Federal "Hate Crimes" Bill Extends to Transgenders

More trouble is on the way. The U.S. House of Representatives surprised everyone by passing a "hate crimes" bill last week, which will go on to the Senate in a few weeks (where it is expected to pass). It was sneakily attached to a bill protecting children from sexual predators. (Let's hope the President has the sense to veto it, and give the House members time to wake up.)

Rep. Barney Frank expressed his surprise that this bill passed the House. Was the stealth tactic the reason? Unclear. Bay Windows reports:

The passage of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005 surprised even Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, one of its cosponsors. The openly gay Newton Democrat said he was initially doubtful about the plan by Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers, the bill's lead sponsor, to attach the bill as an amendment to the Children's Safety Act, which strengthens laws against child molesters.

"We didn't really have a chance to vet it with the Republicans and I was frankly afraid it was going to do more harm than good," Frank explained. "I have to confess, I was wrong," he said. Frank spoke in favor of the bill on the House floor, making sure to clarify that, unlike previous versions of the legislation, it explicitly included protections for transgender people. "We didn't want people saying, 'Oh you tricked us we didn't know this,' because that was the one change from last year,'" he said. "That vote went after we had made it clear to people that transgendered people were covered."

While legislators who heard Frank may not have been fooled about the inclusion of transgenders, it's not at all clear that all who voted for the bill protecting children knew this nonsense was attached to it!

This bill is dangerous for many reasons. How absurd to declare the same crime can be more or less serious, depending on who the victim is. This legislation prepares the way for future threats to our freedom of speech and religious beliefs relating to homosexuality and transsexuality. See Traditional Values Coalition's detailed report, Stealth Homosexual ‘Hate Crimes’ Bill Passes House Of Representatives (excerpts):

[T]he hate crimes law will add “sexual orientation,” “gender,” and “gender identity” to federally protected categories. “Gender identity” is code for transgenders (individuals who think they are the opposite sex, cross-dressers, or drag queens.)

If passed, this legislation will provide federal protection for homosexual behavior, placing anal intercourse on a par with race or religion. It will also be used to normalize drag queens, cross-dressers, transsexuals, and she/males (individuals who choose to remain female from the waist up and male from the waist down with the help of hormones).

This legislation will “federalize” every crime involving homosexuals and so-called transgendered individuals. It will strip local law enforcement officials of the right to prosecute what are essentially state or community criminal issues.

This bill will also deny individuals equal justice under the law. An individual who commits a crime against an elderly woman will get a less serious prison sentence than if the victim is a cross-dresser or homosexual. This is unfair and denies all individuals equal protection under the law.

In addition, the whole concept of hate crimes is misleading. Every violent crime is an expression of hate against an individual. There is no such thing as a “love” crime of violence. Liberals call these “hate crimes,” but what they really want to do is penalize people for their thoughts, which will ultimately prove dangerous to pastors, religious leaders, therapists, and many others.

This legislation will set the stage for criminalizing any speech considered to be “hate” against homosexuals, cross-dressers, or transsexuals.

Judicial Activism Defined

Here's a good definition of judicial activism:

"If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order to strike down laws the justices don't like based on their personal preferences. It's not judicial activism to strike down laws because they violate the Constitution." -- Ann Coulter

How Many "Gay" Clubs in Mass. High Schools?

How many "Gay-Straight Alliances" are there in Massachusetts high schools? It's hard to know. But since we taxpayers are supporting them, through our wise legislators and the "Governor's Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth", we should be able to get an answer.

Of course, MassResistance believes one club promoting sexual perversion is too many. But we have to deal with the ugly reality.

The list we posted a few days back, compiled from GLSLEN's website and PFLAG's report on the "Youth Pride 2005" parade, yields 200 clubs. But a recent Bay Windows report says 110. "Since [2002] the number of active GSAs around the state has stayed fairly constant at about 110, with a few new ones popping up each year and a few others folding."

Maybe we can find out from:
- the Governor's Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth, 617-725-4000 ext. 35312.
- Mass. Department of Education ("Safe Schools"), Sarah Slautterback, Training Coordinator, 781-338-6330, slautterback@doe.mass.edu
- GLSEN Boston, 617-536-9669

Corporate Guilt

Corporate Greed, Corporate Guilt ... Check out the queer-activist Human Rights Campaign's top 100 favorite U.S. corporations.

We know that the almighty dollar is supreme for the execs at these companies. That includes fear of lawsuits from GLBTQI avengers.

See WorldNetDaily, "Corporate America snuggles up to 'gays': Pro-homosexual giants: Apple, Best Buy, Chrysler, Ford, IBM, Dell, AT&T, Sprint, Nike, Kraft, Pepsi" (Sept. 20, 2005).

Opt-Out Forms: Protect Your Children

Protect your children from misinformation and propaganda in our schools on sexuality and homosexuality issues. Here's an opt-out form, which can be used around the country, from Abiding Truth Ministries.

Remember, parental rights in this area are protected by Massachusetts law -- but parents must assert their rights forcefully! See MGL Chapter 71: Section 32A, "Sex education; policy regarding notice to parents, exception:"

Section 32A. Every city, town, regional school district or vocational school district implementing or maintaining curriculum which primarily involves human sexual education or human sexuality issues shall adopt a policy ensuring parental/guardian notification. Such policy shall afford parents or guardians the flexibility to exempt their children from any portion of said curriculum through written notification to the school principal. No child so exempted shall be penalized by reason of such exemption.

No [Further] Comment

The Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Francis Galvin, has released the VoteOnMarriage.org initiative petition for signatures. His official SUMMARY at the top of the petition form reads:

This proposed constitutional amendment would require the state and local and county governments to license and recognize only those marriages that are between a man and a woman. It would prohibit future same-sex marriages, but would allow continued recognition of those entered into before the adoption of the proposed amendment.

List of "Gay-Straight Alliances" in Mass. & U.S. High Schools

GLSEN publishes a useful list of "gay-straight alliance clubs" in high schools across America. Don't think it's not being pushed in your town...

And for our in-state readers, below is a list of GSA's in Massachusetts. For photos of some of these children on parade, see PFLAG's "Youth Pride 2005" page. A few other GSA's appeared on PFLAG's website which we've added to GLSEN's list. This list is still probably incomplete, and does not include regional "gay and lesbian youth" organizations such as BAGLY, SWAGLY (Worcester), SSHAGLY (South Shore), Holyoke Youth Pride, Out Now Queer Youth of Springfield, etc.

ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REG HIGH, COMMON GROUND
AGAWAM HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
ALGONQUIN REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
AMHERST REGIONAL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
ANDOVER HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
ANOTHER COURSE TO COLLEGE, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
APPONEQUET REG HIGH, DIVERSITY
ARLINGTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
ATTLEBORO HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
AUBURN SENIOR HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BANCROFT SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BARNSTABLE HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BAY PATH REG VOC TECH H S, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL, DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
BEAVER COUNTRY DAY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BELCHERTOWN HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BELMONT HIGH, ALLIANCE
BEVERLY HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BILLERICA MEM HIGH SCH, DIVERSITY CLUB
BISHOP FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL, AMNESTY
BLACKSTONE VALLEY, TEAM HARMONY/ GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BOSTON LATIN, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BOURNE HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM REG, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BRIGHTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BROCKTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BROMFIELD, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BROOKLINE HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BROOKS SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BUCKINGHAM BROWNE NICHOLS SCH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
BURNCOAT SENIOR HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
CAMBRIDGE RINDGE AND LATIN, STARS
CANTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
CAPE AND ISLANDS, YOUTH ALLIANCE
CAPE COD ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
CAPE COD REGION VOC TECH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
CARVER HIGH SCHOOL, DIVERSITY CLUB
CHICOPEE COMPREHENSIVE HS, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL, COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCE
CONCORD ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
CONCORD CARLISLE HIGH, SPECTRUM
DANA HALL SCHOOL, BRIDGE GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
DEERFIELD ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
DENNIS-YARMOUTH REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
DIGHTON-REHOBOTH RHS, YOUTH AGAINST IGNORANCE
DOHERTY MEMORIAL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
DOVER-SHERBORN REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
DRURY HIGH, JABOP (JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE)
DURFEE HIGH (FALL RIVER), GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
DUXBURY HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
EVERETT HIGH, THE RAINBOW CONNECTION
FALMOUTH HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
FITCHBURG NCCES, SAFE SCHOOL PROGRAM
FOXBOROUGH HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
FRAMINGHAM H S, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
FRANCIS W PARKER CHARTER SCH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
FRANKLIN COUNTY TECH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
FRANKLIN HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
GARDNER HIGH, DIVERSITY WORKS
GEORGETOWN MIDDLE/HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
GLOUCESTER HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
GRAHAM AND PARKS, STUDENT GOVERNMENT
GREENFIELD HIGH, HUES
GROTON DUNSTABLE REGIONAL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
GROTON SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
HAMILTON-WENHAM REG HIGH, CARE
HAMPSHIRE REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
HANOVER HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE/ DIVERSITY CLUB
HAVERHILL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
HIBBARD ALTERNATIVE, DIVERSITY GROUP
HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
HIGH SCHOOL/SCIENCE-TECH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
HINGHAM HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
HOLLISTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
HOPEDALE JR SR HIGH, DIVERSITY CLUB
HOPKINTON HIGH, DIVERSITY CLUB
HULL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
KING PHILIP REG HIGH, DIVERSITY GROUP
LANDMARK SCHOOL, GLASS
LAWRENCE ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LENOX MEMORIAL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LEOMINSTER SENIOR HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LEXINGTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LINCOLN-SUDBURY REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LITTLETON HIGH SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LONGMEADOW HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LOWELL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
LUNENBURG HIGH, BIGLASS
LYNN ENGLISH HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MASS ACADEMY FOR MATH AND SCIENCE, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MALDEN HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE/CIVIL RIGHTS
MANCHESTER JR-SR HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MANSFIELD HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MARBLEHEAD HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MARSHFIELD HIGH, DIVERSITY CLUB
MARTHAS VINEYARD REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MASCONOMET REGIONAL HS, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MEDFIELD SENIOR HIGH, HARMONY
MEDFORD HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MEDWAY HIGH, TADA
MELROSE HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
METHUEN HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MIDDLEBOROUGH HIGH, DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
MIDDLESEX SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MILTON ACADEMY, GASP
MILTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MINNECHAUG REG HIGH, SPECTRUM GSA
MISS HALL'S SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MONUMENT MT REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
MT GREYLOCK REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NASHOBA BROOKS SCHOOL, STUDENT DIVERSITY
NASHOBA REGIONAL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NASHOBA VALLEY TECH H S, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NATICK HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NAUSET REGIONAL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NEEDHAM HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NEWTON NORTH HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NEWTON SOUTH HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NIPMUC REGIONAL MIDDLE/HS, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NOBLE & GREENOUGH SCHOOL, LESGAB
NORFOLK COUNTY AGR, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NORTH ANDOVER HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NORTH ATTLEBORO, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NORTH MIDDLESEX REG, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NORTH QUINCY HIGH, SPECTRUM/ GSA
NORTHAMPTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
NORTHBRIDGE HIGH, H.E.A.R.T.
NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL, HBH [HOMO-BI-HETERO]
NORWELL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE/ DIVERSITY
OAKMONT REGIONAL H S, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
OLIVER AMES HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PEABODY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PHILLIPS ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PINGREE SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PIONEER VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PIONEER VALLEY REG, HOT TOPICS GSA
PITTSFIELD HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PLYMOUTH NORTH HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PLYMOUTH SOUTH HIGH, PRIDE
PROVINCETOWN HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
PUTNAM VOC TECH HIGH SCH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
QUABBIN REGIONAL MID/HS, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
QUABOAG REGIONAL HIGH, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
QUINCY HIGH, SPECTRUM
RALPH C MAHAR REG, S.O.S
RANDOLPH HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
READING HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
REVERE HIGH, R.A.D. REVERE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
ROCKPORT HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SALEM HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL, ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
SEEKONK HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SHARON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL, DIVERSITY CLUB
SHREWSBURY SR HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SMITH VOC AND AGR HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SOMERSET HIGH, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
SOMERVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE : LEGASY
SOMERVILLE HIGH, GAY-STRIAGHT ALLIANCE
SOUTH HADLEY HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SOUTH SHORE CHARTER SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SOUTHWICK HIGH, DIVERSITY CLUB
SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
ST JOHNS PREPARATORY SCHOOL, ALWAYS OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS
STONEHAM HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE - PRYSM
STOUGHTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SUTTON HIGH SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SUTTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
SWAMPSCOTT HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
TACONIC HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
TAHANTO REG HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE AND DIVERSITY LEAGUE
TANTASQUA REG SR HIGH, GOLDFISH GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
TAUNTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
THAYER ACADEMY, ALLIES
THE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHO, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
THE WINSOR SCHOOL, GAY-BISEXUAL-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
TRITON HIGH SCHOOL, TRITON YOUTH ALLIANCE
WALPOLE HIGH, DIVERSITY CLUB
WALTHAM HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WAREHAM SENIOR HIGH, STAND
WATERTOWN HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WELLESLEY SR HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WEST BOYLSTON JR-SR HIGH, PEER COUNCILING
WEST SPRINGFIELD HIGH, ADHOC
WESTBOROUGH HIGH, SMART
WESTFORD ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WESTON HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WESTPORT HIGH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WESTWOOD HIGH, SPECTRUM
WEYMOUTH HIGH/PLEASANT ST, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE/SAGES
WEYMOUTH HIGH/VOC TECH, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WHITMAN HANSON REGIONAL, VIEWPOINTS
WILBRAHAM AND MONSON ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WINCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL, SPECTRUM
WOBURN HIGH, SPECTRUM
WORCESTER ACADEMY, GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
WORCESTER VOC HIGH, SAFE SCHOOLS

"Anti-Bullying" and the Homosexual Agenda

Openly "gay" state senator Jarrett Barrios of Cambridge (in a sodomite "marriage" with Democrat political consultant Doug Hattaway) is behind another homosexual propaganda vehicle, cleverly disguised as legislation to "stop bullying in our schools." (No, we'll never forget those days when we used to hide out in the restroom at lunchtime because the other kids made fun of our hand-me-down clothing. But we learned a lot from that, and we did get over it.)

The Boston Globe reported a few days ago that "Teens, lawmakers push antibully bill; Measure would force schools to help protect the vulnerable." :

"Called the Safe Schools Act, the proposed legislation would require schools statewide to enact strict policies to prevent bullying. ''Teachers don't do enough sometimes,' [student] Lopez testified before the Joint Education Committee. 'Sometimes they just acted like it wasn't their business.'

"Proposed by Senator Jarrett T. Barrios, a Cambridge Democrat, the measure would require schools statewide to formalize policies for detecting bullying and meting out punishment. The bill would also call for schools to designate one staff member to implement the plan, which Barrios said would be enforced by the state Department of Education."

A friend of MassResistance comments:

It's pretty obvious what is really going on here. Just look at who is pushing it. The final bill will surely mention something about sexual orientation and gender identity.

After it is passed (and not before), someone will claim: "My child is being teased because he/she has two mothers and no father." "Heather has Two Mommies" etc. must be made mandatory reading for all kindergarten kids so they will understand this a perfectly normal situation....

A boy, who considers himself a girl, will wear a dress to school (just to assert "her" civil rights) and "hurtful" comments will be heard (or made up).

You know the routine.

A Google check on "GLSEN + bullying" confirms that this is indeed a new strategic ploy by the radical gays to have even more opportunities to force their viewpoint on helpless schoolchildren, and intimidate any parents who might object to perversion in the schools. For instance, our favorite local "gay" rag, Bay Windows, reported in 2002:

GLSEN changes focus toward rampant in-school bullying, by Peter Cassels, 6-13-02:

For the next three years, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) will focus all of its energies on making bullying a thing of the past in America's schools. Building on the success in the seven years since its founding in such activities as forming gay-straight alliances (GSAs) in high schools, GLSEN announced June 4 that its board of directors has adopted a strategic plan to involve hundreds of teachers, students, parents, allied organizations such as teachers unions and grassroots leaders. The plan goes into effect July 1.

The organization's new direction was prompted, officials say, by the results of its 2001 National School Climate Survey (NSCS). The only national study of LGBT students' high school experiences, the survey found that 84 percent of them routinely hear anti-gay comments like "faggot" and "dyke" at school. Further, 82 percent reported that teachers and staff "never" or only "sometimes" intervene when they witness the use of such language. More than eight out of 10 LGBT high school students eventually experience verbal, physical or sexual harassment at school, the survey found. In a statement, GLSEN Executive Director Kevin Jennings called its three-year plan to target bullying, name-calling and harassment of LGBT students "a defining moment for the safe schools movement in America."

Besides striving to make bullying unacceptable, GLSEN will urge educators to create schools in which every student, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, can fully participate in academic and extracurricular activities and will work to see that the federal government's education agenda includes LGBT issues.

More on Unitarians and Queer Intimidation Tactics

We've been thinking a lot about the Constitutional Convention at the State House last Wednesday (Sept. 14). For one thing, how strong the Unitarian-Universalist (UU) connection is with the homosexualist legislators. The beautiful New England UU headquarters building is immediately adjacent to the Mass. capitol (on the left as you face the buildings). How convenient for lobbying.

Many of the Irish- and Italian-heritage, and nominally-Catholic legislators go right along with the Christ-denying, anything-goes UUs. (Isn't this apostasy?) And after the homosexual priest sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, the Mass. Catholic Conference has lost much of its power to sway the Catholic legislators. But it's still an amazing thing.

Anyhow, Bay Windows reported that at the ConCon, the UU HQ was a meeting place for the most radical homosexualist legislators. (For some reason, this hour-by-hour report from that day does not show up on BW's website any more; but we've kept the link here for you.)

10:40 a.m. -- Legislators and advocates are heading over to the Unitarian Universalist Association headquarters at 25 Beacon Street to meet before the ConCon. State reps. Byron Rushing of the South End, Alice Wolf of Cambridge, Ed Augustus of Worcester and Linda Dorcena Forry, who won a hotly contested special election to replace retired state rep. and former House Speaker Tom Finneran, as well as state sen. Jarrett Barrios filed into the building.

2:44 p.m. --Earlier, South End state rep. Byron Rushing addressed the ConCon and quoted Martin Luther King, Jr., (who apparently was quoting Unitarian Universalist Theodore Parker) saying that, "The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." He added, "Today we are bending that arc toward justice."

Another striking thing about that day was the rowdiness of the queer activist crowd, both inside and outside the State House. A few other passages from this now-missing report reveal that they are not as polite as the media likes to pretend. And they're very skilled at intimidation and harassment. (Maybe this is why the report is not onlilne any longer?)

11:25 a.m. -- The anti-gay marriage forces have arrived! All four of them! The crew is lead [sic] by Article 8 Alliance founder Brian Camenker. They've staked out space at the corner of Beacon and Park streets where two of them are holding a banner that reads "END GAY MARRIAGE REMOVE MARSHALL." One of the sign holders, who declined to give her name said that the group was "on the same side" as the marriage equality activists in that they wanted to see the amendment defeated. "We're not interested in amendments, actually. What we want is to get rid of the judges." As she spoke, a man behind her [i.e., harassing] holding a STOP DISCRIMINATION IN THE CONSTITUTION sign said, "It's very sad that you're against my civil rights." The woman replied, "I've already said I'm not against your civil rights." She later added that she received a lot of harassment for her views. "I don't like harassment and our side gets plenty of harassment from your side," she said, noting that her own child had been harassed at school. "We're tired of [it]."

12:20 p.m. -- [In the Great Hall] A few MassEquality volunteers lead [sic] the marriage equality proponents in song: "We Shall Overcome," "God Bless America" and "We Shall Not Be Moved." As they sang, a group of about 25 anti-same-sex marriage in two concentric prayer circles at the back of the room began singing "Amazing Grace." As both groups sang, it became something of a sing-off out of a Saturday Night Live skit. But then, contrary to the spirit of what Rouse had urged earlier, a large group of marriage equality proponents marched to the back of the room and surrounded the anti-gay marriage protesters and began singing "God Bless America." They were joined by the anti-gay forces. But it wasn't a Kumbyah [sic] moment. Those in the middle of the circle looked scared. A park ranger finally ordered the groups to separate.

Noon -- The crowd outside the State House continues to grow and is getting rowdier with its response to honking motorists. Two men in one car honked and pulled over to share a kiss. They were swarmed with pro-equality demonstrators who plastered the two in MassEquality stickers. A tall transgender wearing a short gold skirt and leopard print top carried a neon orange sign reading EVERYONE A COMBO OF M/F SO . . . ALL MARRIAGES ARE SAME-SEX; as she [sic] made her way through the crowd, she [sic] was warmly received.

10:20 a.m. -- The pro-equality crowd outside the State House is made up mostly of young people. Posters read "STOP DISCRIMINATION IN THE CONSTITUTION: and "YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THY NEIGHBOR," in reference to the controversial Web site that will publish the names of those who sign a petition to put a question before voters in 2008 that would amend the state Constitution to ban same-sex couples from marrying.

"Gay" Days at "The Big E" and Six Flags This Weekend

"Out In the Park" takes place this weekend in the Springfield area. We don't want western Massachusetts to feel left out of all the debauchery.

First, on Saturday, Sept. 17 it's the 6th annual "Out on the Farm" day at The Big E fair in West Springfield. "Be seen, Wear red!" (We hope not to read any follow-up stories in the newspaper about fatal accidents involving horses.)
Contact: Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield, MA 01089; 413-737-2443; fax 413-787-0127; email comments info@thebige.com

Then, on Sunday, Sept. 18 it's the 9th annual "Out in the Park" day at Six Flags New England amusement park. "Be seen, Wear red!"
Contact: Six Flags New England, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield, MA 01089; 413-737-2443; corporate HQ: Six Flags America, 301-249-1500.

"Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning, Intersexed Brothers, Sisters, Friends and Families: For the past 8 years Out In The Park has been a huge success with over 1000 GLBT attendees for the first year in 1997! Each year it gets harder and harder to count everyone, as there are simply so many of us! In 2003, we counted between 2500-3000! There were probably a lot more. In 2004 estimates were between 5,000 to 7,000+. For 2005, who knows how many? We are are anticipating over 10,000! This has been a major event for the GLBT community for the past 8 years.You don't want to miss it! It's more fun than a Gay Pride Parade! We're here, we're queer and we're going have the time of our lives!"

Not to be outdone, King Richard's Faire in Carver will host "Out in the Court" on October 8, to coincide with "national coming-out day" on October 11. "Be seen, Wear purple!" There will be a special feature: the "Men in Tights" contest. Don't miss it!
Contact: 508-866-5391

Hard to believe this stuff has been going on under our noses for so long ... with the parks' knowledge and blessing...and discount tickets! There is seemingly no end to corporate complicity and cowardice. Or our apathy.

These "Ministers" Oppose Freedom of Religion

MassResistance noted a stream of pro-gay-"marriage" legislators flowing from the Unitarian Universalist HQ on Beacon Street (right next to the State House!), as the Constitutional Convention was about to get underway yesterday. As these misguided souls walked through the rowdy queer activists in front of the State House (no, the demonstrators' demeanor was anything but calm or mature), the reps clearly reveled in their acclamation.

We also observed several "ministers" in the crowd (you know: clerical collars, accessorized with rainbow silks). "God loves you, no matter what you do!"

And we remembered that the Unitarian Universalists were not only the first to recognize unnatural sex as a basis for "marriage"... They are also pushing group "marriage" or "polyamory". (You can't be "progressive" unless you keep moving to the next new thing.) Yes, polygamy is next. How can we deny these loving groups their happiness? On what rational basis can we say they cannot marry?

And today we read in Bay Windows reports that a group of pro-gay-"marriage" clergy protested an ex-gay program scheduled at Tremont Temple Baptist Church on October 29. Funny, we can't think of examples of conservative clergy protesting outside other churches, whether Unitarian, Episcopalian, or a synagogue, over those congregations' views on homosexuality, abortion, or whatever.

What is going on here? Clearly, while these phony "clergy" say they believe in protecting the rights of minorities, they don't seem to care about the conservative religious views they claim are the minority in Massachusetts:

When Focus on the Family came to Boston Sept. 8 to preview its upcoming ex-gay conference, Love Won Out, at Tremont Temple Baptist Church, the clergy of the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry (RCFM) refused to let the event go unnoticed. About 20 protestors, many of them religious leaders wearing their religious garments, gathered on the sidewalk in front of the church to argue that Focus on the Family and Love Won Out do not represent the values of the majority of people of faith in the Commonwealth.

"[Focus on the Family] are a minority of people in this community. They do not represent a majority of people in this community. They come from out of state," said RCFM director Rabbi Devon Lerner.... That morning Focus on the Family held an invitation-only clergy breakfast for about 200 clergy to preview Love Won Out, which will be held at Tremont Temple Baptist Church October 29.

Their goal is clear. To silence all opposition to the homosexual and transsexual agenda, even in our churches.

You Can't Placate the Monster

When will pro-family groups learn that they can't placate the monster? The Globe reported this morning that "Opponents tout plans to extend rights to gays."

Same-sex marriage opponents said yesterday that they will file legislation providing hospital visitation and other rights to gay couples that would be offered even if the state enacts a proposed ban on same-sex marriage.

That means that the pro-family groups pushing the new marriage amendment have offered a sop to the queer activists. Did they really think this would satisfy them, or get them to back off even an inch? It's already clear that the dark side smells weakness. Arline Isaacson, chief running-shoe-attired lobbyist for the homosexual agenda, called the proposed benefits legislation a "sham"...

... an attempt by opponents of same-sex marriage ''to make themselves look less mean-spirited, but they know, like we know, that the only way to access the 1,400 legal protections under legal marriage is with a marriage license. There is no other way."

Supporters of same-sex marriage, she said, are focused on preserving those legal protections. ''And we won't be distracted by their silly proposal for these other few rights instead of that," she said.

It is not true, as the Globe says, that VoteOnMarriage's opposition to the Travaglini-Lees compromise amendment (voted down today) was in part "because it would allow civil unions." That amendment would have created and institutionalized civil unions.

We're not exactly sure what VoteOnMarriage's position is on civil unions anyhow, since their newly proposed marriage amendment does not include a provision banning civil unions (as many state marriage amendments do) -- and they surely know the Mass. Legislature will not hesitate to push such legislation. If VoteOnMarriage was against civil unions at the Constitutional Convention today, why doesn't their new amendment language include a ban on them?

Where Do You Fall on the "Homophobia" Scale?

Diversity, tolerance, acceptance -- what do they mean? Our friend Susan writes, "In case you thought tolerance and acceptance were OK, read on.... This proves that more is wanted than 'tolerance and acceptance.' " GLBTQI's want to be recognized as "indispensable in our society, and viewed by straights "with genuine affection and delight."

Western Illinois University's Committee on Sexual Orientation uses the absurd definitions below by a psychologist named Riddle. Will 90% of Americans -- those who ascribe to "heternormative" standards and beliefs -- soon be labelled deficient, deviant, or sick by the American Psychological Association? (Note they say there is a "clinical defnition" of "homophobia"!)

Maybe you're already seeing this sort of nonsense in your company. Where do you fall on the homophobia scale? How "homophobic is your attitude? (How is this measured?) Even if you've "achieved" the acceptance level, that's not good enough -- it's still "homophobic"! And if you object to playing this twisted game, will you be fired?

Riddle Homophobia Scale: Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Identity

In a clinical sense, homophobia is defined as an intense, irrational fear of same sex relations that becomes overwhelming to the person. In common usage, homophobia is the fear of intimate relationships with persons of the same sex. Below are listed four negative homophobic levels and four positive levels of attitudes towards lesbian and gay relationships/people. They were developed by Dr. Dorothy Riddle, a psychologist from Tucson, Arizona.

HOMOPHOBIC LEVELS OF ATTITUDE

1. Repulsion: Homosexuality is seen as a "crime against nature". Gay/lesbians are sick, crazy, immoral, sinful, wicked, etc. Anything is justified to change them: prison, hospitalization, negative behavior therapy, electroshock therapy, etc.

2. Pity: Heterosexual chauvinism. Heterosexuality is more mature and certainly to be preferred. Any possibility of "becoming straight" should be reinforced, and those who seem to be born "that way" should be pitied, "the poor dears".

3. Tolerance: Homosexuality is just a phase of adolescent development that many people go through and most people "grow out of". Thus, lesbians/gays are less mature than "straights" and should be treated with the protectiveness and indulgence one uses with a child. Lesbians/gays should not be given positions of authority because they are still working through their adolescent behavior.

4. Acceptance: Still implies there is something to accept. Characterized by such statements as "You're not a lesbian to me, you're a person!" or "What you do in bed is your own business," or "That's fine with me as long as you don't flaunt it!"

POSITIVE LEVELS OF ATTITUDES

1. Support: The basic ACLU position. Work to safeguard the rights of lesbians and gays. People at this level may be uncomfortable themselves, but they are aware of the homophobic climate and the irrational unfairness.

2. Admiration: Acknowledges that being lesbian/gay in our society takes strength. People at this level are willing to truly examine their homophobic attitudes, values, and behaviors.

3. Appreciation: Value the diversity of people and see lesbian/gays as a valid part of that diversity. These people are willing to combat homophobia in themselves and others.

4. Nurturance: Assumes that gay/lesbian people are indispensable in our society. They view lesbians/gays with genuine affection and delight, and are willing to be allies and advocates.

Emotional Appeals and More Lies

The queer activists knew they'd have to win their fight dishonestly, and avoid the ugly truth about the unnaturalness and riskiness of homosexual sex, or the unbalanced life experience that same-sex parenting imparts to young children.

They knew to frame their demands as a "right" -- because once recognized, a "right" can't be taken away. (Why, you might even get "pro-family" groups to agree with this concept!) As if anyone has a "right" to sodomitic "marriages"; or his employer paying for a sex-change operation; or cross-dressing on the job (a.k.a. "sexual expression"); or demanding a lease for an apartment owned by a landlord with moral objections; or public displays of lewdness; or spreading lies to schoolchildren.

And they knew to troop before legislators as happy "married" couples and "families", asking how the legislator could even conceive of taking away their happiness, of breaking up their family! And claim over and over that nothing has really changed since "gay marriages" began; everything is still perfectly lovely.

Here's how the queer activists won over unthinking legislators (Raphael Lewis, Boston Globe, 9-12-05):

Lawmakers said the change in position developed as they found that the onset of same-sex marriages did little to alter the fabric of life in the Bay State. Gay-rights groups also staged a months-long campaign to win over skeptical legislators by arranging meetings with same-sex couples to discuss their lives.

State Senator James E. Timilty, a Walpole Democrat who campaigned last year in favor of the proposed constitutional amendment, said the meetings were crucial to altering his position because they converted abstract moral arguments into tangible reality.

''At many of these meetings, when I would look at the children of these couples and see that they deserved all of the benefits that I had certainly growing up in a family, the principles of fairness changed my mind and I decided that a no vote was the correct vote," Timilty said.

Over the past few months, 43 lawmakers who favored the proposed constitutional amendment met with same-sex couples, their friends, and their clergy, according to Marty Rouse, campaign director for MassEquality, which spearheaded the campaign.

The meetings appear to have achieved their desired effect. By Friday, legislators' internal polling revealed that at least eight House lawmakers and at least two senators who last year voted for the amendment sponsored by Senate President Robert E. Travaglini and Senate Republican Leader Brian P. Lees have decided to switch their votes.

Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker writes:

The idea of gay marriage going before voters is anathema to proponents, and understandably so. No one would want to fight three more long years to defend a right that's already been won.

And how did they "win" this "right"? Through an illegitimate, unconstitutional court ruling. Do courts grant rights?

When the Legislature last visited this issue, there was concern that it was a political hot potato. That anxiety has evaporated on Beacon Hill, as many voters seem to regard the issue with relative indifference. It just doesn't directly affect as many lives as, say, healthcare reform.

We're seeing this statement again and again, twice in one day in the Globe: that life has changed little since homosexual "marriages" began. What world are these people observing?

Isn't it a big change to insist on teaching all our schoolchildren about unhealthy, perverted sex and homosexual-headed families because "gay marriage is legal now"? And to tell parents they can't stop it? To enlist our children -- often without parental knowledge -- in a sad, debilitating and unhealthy lifestyle akin to other addictions? To go on to tell them sex-change operations might be the solution to their adolescent angst? To sentence them to family-less, childless futures?

We keep reading, "No earthquakes occurred in Massachusetts after homosexual marriage." Have these legislators heard about the father arrested in Lexington, denied his parental rights under state law? The Little Black Book? The sex-change propaganda disseminated through the gay clubs in our high schools? The pornographic "gay" billboard on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge? The filthy Bay Windows newspapers in our family-neighborhood supermarkets?

Our society will be profoundly affected in ways we can't even imagine yet.

These shortsighted legislators are "thinking" through their emotions and have their heads in the sand. And the big media are right there with them.

Queer Activist Intimidation Tactics

We have many friends supporting the VoteOnMarriage marriage petition, and we are disgusted to see the intimidation tactics queer activists are using against the original signers of the petition. The Boston Herald (whose side are they on?) and their _itchy columnist Margery Eagan (clearly modeling herself on the despicable Maureen Dowd) deemed it newsworthy that a website has been set up to publicize the identity of anyone who dares to sign the petition. (We won't go into our reservations about this amendment here.)

The website is called KnowThyNeighbor. It has been denounced by the "more responsible" leaders of the queer movement at MassEquality.

Our friend Viktor has made an interesting observation. In line with the queer activists' other phony readings of the Bible ("God loves everyone and everything they could possibly do!"), this website seems to be trying to imply a Biblical source for their name:

It seems there is a bizarre theme occurring in the homosexualist movement: an admission of the spiritually decrepit state they have fallen into. Some simple examples are the "Southern Decadence" celebration in New Orleans, or the gay nightclub "Purgatory" in Providence, RI. The latest intimidation tactic of the gays reveals this theme in its most disturbing form yet.

We've read about the "unclean" VoteOnMarriage amendment which would legitimize SOME same-sex "marriages". We now see the homosexualists' reaction to it at KnowThyNeighbor.org, the website which seeks to publish, intimidate, and harass those who sign the amendment.

(If you think there is no intimidation from the homosexualists because they are all about "love", think again. Remember some months ago the failed bill that would make the names of petition signers available sooner than currently allowed by law. This bill was supported by homosexual activist organizations, and had it been passed, would have made "it possible for groups opposing ballot questions to gain almost immediate access to the names and addresses of the people who signed the petitions, providing them an opportunity to persuade signatories to retract their support." "Persuade signatories'"? Please.)

The name "know thy neighbor" seems to be a reference to a Bible passage.... But a quick search on Bible.com reveals the aforementioned theme. For starters, the Old English "thy" is obviously not found in modern-day translations, but rather in the King James Version. There is no such phrase as "know thy neighbor" anywhere in the King James Bible. It combines two separate things: 1. To "know" someone; and 2. that particular someone being "thy neighbor".

The word "know"in the Bible is usually a reference to a thing: Thy name, thy ways, thy testimonies, Thy commandments, etc. And when it is referring to a someone, that someone is usually knowing God. The ONLY time "knowing" another person is employed (not knowing another person's traits or qualities, but knowing another person period), it means knowing someone sexually (for example, in Luke 1 where Mary says to the angel, "How can this be, for I do not know a man?") The only time "knowing" was used in the plural was used by -- yep, you guessed it -- the Sodomites, featured in the Genesis story of Sodom and Gommorah.

Genesis 19: 1-5
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

Canada Killing Free Speech on Homosexuality

MassResistance has written before about the dangers of criminalizing dissent on the homosexual agenda. Because homosexual radicals have confused the public and legislators by arguing that their demands are all about "rights", they can next insist that anyone who has an objection to their behaviors and claims must be silenced.

Canada is leading the way down this totalitarian path with its "Human Rights Commission". This is thought control, under the guise of anti-discrimination and "hate-speech" laws. Free speech is being eliminated on this issue. And other issues will surely follow, if they get away with this!

Now in Alberta, a pastor who wrote that homosexuality is immoral and a health risk is being accused of hate speech, and dragged before the Human Rights Commission. It's coming our way soon! From LifeSite News:

[Rev. Stephen] Boissoin is being hauled before the Human Rights Commission to answer to a complaint filed by Darren Lund, an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Lund made his complaint after Boissoin published a letter to the editor in the Red Deer Advocate, in which he denounced homosexuality as immoral and dangerous, and called into question new gay-rights curriculums permeating the province’s educational system.

In that letter to the editor, Boisson lamented that “Children as young as five and six years of age are being subjected to psychologically and physiologically damaging pro-homosexual literature and guidance in the public school system; all under the fraudulent guise of equal rights.”

Boissoin, who is himself no stranger to the dangers of homosexual and bi-sexual activity, since many of the youth he works with fall into that category, repeatedly expressed his concern that behaviour that is dangerous, and sometimes fatal, is being presented as normative and even healthy to the most impressionable. “I was just writing a letter to the editor, to the heterosexual population,” he says, “saying this is something to be very, very concerned about.”

Lexington's Worst School: Estabrook?

Boston Magazine's September issue published a list of the top 100 elementary schools in eastern Massachusetts. Five out of six of Lexington's elementary schools made the list. The Lexington school conspicuously absent: Estabrook. (Estabrook is also absent on their list of 652 schools!)

Hmm, that name rings a bell. Oh yeah -- that's where David Parker met with the principal to work out an agreement (his right under Massachusetts law) regarding his son's exposure to mainstreamed homosexuality -- until the administrators decided to call the police in to arrest him.

Maybe the Estabrook School didn't make the list because of a broken fax machine (maybe the drafts of Parker's agreement never made it to the Superintendent's office?). Or maybe the Estabrook anti-bias committee was considered too biased against traditional families?

"Safe Schools"? "Safe Zones"?

It's back-to-school time. Time for parents to pay attention to the latest ploy by GLSEN, the queer propagandameisters who have infiltrated our schools.

One of GLSEN's newer strategies is to demand our schools be "Safe Schools", and to declare "Safe Zones" within a school. Confused, upset, distressed teens are encouraged to go to a teacher's or counselor's office displaying a "safe zone" emblem, where they will be told that maybe their problems are related to repression of their "sexual identity or expression".

MassResistance knows of a teen girl at a Massachusetts high school, assigned to sessions with the school psychologist because of learning disabilities, who was prodded by this school "professional" to talk about whom she had a crush on: "Do you want to tell me about him or her?" This is what's called a "safe zone"! (The psychologist is also the adviser to the gay-straight alliance at the high school.)

Of course, none of this is done with parental knowledge or permission. The very term "safe zone" implies to the student that there's something available at school that he doesn't have at home, at a relative's, at a friend's, or at his church: a "safe" place where he can "just be himself."

See Scott Lively's analysis of the strategy, "The Danger of 'Safe Schools' ", and Newton Tab columnist Tom Mountain's description of how it plays out at Newton North High School.

Attorney General Reilly Approves Unclean Marriage Amendment

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly announced this afternoon that he would let the VoteOnMarriage.org referendum petition to go forward.

This unclean amendment would both ban and certify homosexual "marriage". In a state already drowning in legal and moral chaos, it will further contaminate the waters, presenting voters with an untenable compromise.

We predict the queer activists will immediately challenge it in the courts, because it would violate their "equal protection under the law" (by allowing some of them to be married, but others not.) And they have a point.

Don't waste your effort getting signatures for this referendum. Even if it were a clean amendment (one which would overturn the fraudulent homosexual "marriages" and ban civil unions), and even if it is approved by the voters, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) will likely not let it stand. And if the SJC doesn't block it, some federal judge will. (That's what happened recently to a marriage amendment passed by voters in Nebraska.)

The four SJC judges must go, and their homosexual "marriage" ruling must be overturned. Support that effort: Tell your legislators to support the Bill of Address, H652.

Boston Queer Paper Pushing "Brotherly" Incest

Why are we surprised by anything these days? Bay Windows, Boston's queer newspaper, gives a positive review to a movie about homosexual incest between two brothers. "Harry & Max" is about brothers, age 16 and 23, who have a sexual relationship. (Next thing you know, we'll have a movie about two brothers wanting to get "married".)

"[T]he best thing about Harry & Max is how natural it makes their unnatural love seem." How surprising that Bay Windows would call any sexual perversion "unnatural"! We wonder how they define that term??

From the review, "Brotherly lust" :

[Made by an openly gay filmmaker], Harry & Max is built around a weekend camping trip in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles. Harry (Bryce Johnson), whose boy band may have passed its peak, has been living the popstar lifestyle long enough to be used to getting what he wants when he wants it.

But Harry has been largely estranged from his family, partly by choice, and no one has been more hurt by it than Max, who is also going the boy band route but hasn't yet been spoiled by it. Max idolizes Harry and, being gay, is as eager to jump his bones as any of his teenybopper fans.

He got his chance to do that two years ago on a family vacation in Bermuda and makes his move again on their long-awaited camping trip. Harry criticizes Max's oral technique and doesn't let him finish: "I'd prefer that you whack it. It might help you sleep.... If I liked boys and I weren't your brother it might be different."

What he did with Max wasn't Harry's only homosex experience, he admits: "Sometimes I had to - like, for work and stuff."

Should "Families" Even Be a Topic In School?

A friend in Lexington has shared an interesting exchange from the town's online political debate on whether there should be any discussion of families in the schools.

MassResistance knows first hand how painful any public entry into this private sphere can be for a child. Adoptees are constantly confronted with family-tree or ancestor assignments. Where is the liberal "sensitivity" to them?

We agree with Lorraine below: NO discussion of "families" belongs in the schools! We all know that liberals have used this ploy to introduce their radical, anti-traditional values into the minds and emotions of little children. Let's shut it down now.

Glenn: It's important for kids to learn about the families of their schoolmates, just like it's important for them to learn about the different countries, languages, and cultures that these families come from. We are teaching them to avoid unfair discrimination against other people, which is the first step of their education in civil rights.

Lorraine: It's NOT important for kids to learn about families. Children don't care as much as parents do. Whatever happened to show and tell where children would talk about pets, hobbies and other interesting things? We are talking about five year old children. It's grownups that have made family the focal point in class.

This is very hurtful to many children who do not live with a mother and father. One mother told me her son was in tears because they were getting a divorce and they discussed families in class. Some children come from single parent homes as well. I don't think this is at all necessary and does nothing to educate children. They will find these things out for themselves in time.

Glenn: I haven't heard any children debating the social issues of the day at Estabrook. Seems to me the only people looking for a debate were David Parker and his supporters, and they brought the debate into the schools (literally).

Lorraine: Are you there when all this takes place? Parents are not invited or allowed at these talks.

Glenn: What exactly is there to debate, anyway? Do you want to debate whether there exist families with two moms, or two dads, or only one mom, or whatever? Do you want to debate whether such families are legal and respectable? Do you want to debate whether we should treat all families fairly and equally? Because those are the only issues up for debate, as far as I can see. At no point has sexual reproduction or sex education (or GLSEN for that matter) ever entered the discussion surrounding David Parker.

Lorraine: Six years ago, when I became aware of what was happening, there was a book the schools were reading to the children, "Heather Has Two Mommies". Part of the book was about artificial insemination. Can you imagine a five year old knowing what that means? I can't. I called so much attention to the book it was reprinted without that information in it. I still have that original book. They will try to say and do whatever they can get away with. Parents need to know what their children are being taught. I was also told by the school that oral sex and sodomy were also discussed in the high school which I also opposed. It's a well known fact that GLSEN, the homosexual organization, is in the schools. Same sex marriage is only legal in ONE state, Massachusetts. Eighteen other states have voted against it since it became legal in our looney state.

Glenn: FAMILIES SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED IN SCHOOL. Do you realize how completely absurd this statement is? No, probably not.

Lorraine: You think you are so smart when it's sarcasm that you're so good at. Glenn, it's not absurd at all. If two children fight about a toy all the time no matter how many times you talk to them about sharing, what would you do with the toy? Take it away from them, of course. Well there seems to be a similar situation in the schools. Parents do not agree with what's being taught to the children and can't come to an agreement, or even talk about it. What do you think should happen? I think that part of the curriculum should be eliminated to satisfy everyone and bring peace into the schools again. That doesn't mean one family is more important than another but equally important. I have nothing against homosexuals but I don't believe in same sex marriage and never will. I didn't like the fact that the school taught my children about it before it was even legal. Should I be outraged, you bet I am.

Glenn: I believe the schools should be a neutral place for all children to learn without outside interference (GLSEN) in the schools. Students should be taught respect for each other, period. Respect begins with understanding and accepting the larger reality that we all live in. Instead, you would undercut respect by denying basic recognition and fairness to people living in your own town. It's time for you to go back and review the Golden Rule.

Lorraine: Glenn, the Lord says "love thy neighbor", and I do. It doesn't say we have to agree with them when we think it's wrong. I don't like a one way school system, one way people, or one way streets. {;-)

Radical Demonstration Planned Against David Parker

Thought you'd like to see what the radical homosexual activists have planned to counter the demonstration supporting David Parker in Lexington this Tuesday evening, September 6.

The notice below is from Meg Soens (click here for her "wedding" photo), who is organizing the demonstration. She has a little website for her "Respecting Differences" front organization. (Note that the Lexington Police Dept. is listed as a supporter of her group!)

We wrote in May: "Lesbian radical activist ... Soens pops up all over town, including the Estabrook School anti-bias committee. How interesting that Soens also led a session at the infamous "Fistgate" GLSEN workshop in 2000, on how to incorporate gay and lesbian issues into an elementary school curriculum."

By the way, Meg has it wrong below about Mass. Family Institute running the rally. It is actually being organized by a grassroots group of Parker supporters. (And P.S. to Meg: You might want to check your distribution list, as MassResistance is surely not on your steering committee!) Here's what she has sent out to rally her troops:

Dear Respecting Differences steering committee friends --

I hope you all had a restful summer – and you wouldn’t be hearing from me now when summer isn’t quite yet gone if it wasn’t urgent.

We (wearing my hat as Lexington CARES co-chair) recently heard that the day after Labor Day (and the day before school starts again in Lexington) the largest statewide anti-gay political group in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Family Institute, will be holding a rally on our Lexington Green in support of David Parker and his discriminatory demands on our public schools. They will also be holding a candlelight vigil at the same time at Depot Sq., and will be holding signs and having a literature table in front of CVS and on all the corners across from the store. Looks like a saturation bombing campaign!

Mr. Parker is the Estabrook Elementary school parent who got himself arrested last April when the school officials refused to accede to his demands for “notification” and “excusing his child” that would have effectively forced the teachers and schools to make the kids of gay and lesbian headed families feel unwelcome and unsafe by sending the message that their families were bad and somehow dangerous. In other words, his demands would force the schools to discriminate against the children of gay and lesbian headed families.

Now the MFI is working with Mr. Parker to further their own broad anti-gay political agenda and intimidate local school and town officials and residents, and we need to counter their message. Lexington C.A.R.E.S., the media campaign group formed to counter the distorted messages that Parker and his right wing allies were so successfully putting out to the media, is organizing a silent counter vigil at the same time, and it makes such sense for those involved in the Respecting Differences Coalition to support and take part in this effort to bring the truth about the discriminatory demands out. To be effective, we need everyone who can make it to come and stand up for inclusive schools, and for all families in our schools. I expect that MFI will be bussin! g in people from all over the state since they have done that several times for the Constitutional Conventions recently, and we don’t need to match their numbers, but we do need a strong showing of Lexington folks to demonstrate opposition to Parker’s demands that would hurt our kids right here in our town and undermine years of commitment and work on the part of the Lexington public schools to create classrooms that are welcoming and safe for all children. If there is only one time this year when you can come out to an event in this arena, this is the one to come to.

Lexington CARES has put together a plan for a peaceful non-confrontationalsilent witness during the events : we will assemble at the town Visitor Center at 4:45 pm, (centrally located between the Green, where their rally will be held, and Depot Square, where their vigil will be held) and then walk in groups to the various MFI events to silently walk on the sidewalk with our signs. We are working with town management and safety officials to plan all this. Children are welcome, and since the rally goes from 5 pm until 7 pm you might encourage parents to bring picnics for their kids to be eaten at our gathering place, the Visitor Center. We will be behaving in the same way we did with the Phelps witness, basically silent, no interaction with the rally people. I also ask that if the press approach you, you direct them to the designated spokespeople of Lex C.A.R.E.S. who have media training and a great deal of practice getting our message about inclusive schools out there in interviews. Finally, LexCARES is asking that people not wear rainbow flags political buttons etc. to make it harder for the MFI to make it look like we are all gay and it is a gay versus straight battle. In addition, not bringing the rainbow flags underlines the fact that there is a broader principle underlying the struggle, that of treating all humans with dignity and respect, not just gay human beings.

So, please come to the Visitor Center on September 6 at 4:45, or one of our witness places after that, and please publicize our silent vigil as widely as possible. I also ask that you bring as many sympathetic people with you as possible. Personal phone calls are by far the most effective method especially given the tightness of time.

This is really a time your physical presence will make a very big difference both in terms of bearing witness to our town, and to the Boston area.

Also, if you have suggestions or reflections on this, I hope you will share them. I will be back in touch later in September about our first RD meeting for the year. I will be sending out this basic message to the entire RD list this afternoon, after time for some feedback from you. If you can call some people to come, I am copying a suggested telephone script below fyi Contact me if you can make some calls since I am coordinating the phone calling effort for LexCARES.

What else should RD do in regard to this event? A letter or commentary in the MM? A forum about the issues in October? Also, if you are individually interested in learning more about LEXCARES and perhaps joining, let me know and I will forward your email addresses to the person who is doing that piece of the work.

Thank you! And we will get together in the next few weeks to get going on Our other efforts in this town! Meg
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Telephone Script for 9/6 Gathering Hi, this is . I'm calling to let you know about a rally in front of the Visitor's Center next week. You know I've been involved with Respecting Differences Coalition, the town-wide group that supports a safe and welcoming town for all of us, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. I wanted to let you know that Lexington CARES (the media campaign group that was formed to respond to the distortions and demands associated with the David Parker arrest at Estabrook School in April) has told us that on Tuesday, September 6th from 5:00 - 8:00 pm in Lexington Center, a series of events will be held to show support for David Parker. These events are being supported by the statewide group Mass family Institute, and possibly other non-Lexington activist groups. They will have a rally on the Green with speakers, a candle-light vigil in Depot Square, and a literature table in front of CVS, along with people holding signs on street corners in the Center. I know the timing is bad, but it's critically important to have a large group from Lexington there showing firm, but also silent and non-confrontational support for our schools - especially for the teachers, administrators and ALL the children who will walk into school the very next day. We're sure some media people will be there and we don't want them to walk away thinking Mr. Parker and the outside groups speak for all of us.The area in front of the Visitor's Center will be our home base; we'll have a table there with a banner and signs for anyone willing to carry one. I'd love to have you there from 5 -7 or later, if you can make it. YES? NO? NO Ok, thanks, don't hesitate to show up if your plans change. Come to the Visitor's Center.
Hesitant I don't want you to think you'll need to speak to anyone you don't know. We aren't there to argue. We just want to show, through our numbers, that the Lexington School System has the support of people in town. Even if you can only be there for an hour, I'd love to see you.YesThat's great! I'll send you an email with any more details as soon as I know them.YES, What else can I do?It would help so much if you would make some phone calls to people you know. We would rely on email, but the time is so short.- - - - - For this call we'll have to go over the Guidelines at least as far as: No engagement - don't respond to comments from Parker supporters No outward signs of political agenda (no buttons, rainbow pins, etc.) Suggestions for signs: Support Lexington Public Schools We support all our children We support all our families Welcome back to school EVERYONE
Meg Soens

Follow the Money

Bay Windows' story on Hurricane Katrina focuses on the homosexual community there, primarily in the French Quarter. One astonishing tidbit is that last year's "Southern Decadence" event, held over Labor Day weekend in that city, brought in an estimated $100 million to the local economy.

Money talks. This is one big reason this movement has gotten where they have. They have lots of money to spend. (But wait... Wouldn't a minority suffering social and civil-rights "discrimination" be economically underprivileged as well?)

"For gay-friendly businesses in New Orleans, the hurricane could not have come at a worse time. The city's annual gay Mardi Gras event, Southern Decadence, which is also one of the largest annual gay celebrations in the country, was scheduled to run throughout the Labor Day Weekend. Southern Decadence was officially canceled on Tuesday, Aug. 30. According to New Orleans's gay magazine, Ambush, 125,000 people were expected attend the event's five-day series of parties which is highlighted by a parade through the French Quarter. Southern Decadence has drawn larger and larger crowds since its beginning in 1972. Ambush estimated its economic impact on the city last year was $100 million. Many make hotel reservations a year in advance to ensure accommodations."

Find Alternative Charity: Red Cross Supports Homo Agenda

A friend has brought our attention to this letter from a pro-life minister, warning us not to trust the Red Cross with our funds. Sadly, that charity has been compromised by its support of the homosexual agenda.

(To be sure your donation goes where you want, here are just a few alternative charities which do NOT support the homosexual agenda: Samaritan's Purse; Feed the Children; The Salvation Army.)

Whether or not one believes the hand of God was in this disaster, without out a doubt we are happy to say "good riddance" to the "Southern Decadence" event which has been indefinitely postponed.

Dear Friends of the Preborn,
Just a quick note to encourage you NOT to give money to the American Red Cross. (All the media is appealing for Americans to do so for the Hurricane Katrina victims). Why not? Because they promote the homosexual agenda in our nation, and even have "Corporate Diversity Committees" and a "Chief Diversity Officer" to help implement the agenda. To top it all off, they recently fired a Christian for simply sharing his views regarding homosexuality. You can read about this matter by clicking on the following link:http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=8652&department=CFI&categoryid=family

Find a different charity to give to if you want to help the people down south.

By the way, because of Hurricane Katrina the sodomites won't be able to conduct their "Southern Decadence Days" wherein tens of thousands of sodomites come into New Orleans and do the most filthy things (even right out on the streets!). The city officials have welcomed them with open arms year after year. It would have begun this Thursday and went through to Labor Day.

If you feel bad that the residents in Gulfport and Biloxi had to suffer because of the sodomites and sodomite-loving magistrates in New Orleans, don't feel too bad because these towns are known as the "Gambling Capitols of the South" wherein thousands of elderly people go to blow their money, thus disinheriting their families. (So much is wasted that $500,000.00 is given to the State of Mississippi in taxes every single day!).

When God's judgment comes on a nation even the so-called "innocent" suffer because they turn a blind eye, tolerate, and live in peaceful co-existence with the evil in their midst. This nation is a corporate entity, and judgment is often dispensed corporately....

Pastor Matt Trewhella
Missionaries to the Preborn, Founder
http://www.missionariestopreborn.com

Yes, This Kindergarten Picture Book IS About Sex

Back-to-school time. Time to get back to questions about sex in kindergarten picture books.

Recently, homosexual extremists flooded David Parker's blog with their typical stream of nonsense and silly questions. They disputed the idea that the picture book (given without his knowledge to his kindergarten child) had anything to do with sex, and therefore is not covered by the Massachusetts Parental Notification law. The book, Who's In A Family, clearly gives the message that lesbian and "gay" couple parents are on a natural and moral par with traditional families.

MassResistance is not afraid to answer their silly questions. But how sad that it's necessary to state the obvious, and articulate what was once just common sense! (Note: Mr. MassResistance speaks only for himself, and no one else.)

Silly homosexual extremist question #1: You continue to duck and dodge the real issue behind the "cartoon picture book." What do pictures, stories, anecdotes, or any other representation of the makeup of an individual child's family have to do with sex and sexuality? And if two moms and their daughter washing the family dog IS about sex, then why isn't two heterosexual parents and their child sitting down to a meatloaf dinner about sex?

Silly homosexual extremist question #2: Many of us in the great anonymous Massachusetts wilderness have been waiting since April to hear David Parker explain, in his own words, just EXACTLY what "Who's in a Family" has to do with sex and sexuality. Because, the laws of the Commonwealth succinctly state that a parent may opt his/her child out of any classroom lesson or discussion dealing with sex and sexuality. Unless you can illucidate [sic] the "sexual" content of "What's [sic] in a Family" or any of the books in your child's kindergarten classroom (or freely available in the school library, for that matter), then you are asking to EXPAND and/or rewrite the established definition of parental notification.

MassResistance responds:
The basic problem here is that perverted sexual relationships are being forcefully injected into the daily lives of normal people. To say that the existing Parental Notification law in Massachusetts doesn't cover this possibility is like saying that John Adams should have spelled out (in the Massachusetts constitution) that sodomy was not a valid basis for marriage; or that since the Bible doesn't expressly mention credit card fraud, it's not stealing.

The attempted normalization of homosexual, lesbian, transsexual, bisexual, questioning, or polyamorous "marital" arrangements has changed everything. Where once we would have said that a pre-school picture book with scenes of families (with a mommy and a daddy) going about their daily activities was NOT about sex, once a two-daddy family is included, it IS about sex -- even for the traditional families portrayed.

The homosexual extremists have politicized and sexualized everything they come near. And they have destroyed the innocence of early childhood.

From the time a child comes into the world, he observes his parents (one male, one female) interact. Sometimes they hug or kiss. And yes, he registers the fact that they sleep in the same bed. And sometimes the bedroom door is locked and he hears noises. This is a child's normal introduction to sex. It is simply put before him in the context of normal, healthy family activities. Pictures of a normal two-parent family in a picture book do convey a message to the child: This is a family.

Usually, a child's introduction to this normal context of sex and sexuality is unremarkable and would not fall under the Massachusetts Parental Notification law. This is because such normal story books (or family photos) do not present the child with any jarring, startling, or unnatural concepts. His thoughts and imaginings will not proceed into the parents' bedroom at the age of 5 or 6 upon seeing a traditional family picture.

But the minute you present him with an abnormal, unusual, bizarre arrangement, which he knows instinctively in his gut is not right, is odd, off-kilter, or unnatural -- this will provoke a sense of uneasiness followed by new and strange imaginings. He'll ask (openly or privately), "Why does my classmate have two mommies? I thought a mommy needed a daddy to have a baby?"

If a young child is presented with a novel, unusual image of a family, with two mommies or two daddies (or three daddies?), the child will naturally next wonder if they kiss and hug and share a bed. How do they make babies? It's the perversion of normal relations that brings in SEX on a level beyond that a kindergartner should be dealing with. Then, it becomes a lesson on SEX at a level covered by state law protecting parental rights.

(Of course there's another question that we are not dealing with now: Does a school have the right to undermine parents' religious and moral beliefs they are trying to teach their child?)

We come back to the fact that heterosexual parenting is normal -- and the child absorbs the inherent sex lesson slowly, by osmosis. But abnormal homosexual couplings are forcing the child to imagine questions about sexual activities that would otherwise come at a much older age. It's homosexual perversion being forcefully pushed into our faces that's causing a problem.

The Parker case is about "coercive indoctrination" of vulnerable, very young children. The homosexual activists know how powerful images are in their brainwashing campaign. That's why they're putting this book into little children's hands without parental knowledge.