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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Nevertooold - 2014-10-09 8:42 PM And when they start handing out uniforms they will call everyone comrades. Socialism is coming.
Will they be pants or skirts? Can you imagine the parents if their little boy came home with a "dress" uniform.........LOL.......I can't believe this is happening in NEBRASKA......... |
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| A little more detail on this to add to the article posted.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/education/purplepenguins.asp |
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| I don't have kids but if I did, they would either be homeschooled or going to a private school - AND my dad was a principal for 35 years - but that was back BEFORE public schools went to hell in a hand basket. - The "no child left behind" era was when he decided to hang it up and retire! |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I read the snopes deal. BS. Gender sensitivity? Whatever. You're either a boy or a girl unless you're a hemaphrodite, and in that case, you have been assigned a gender. We don't need gender sensitivity training, we need common sense. |
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| I'm a school teacher and at my school in my district we are allowing a 2nd grade transgender boy to use a special bathroom. He is allowed to dress like a girl and wear make-up as well. Thing is he is a second grader and even the girls in his class are not allowed to wear make up. He paints his nails, wears bows in his hair, etc...
We are also opening up homecoming to transgender students next year because of petitions filed this year where students felt discriminated against because they could not run for queen.
We are a small coal mining town and this sort of thing is absolutely crazy to 90% of the people in our area but we have a few extremely liberal activists and lawyers who are pushing for "equality for everyone." We've had the anti-christain league visit our town and say that we couldn't have the ten commandments up in our school. We can't pray before sporting events, teachers meetings, or anywhere on school grounds.
I understand not pushing religion to everyone. I understand being sensitive but when you are allowing an 8 year old boy to wear bows, lipstick, and wear dresses to school I feel your confusing the other children and opening up a giant can of worms.
School boards do not stand up for teachers anymore. The people in charge bow and give into parents because they are terrified of liberal lawyers who would love to just get their names in the press. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | NJJ - 2014-10-09 8:45 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-10-09 8:42 PM And when they start handing out uniforms they will call everyone comrades. Socialism is coming.
Will they be pants or skirts? Can you imagine the parents if their little boy came home with a "dress" uniform.........LOL.......I can't believe this is happening in NEBRASKA.........
Communism and socialism are not the same thing. We should not equivocate them. It gives liberal extremists fodder to call anyone with a conservative political affiliation ignorant. While most people who are conservative are actually against both, and that's fine, we should be careful at least to be well-informed on what is criticized and how so as not to give them fuel for the fire. This is just being responsible and well-informed. They have different issues attached to them anyway.
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Communism_vs_Socialism |
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Location: SE Louisiana | I keep thinking of Sister Mary Elephant.... but that was an all boys school.. |
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Location: Arkansas | Three 4 Luck - 2014-10-09 1:32 PM rodeomom3 - 2014-10-09 1:25 PM NJJ - 2014-10-09 1:23 PM How are they going to ask them which bathroom they want to use....all those with an "appendage" take the left....all others, the right? LOL, next step will probably do away with gender specific bathrooms.
Because our lawmakers are making the decisions for us and not the educators who are in the trenches everyday and KNOWS what is needed.. Then, the teachers are the ones getting all of the flack. |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | NJJ - 2014-10-08 2:23 PM How are they going to ask them which bathroom they want to use....all those with an "appendage" take the left....all others, the right?
Well...........
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/24/us/colorado-transgender-girl-school/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/transgender-students-rights-violated-bathroom-ban-maine-court-rules |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | oija - 2014-10-10 9:26 AM NJJ - 2014-10-09 8:45 PM Nevertooold - 2014-10-09 8:42 PM And when they start handing out uniforms they will call everyone comrades. Socialism is coming. Will they be pants or skirts? Can you imagine the parents if their little boy came home with a "dress" uniform.........LOL.......I can't believe this is happening in NEBRASKA......... Communism and socialism are not the same thing. We should not equivocate them. It gives liberal extremists fodder to call anyone with a conservative political affiliation ignorant. While most people who are conservative are actually against both, and that's fine, we should be careful at least to be well-informed on what is criticized and how so as not to give them fuel for the fire. This is just being responsible and well-informed. They have different issues attached to them anyway. http://www.diffen.com/difference/Communism_vs_Socialism
I understand that but it seems that the progressives haven't decided exactly what they want and I can see our country going either way. JMO I guess we won't know until we totally crash and we are sure on the way to self destruction. |
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| astreakinchic - 2014-10-10 8:55 AM I'm a school teacher and at my school in my district we are allowing a 2nd grade transgender boy to use a special bathroom. He is allowed to dress like a girl and wear make-up as well. Thing is he is a second grader and even the girls in his class are not allowed to wear make up. He paints his nails, wears bows in his hair, etc... We are also opening up homecoming to transgender students next year because of petitions filed this year where students felt discriminated against because they could not run for queen. We are a small coal mining town and this sort of thing is absolutely crazy to 90% of the people in our area but we have a few extremely liberal activists and lawyers who are pushing for "equality for everyone." We've had the anti-christain league visit our town and say that we couldn't have the ten commandments up in our school. We can't pray before sporting events, teachers meetings, or anywhere on school grounds. I understand not pushing religion to everyone. I understand being sensitive but when you are allowing an 8 year old boy to wear bows, lipstick, and wear dresses to school I feel your confusing the other children and opening up a giant can of worms. School boards do not stand up for teachers anymore. The people in charge bow and give into parents because they are terrified of liberal lawyers who would love to just get their names in the press. I had a student who wanted to use the restroom of the other gender. The district now has a young transgender student. I do not know which restroom the child uses.
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