Illinois Family Institute's School Advocacy Director Laurie Higgins wrote recently about a new middle school being established in Milwaukee for sixth, seventh and eighth graders who are questioning their sexual orientations -- in other words, they're experimenting with same sex attractions. It's the same theme Barack Obama's nominated Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wanted for a Chicago high school, but which was put on hold by Mayor Daley.
Ms. Higgins' outrage is understandable. She writes:
The nation's first "gay"-affirming middle school has just been approved right here in the Midwest. On Dec. 16, 2008, the Milwaukee Board of Education approved a "gay-friendly" school for 11, 12, 13 and 14-year-olds.
According to U.S. News and World Report, "At a meeting two weeks ago, a subcommittee of Milwaukee's Board of Education unanimously approved the Alliance School's proposal to serve sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. The proposal gained unanimous approval from the full board by default when the item was not pulled for further discussion or a vote at last night's meeting. . . . Marty Lexmond, the director of school innovation for Milwaukee Public Schools, said the need for a gay-friendly middle school is even greater today because adolescents are publicly identifying their sexuality as early as middle school."
Yet more public money will now be used to affirm theories about the nature and morality of homosexuality that are controversial, unproven, flawed, and harmful, first, to very young, sexually confused adolescents and, second, to society. More HERE ...
So what's your thoughts -- should Illinois taxpayers set up special schools for kids questioning their sexual orientation?
