Politically correct, gay affirming values are making their way into public school curricula. “The Montgomery County school board [in Maryland] approved new lessons on sexual orientation for use in every middle and high school, introducing homosexuality and gender identity in health classes” (The Washington Post, June 12, 2007, front page). This measure was passed in spite of strong opposition from Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) and Citizens for Responsible Curriculum (CRC).

One of the tools being used to indoctrinate our public school children into the homosexual myth—born gay and cannot change—is a genre of pro-gay films. To view several examples of these deeply disturbing films, go to the Women’s Education Media web site: www.womedia.org. This organization produced “It’s Elementary,” which has been used to systematically brainwash young children into believing the “gay myth” over the past decade.

This type of systematic indoctrination is taking place in schools nationwide. If your child is in school, please investigate the health class curriculum to see if they are advocating homosexuality. If they are, you have a right to demand that students be taught the other side of this issue—people can change from a homosexual to a heterosexual orientation.

The reason why teaching only pro-gay ideology is so dangerous is that when someone initially experiences SSA, often during the school age years, she or he is very confused and don’t know where to turn for help. In a curriculum such as Montgomery County’s, if children are being taught that the only option for people with SSA is to be “gay” or “lesbian,” they are being denied the opportunity to change. These children are taught they were born gay and that it is natural to pursue homosexual relationships and behavior. We must to let all students know that people have a choice to live a gay life or seek change and come out straight.

The ex-gay community seeks the same rights that the gay community demands: true tolerance, real diversity, and the first amendment right of free speech. If our children are taught that the only choice for someone with same-sex attractions is to live a homosexual life, then they are being denied the whole truth. This inequity must stop.

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