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American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
“Nowhere is this failure [of education] more evident than when it comes to antigay prejudice, and nowhere is that particular failure more manifest than it is in our elementary schools.” “Acknowledging children as sexual beings or allowing males (particularly homosexuals) to teach in elementary grades dislodges the classroom from the ‘safe haven’ of heteronormativity.”...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... the failure to report evidence of sexual activity between a teenager and an adult. Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said you don’t have to look back 20 years to be concerned about Jennings. "Parents should be most concerned about the harmful and radical policies he could enact today that would negatively impact public schoolchildren," she said. The best evidence...
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Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Other issues may have taken a backseat to health care this summer, but now that the kids are back in school, parents have another subject on the brain--education. Earlier this month, President Obama turned more than a few heads with his back-to-school telecast, and parents are right to be concerned about what the administration will do for an encore. Most, including FRC, are hoping that the...
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Blowing San #1 (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
... this claim. In 2000, Mr. Jennings gave a talk to the Iowa chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, an advocacy group that promotes homosexuality in schools. On the tape, Mr. Jennings recollected that he told the student to make sure "to use a condom" when he was with the older man. That he actively encouraged the relationship is reinforced by Mr....
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Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
BY JESSE MONTEAGUDO In May 2009 President Barack Obama appointed Kevin Jennings to the post of Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education and Director of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education (the so-called “safe...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From Revolution of Love Homosexual activists may get what they want, but it will never be what they truly need. Knowledge is Power! Education is everything. Groups like Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) are teaching that people are born with same-sex attraction (SSA) [...]
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Thomas Kraemer (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... problem." (Quoted from "Anti-bullying resources," Web page of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, GLSEN.org accessed Oct. 28, 2009 ) Most gay boys learn the painful lesson that any expression of effeminate behaviors will result in them being singled out for bullying by other children, even those too young to know anything about gay sex. The only...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... the real question behind the recent attacks on Kevin Jennings, the assistant deputy secretary of education, who heads the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Fifty-three House Republicans signed a letter Oct. 15 calling on President Obama to fire Jennings, who founded the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in 1990. According to its critics, GLSEN spreads...
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End Bigotry in Venango County (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Though bullying is a problem for many kids in school, students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), or perceived as such, can face a particularly hard road. They are frequently the targets of teasing, ostracism, and even violence, and the consequences go well beyond hurt feelings. A survey by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network found that harassed...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
by Kim Trobee, editor, CitizenLink.com The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is sponsoring Ally Week. The event, launched Monday, is designed to get straight students to be allied with gay students against what GLSEN calls "anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender language, bullying and harassment in America’s schools." Students celebrating...
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Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
News release from GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network: NEW YORK, October 19, 2009 – Thousands of students across the country this week are pledging to address anti-gay bullying as part of GLSEN’s fifth annual Ally Week, a...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
`onenewsnow’ Pete Chagnon A conservative organization says "safe schools czar" Kevin Jennings was once a member of a radical "bullying" homosexual activist group. Calls are mounting for the removal of Kevin Jennings, President Obama’s assistant deputy secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools in the Department of Education. Jennings’...
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Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... you may not know is that this week is the fifth-annual Ally Week . Run by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) , Ally Week consists of a week-long list of activities to stimulate conversation about LGBT issues, rally straight supporters and to persuade people to join as allies against anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools. Students and teachers...
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Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... as a response to anti-LGBT bullying and harassment , is a project of GLSEN -- the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network . It's meant as a means of urging straight allies to stand firm against homophobic speech, homophobic bullying, or homophobic taunts both inside and outside the classroom. “Students will bring a message of respect into schools across America...
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Stuff Queer People Need To Know (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is celebrating Ally Week Oct. 19 – 23. The week is devoted to raising awareness about LGBT issues and bullying in schools, increasing the number of allies and commemorating people who are already allies of the LGBT community. For resources on Ally Week and other GLSEN days of action, [...]
