Alert: Defense of Marriage and School Curriculum

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March 13, 2004

Alert: Defense of Marriage and School Curriculum

The issue of legalizing gay "marriage" raises numerous questions for parents, among them, how would it affect the curriculum in our schools? Even now, parents struggle to defend their right to NOT have their
children indoctrinated into a worldview that forces them to view homosexual relationships as morally acceptable behavior.

The Anti-bias licensing program curriculum of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), for example, trains early childhood teachers to promote homosexuality as morally good (see example below).

Legalizing "marriage" for homosexual couples will push that school indoctrination agenda forward very far and very fast for even our youngest and most innocent children. It would establish the legal and moral equivalence of homosexuality in our schools.

For this reason. the Senate author of the "Defense of Marriage" amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, Senator Michele Bachmann, has asked us to forward this announcement to you,
urging you to attend and to take action:

"Dear Friend,

"I am inviting you to a very important event in the State Capitol Rotunda. As you may know we are facing a challenge here in Minnesota and if we don't act now, we could have legalized gay marriage in our state.
Click below to watch my video regarding this time sensitive issue."

On March 22, 2004 a rally is taking place at the State Capitol in St. Paul:

Minnesota for Marriage Rally
"Defense of Marriage"
State Capitol Rotunda
11:30 am - Monday March 22, 2004

Please pass the e-mail on to all who should be alerted to this urgent event.

CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN:
http://www.edwatch.org/updates/102003.htm

National Association for the Education of Young (NAEYC) certification is required for all Head Start centers with more than twenty children. NAEYC created the Council for Professional Recognition, which grants the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential for childcare workers. The CDA is supported by TEACH. TEACH started in North Carolina and stands for Teacher Education and Compensation Helps. The program gives wage supports and scholarships to childcare workers so that they can obtain the CDA. The CDA and NAEYC 's childcare and preschool accreditation policy requires use of NAEYC's radical anti-bias curriculum.

Anti-bias Curriculum - Tools for Empowering Young Children
(Derman-Sparkes, NAEYC, Washington, D.C., 1989)

Activism with Young Children:
"Young children have an impressive capacity for learning how to be activists if adults provide activities that are relevant and developmentally appropriate." (p.. 77)

"Instead of one superhuman figure (usually a white male) righting wrongs all by himself, activism activities teach that real people, adults and children, make life better by working together." (p. 79)

That chapter on activism inspired an entire book called "That's not Fair! - A Teacher's Guide to Activism with Young Children," which is also distributed by NAEYC. (Pelo and Davidson, Redleaf Press, St.
Paul, MN, 2000)

One part of the curriculum describes a teacher reading books to the children in order to "bring up big issues, issues that provoke debate, discussion, and often, activism project."

The book goes on to describe the teacher's reading of a book called the "Trumpet of the Swan" and how she uses it to deal with the issue of homosexuality. (p. 50-51)

"The second part of the book focuses on the swan's courtship and mating. When Ann reads the book, she changes the gender of the main character from a male to a female swan. When the main character is a female, her courtship of another female swan becomes the story of two women falling in love. This invariably provokes conversation among the children about women marrying women and men marrying men. It's important to Ann that children feel comfortable around people who are lesbian and gay. She wants children to expect to meet people who are lesbian and gay and to feel relaxed and at ease with them. When Ann reads this book, the kids already care about Louise the swan by the time she begins to court Serina, her true love. They can't easily dismiss her or ignore her, because they are invested in her life and her happiness."

ACTION:
Urge your legislators to support the Defense of Marriage amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.

Come to the rally at the Capitol on March 22, 2004 at 11:30 a.m.