To: Lane3 who wrote (5572 ) 11/11/2000 11:09:56 PM From: Hawkmoon Read Replies (1) | Respond to Maybe this information will help you out Karen.. This was DEFINITELY A TAXPAYER FUNDED EVENT (two state employees lost their jobs over it):massnews.com Sen. Cheryl Jacques "outed" herself as a lesbian yesterday in a Globe opinion piece she wrote with the headline, "No retreat from programs that protect gay teenagers." in response to the scandal about Fistgate, which resulted in the firing of two state employees and has caused many to question ****the $1.5 million that is given each year by the state to homosexual activists to organize the schools of the state****. Jacques concentrated on the old canard that 32.8% of homosexual students in 1999 said that they had attempted suicide. But this was an answer to a questionnaire that was given to the students who knew exactly what their homosexual advisors wanted them to say. Even more important, how does a knowledge of "fisting," oral sex and similar activities which were taught at the Sex Conference stop a child from committing suicide? These activities which were taught by our public employees will increase the rate of unhappiness and suicide, not decrease it. Mitchell is the Community Educator/Trainer for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut and he is on the National board of GLSEN.(Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.) He trains teachers and children about sex education in the classroom and how to integrate homosexuality into the curriculum of public schools. "This workshop will explore ways to counteract the messages used by the Wrong. Participants will learn exactly what the Wrong is saying about ‘us’ (and who that includes) as well as develop strategies to tackle opposition..." Mitchell showed a video to the audience containing hate speech against Christians and other people of faith. "The video was very disturbing," one teacher told Massachusetts News. "They showed various images and quotes from Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson to give the impression that their views were shared by all religious adversaries. It was an attack on all people of faith. Anyone who disagreed with Mr. Mitchell was labeled a homophobe and compared to Robertson and Falwell. Mr. Mitchell concluded after the video ‘This is who we are fighting! This is the religious right!’" The teacher said she thought the conference was supposed to be about safe schools and stopping discrimination. "To think that David Driscoll and the Department of Education would be preaching religious hatred to students and teachers under the pretense of safe schools was frightening. And they were using our tax dollars to endorse it. This was nothing more than a government- sponsored attack on religion and anyone who disagrees with the gay political agenda on the far left," she said. At one point in the video they said ‘Studies show that lesbians are the best mothers in America. Are you interested in the truth Pat (Robertson)?’ The teacher says she was shocked. "I have been teaching for over 25 years and I’ve been studying these issues for over a decade. I have never seen a study that lesbians make better mothers. I was traumatized by what I was seeing. What was really appalling to me was that no teacher in the room seemed to be bothered by what Mitchell and the video was saying. They just took it all in and accepted it as fact."
