamentalist Christian 'Creationalist' dogma.

Meanwhile, in Austin A vote on some middle and high school health textbooks was delayed Thursday after a State Board of Education member raised concerns that language referring to "couples" and "partners" in the books legitimizes homosexuality. Neutrality — the word 'partners' — when you use neutrality, the very purpose of using that language is to be inclusive of homosexuality," [Terri] Leo said. Leo proposed dozens of language revisions that would change the wording to "husbands and wives" and "men and women." Leo's concerns sent publishers scrambling to make last-minute changes. The board is scheduled to take a final vote today on which books to adopt. "Hopefully, we'll be able to satisfy the board's concerns," said Richard Blake, a spokesman for Austin-based Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

No defense of what they might or might not have done, no attempt to explain that homosexual bias might be all in the woman's mind, just money-led bowing to the fundie agenda.

Terri Leo, a Republican board member from Spring, also asked publishers to include language in the books' teacher editions saying that gays and lesbians "are more prone to self-destructive behaviors like depression, illegal drug use and suicide."

Well, when you pull shit like this, of course we are! Get a couple of queer kids, spend the first fifteen to twenty years of their lives telling them they are evil, maladjusted creatures and then see how well they turn out. Now, if they kill themselves, did they do that because they were gay, or because you never did anything to help them deal with that in a positive way?

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