Zero Tolerance of Parents

October 23-“We’re learning to be allies.” That’s how one California mom discovered that something was terribly wrong at her kindergartner’s school. Together with other five-year-olds, her daughter has spent the entire week learning what it means to be “tolerant.”

This morning, without notifying a single parent, Faith Ringgold School of Art and Science kicked off “Coming Out Day” as part of “Gay and Lesbian History Month.” When parents called the school to complain, an office worker directed them to contact Hayward Unified School District. Despite several attempts, the District never answered its phone. Only from hallway posters did parents learn that the elementary school is hosting a “TransAction Gender-Bender Read-Aloud” next month.

In California and Massachusetts, where same-sex “marriage” is infecting the public school curriculum, parents are sounding the alarm. Stories like this one used to be isolated to the liberal pockets of San Francisco. Today, these extremists are moving through our schools with surprising ease, targeting younger and younger students as they go.

Opponents of Proposition 8 continue to argue that gay “marriage” won’t affect our children. In a new ad funded by “No on Prop 8,” California State Superintendent Jack O’Connell insists that “Proposition 8 has nothing to do with schools or kids.” Either O’Connell is oblivious to what’s happening in his own schools (one of which hauled off first graders to a lesbian wedding), or he is simply denying it to satisfy the agenda of the state’s largest teachers’ union.

Whatever his motive is, the pressure to pass Proposition 8 is mounting. Our sources on the ground in California say that Hollywood is making a powerful, last-minute push, bringing in several million dollars to launch its biggest ad buy yet.

Tony Perkins heads the Family Research Council. This article is excerpted from the Washington Update that he compiles for the FRC.