Angry parents don't want kids to learn about gays, lesbians and alternative families

You can always count on Fox Newz for this sort of inanity. A bunch of Concerned parents in California are suing the schools in protest over being denied the right to pull their kids out of classes that teach about GLBT people and alternative families. Because, yes, teaching kids about tolerance and acceptance is a bad thing for these hillbillies.

Angry Parents Suing California Schools Over Mandatory Gay-Friendly Classes
(Don't you just love those totally unbiased Fox Newz headlines?)

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Parents in the Alameda Unified School District were refused the right to excuse their kids from classes that would teach all kids in the district's elementary schools about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender alternative families.

The parents say they are concerned about "indoctrination" in the schools, but administrators say the course is needed to protect against sexual discrimination — and that the lessons are protected by laws in California and 10 other states.

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The contested California curriculum includes an annual 45-minute LGBT lesson taught to kids from kindergarten through the fifth grade. The kindergartners will focus on the harms of teasing, while the fifth graders will study sexual orientation stereotypes.

The move toward the new classes began two years ago, when teachers noticed that even kindergarten students were using derogatory words about sexuality, such as "fag."

Whoa, hold up – these morons are contesting "an annual 45-minute" lesson? They really can't expose their kids to the concept of treating others fairly and equally – for a single 45 minutes, once a year?

... Now that's just fucking stupid.

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