NEA drops homosexual resolution in favor of expanded task force

Move over reading, writing, and arithmetic. The Representative Assembly of the National Education Association (NEA) held its 139th meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 2-7. The teacher's union, which drew 10,000 delegates representing 2.6 million members, carries considerable political clout. When the NEA talks, people listen. And what they are talking about is their proposed homosexual resolution designed to "advocate development of programs that address the needs of homosexual, bisexual and transgender students" and require homosexual educators to be involved in the development of curriculum and lessons on the heritage, culture and history of these alternative lifestyles.

A mountain of controversy and protests surrounded the gathering, and the resolution was withdrawn before they could come to any consensus. But don't celebrate just yet – the pressure to drop the resolution came not from the protestors, but from the Gay and Lesbian Caucus, which is calling for the establishment of a task force to look deeper into the issues. An NEA news release spells out their plans: "...in no way is NEA backing away from dealing with the important issues raised by the proposed Resolution. Those who are attempting to interpret the creation of a task force in this manner could not be any further from the truth. We will not allow our policy or our discussions to be dictated by any outside group, particularly those that wish to demagogue on the issue instead of focusing on the needs and problems of these students and educational employees. Far from backing away from these issues, this task force will expand the scope of the inquiry."

For those of you who are not fluent in the language of "liberal-ese," this handy translation should assist you: "Don't kid yourselves. The NEA won't be kowtowed by anyone's petty prejudices, especially from Christians, and your protests have no affect on our policies because we don't really care what the conservative public wants as long as we are politically correct. As a matter of fact, we are going to double our efforts to pander to the gay community." One protester correctly stated that the resolution "provides for a radical social agenda that the vast majority of American people do not support." We can only imagine schools where the needs and rights of Christian students could be elevated to such a degree, but we must be prepared for schools that stifle religious freedom while promoting pro-homosexual awareness. God is out; gay is in. V bm