School District Requires Pro-Homosexual Curriculum

The Alameda County Board of Education in California has approved a mandatory curriculum promoting homosexuality for children as young as 5 years old without allowing parents to opt-out.

LGBT Lesson #9 was approved at the end of May to teach students in kindergarten through fifth grade to tolerate the homosexual lifestyle beginning with the next school year, according to a report by WorldNetDaily.

"Alameda's new curriculum requires written and verbal expression of student ideas, with a clear intent to evaluate whether students endorse homosexuality," Karen England of the pro-family Capitol Resources Institute in California said. "It is intolerant of traditional views on human sexuality."

Students will read stories including "Who Is in a Family?" which explores different types of families. One page states, "... Robin's family is made up of her dad, Clifford, her dad's partner, Henry, and Robin's cat, Sassy."

Second-graders will learn about two homosexual penguins that raise a young chick in the book "And Tango Makes Three." In the fourth grade, students will be introduced to terms such as "gay," "lesbian" and "LGBT." Teachers are instructed to ask, "How do you think Robert feels when he hears people say things like, 'This is gay' or 'You're so gay'?"

Fifth-grade teachers will be asked to write the acronym LGBT and ask students the meaning of each letter. The curriculum, which is estimated to cost the school district $8,000, also provides a list of LGBT vocabulary words for students including bisexual, transgender, gay, and lesbian.

England said the school district is violating federal law by not allowing parents the opportunity to opt-out if the lessons contradict their religious beliefs.

Under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, parents must be notified and allowed to opt-out if the lessons address political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student's parent; sex behavior or attitudes; or religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student's parent. [BP]