15 Good Reasons to Oppose 'Sexual Orientation' (Homosexuality) Codes in Schools     6/19/2002
By Peter J. LaBarbera

Opposing 'sexual orientation' school codes is good on a number of fronts.

1. "Sexual Orientation" codes undermine students’ deeply held religious convictions. Homosexual behavior is wrong (and illegal in some states), and is regarded as sinful by many students of various faiths and ethnic backgrounds.
2. Homosexual acts are unhealthy — especially for males. Like smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, they should be discouraged. Dangerous behavior that shortens a person’s life should never be promoted to impressionable students.
3. "Sexual Orientation" codes lead to escalating homosexual activism in schools. (This has happened in schools across the United States.)
4. "Sexual Orientation" codes undermine parental rights by enforcing a pro-"gay" orthodoxy in schools that overrides moral lessons and beliefs taught at home.
5. "Sexual Orientation" codes are used to discriminate — and propagandize — against students and groups (like the Boy Scouts) that oppose homosexuality.
6. "Sexual Orientation" codes may open schools up to lawsuits from parents whose children are misled into dangerous behavior.
7. "Sexual Orientation" codes draw more homosexual teachers to the schools in which they are enforced.
8. "Sexual Orientation" codes encourage homosexual teachers to be "gay" activists in the classroom, and to proudly discuss their homosexuality with students.
9. "Sexual Orientation" codes lead to the adoption of pro-homosexual curricula, such as pro-"gay marriage" lesson plans.
10. "Sexual Orientation" codes are used to justify the pro-"gay" indoctrination of very young children. (Homosexual activists aggressively defend their efforts to mold young minds, even in kindergarten.)
11. "Sexual Orientation" codes pave the way for pro-homosexual teacher and "diversity" training.
12. "Sexual Orientation" codes distort traditional civil rights by equating immoral, changeable behavior with racial, ethnic and religious tolerance.
13. "Sexual Orientation" codes encourage schoolchildren to embrace "gay," bisexual and "transgender" identities and then proudly share them with other students.
14. "Sexual Orientation" codes, once in place, are very difficult to remove.
15. Schools can protect all students from bullying through blanket protection policies that do not specify special criteria, groups or behaviors. Educators can make their schools safe for every student without promoting the acceptance of homosexuality.

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Peter LaBarbera is senior policy analyst at the Culture & Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned Women for America. For further information, call 202-488-7000. CWA is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization.

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