I'd like to see this bill because I think it's outrageous that anyone would find it appropriate to discuss sexual orientation with kindergartners, give me a break.
EDIT: I assume this is what you are talking about....
';California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have honored Harvey Milk's birthday as a statewide ';day of significance,'; reports the Associated Press. In a statement on Tuesday, Schwarzenegger defended his decision by saying that the icon's ';contributions should continue to be recognized at the local level.';
The bill, which was sponsored by San Francisco assemblyman Mark Leno, was contested by conservative groups, who appealed to the governor to veto the legislation.
Milk was one of the first openly gay men to hold a prominent political office in the United States when he was elected to the San Francisco board of supervisors in 1977.';
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your wording is a little deceiving because you make it seem like the bill is to discuss sexual orientation and that's not what it really is. Not to mention it was vetoed anyway.As a parent, how do you feel about having someone discuss sexual orientation in school with your child?
Why not? It's not talking about sex, it's talking about the fact that not every child has a mummy and a daddy, some have two daddy's and some have two mummy's.
Whilst bullying about homosexuality is not a problem in kindergarten, it will be as they get older, I would personally let parents, have their children understand that just because someone else doesn't have a mummy and a daddy, it's doesn't make them strange or different.
It would save a lot of problems later in life. It's awful growing up being bullied, being bullied for something that really isn't anything to do with you (your parents sexuality) must be even worse.
I can't see it being anything more than ';some people have mummy's and daddy's, some people have mummy's and mummy's and some people have daddy's and daddy's'; and helping them understand. They're not going to go into the specifics about homosexuality. It's a preventative measure to promote open mindedness
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4 and 5 year olds cannot comprehend sexual orientation- it would lead to confusion. I would not tolerate my child's school having that type discussion with her at such a young age- and I would have to think long and hard about letting them discuss it with her at ANY age. How would I know what they were telling her? I think sensitive subjects like sexual orientation should be left to the parent.
As long as the discussion is age appropriate. I personally think that some parents are too opinionated about certain topics and don't teach there children tolerance, not to judge, its none of their business. You don't have to agree with it but you can't hate people for it. I think they need to learn.
As a parent, I don't want the schools taking it upon themselves to introduce that kind of subjectmatter (not straight, not gay, nothing). Especially for children that young.
More power to them. At least they are stepping up to do that, not like some parents who don't even want to discuss it with their children. At least they can learn it from somewhere, and the proper way at that.
I would be totally against it! They are too young to learn about that and it should be taught at home. I would not let my child in that class.
This is another attempt by the militant homosexual community to recruit our youth into their perverted lifestyle. Sexual education in the public schools should be limited discussions of the mechanics of reproduction. Everything else is sexuality education and that information is tied to so many other disciplines that it should be considered extra-curricular education offered only to people over the age of consent and then as a tuition based continuing education course.
Requiring our children to accept this philosophy is just plain wrong.
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