Can you be anti-gay marriage

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Which is mainstream? The pro-gay marriage position or the anti-gay marriage position?

Pro gay marriage. Everyone want to be politically correct.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'm not drafting laws, either. I'm also not deciding that it's so benign, no one will be affected if I'm not. That's the liberal position.

No you're only concerned with what God wants.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

No you're only concerned with what God wants.

Yeah. I'm a freak.

[jundp 191]

Whether someone thinks I am a homophobe because I don't support gay marriage really doesn't matter to me if they haven't been around me in real life. They can have their opinions, I can have the reality. It's not worth getting too far bent out of shape about.

True story. And you can disagree on the issue and still like and respect each other if you haven't resorted to hiding behind words and acting like a child.

For example, even though you're wrong, I still like you, Stina!

"We dont give a sh_t about what parents think" is a stark reality in academics on all levels.

Well, perhaps where you work and live. But I've never had a colleague on either the secondary or university level who ever said that or taught that way. In fact, most -- if not all -- of my colleagues, highly value the parents, their input and support, and what is taught at home in the family. Our job as educators is to guide and impart unbiased knowledge. I feel sad if this is the environment you teach/have taught it. How frustrating and demeaning it must be to be surrounded by this.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Well, perhaps where you work and live. But I've never had a colleague on either the secondary or university level who ever said that or taught that way. In fact, most -- if not all -- of my colleagues, highly value the parents, their input and support, and what is taught at home in the family. Our job as educators is to guide and impart unbiased knowledge. I feel sad if this is the environment you teach/have taught it. How frustrating and demeaning it must be to be surrounded by this.

My wife was not trained to be a teacher during undergrad so she had to do her alternate route coursework at a local college for entry into the profession. I often proofread her papers and a common theme, recurring over and over again, was of parents being "partners" in the process.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

True story. And you can disagree on the issue and still like and respect each other if you haven't resorted to hiding behind words and acting like a child.

For example, even though you're wrong, I still like you, Stina!

Well, perhaps where you work and live. But I've never had a colleague on either the secondary or university level who ever said that or taught that way. In fact, most -- if not all -- of my colleagues, highly value the parents, their input and support, and what is taught at home in the family. Our job as educators is to guide and impart unbiased knowledge. I feel sad if this is the environment you teach/have taught it. How frustrating and demeaning it must be to be surrounded by this.

It was. I wrote a grant to get money to provide greater support for the detention program, hoping to allow for the kids that wound up there often to be able to learn some new coping skills and gain some traction. It was shot down by their teachers who stated quite plainly that they didn't like those kids and wanted them to suffer. That was many years ago and I still think about it often.

[jundp 191]

My wife was not trained to be a teacher during undergrad so she had to do her alternate route coursework at a local college for entry into the profession. I often proofread her papers and a common theme, recurring over and over again, was of parents being "partners" in the process.

Yep. That's not to say there doesn't exist a teacher who is anti-parent-involvement, but in my experience (granted only 10 years) it's VERY rare. We want parents involved and we respect the beliefs a student brings with them to the class.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Yep. That's not to say there doesn't exist a teacher who is anti-parent-involvement, but in my experience (granted only 10 years) it's VERY rare. We want parents involved and we respect the beliefs a student brings with them to the class.

Sadly, there are more than a few anti-parent teachers.

[Marzy 1]

Pressure is wrong.

[Danno 1,228]

Yep. That's not to say there doesn't exist a teacher who is anti-parent-involvement, but in my experience (granted only 10 years) it's VERY rare. We want parents involved and we respect the beliefs a student brings with them to the class.

Are you teaching how to safely "rim" at your school?

Of course I'm not sure what age your students are but as you can see from the vids, ... you can't start teaching the joy and pride of gay life soon enough.

http://massresistance.com/media/video/brainwashing.html

[Dan J 277]

Are you teaching how to safely "rim" at your school?

Of course I'm not sure what age your students are but as you can see from the vids, ... you can't start teaching the joy and pride of gay life soon enough.

http://massresistance.com/media/video/brainwashing.html

Apparently you have been brainwashed, this is the umpteenth post with the same video link.

[Ban Hammer 13,483]

So you should be supporting my stance!!

aj does not support wide stances.

[sachinky 465]

Here's what I think. If you're anti-gay marriage, then don't be in one!

Simple, enough?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Heck, you're a bigot here if you place limits on anything.

BINGO!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Apparently you have been brainwashed, this is the umpteenth post with the same video link.

This is how propaganda is pushed - repeat it ad naseum in the hopes that eventually it'll stick. Danno knows this but fails to recgnize that here he's trying to stick something to teflon.