Tag Archives: education

Two weeks ago I told you that the American Family Association is calling for parents to keep their children out of school during the SPLC’s annual Mix It Up Day, which for ten years has encouraged students to sit at lunch with kids outside of their social circles.  According to the AFA, Mix It Up Day is a secret plan …

The student government of North Carolina’s Elon University has voted 35-11 to demand that the school administration eject Chick-Fil-A from its food court. Dan Anderson, an Elon spokesman and one of the university’s vice presidents, said Chick-fil-A is on campus through Aramark, a food services provider that contracts with the company to provide food on campus. Despite that relationship, he …

Marylanders for Marriage Equality has denounced Gallaudet University’s suspension of its diversity officer for signing the petition to repeal same-sex marriage. Via Washington Blade: Josh Levin, campaign manager for Marylanders for Marriage Equality, released a statement Wednesday evening expressing opposition to Gallaudet’s decision to place Dr. Angela McCaskill, a Maryland resident and the school’s Associate Provost of Diversity and Inclusion, …

You might recall early this summer when one of these trucks was robbed of hundreds of phones, causing “panic and wailing” among students.

“Of all the freedom-killing bills we have seen in our legislature the last several years, this is among the worst. This outrageous bill makes no exceptions for young victims of sexual abuse who are plagued with unwanted same-sex attraction, nor does it respect the consciences of mental health professionals who work in a church. We are filing suit to defend …

Students and parents at a Texas high school are furious after being told they can no longer post Christian messages on the banners that football players burst through to begin the games. “It is not a personal opinion of mine,” said Kountze ISD Superintendent Kevin Weldon in a phone interview. “My personal convictions are that I am a Christian as …

The Chicago Teachers Union voted yesterday to end their week-old strike. Karen Lewis, the union president, described the voice vote as 98 percent to 2 percent in favor and a sign that the deal was seen as good, though hardly perfect. “We said that it was time — that we couldn’t solve all the problems of the world with one …

Swiss high schoolers manually open and close their windows to create a giant stop-motion effect. They explain how it was done at the end.(Via Buzzfeed)

Saying that the “Virgin Of The Rosary” had told them that secular education is the work of the devil, a Christian cult in Mexico burned down one town’s only government-run school and hurled stones at students attempting to then attend classes in the homes of teachers. “It is a problem of fundamentalism,” Michoacan state government secretary Jesus Reyna Garcia told …

The Liberty Counsel is sending the “Patriot’s Handbook of Religious Freedom in Public Schools” to every public school in the nation so that students understand that they have the right to inflict Christianity on classmates whether they like it or not. Presumably, the Patriot’s Handbook will include a lesson on kidnapping. The vast majority of these Handbooks have already been …

Last week Missouri’s voters approved a “Right To Pray” referendum that includes, among many others things, the “protection” of public school students’ God-given right to refuse to be taught evolution. Amendment 2 “is a lawyer’s dream” because of its vagueness, says Joshua Rosenau, programs and policy director of the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, California, which tracks efforts …

One Millions Moms is offering middle school students a free comic book version of the bible which includes extra hate for those unimpressed by the original. During this vital project, in a very effective and unique evangelism outreach, a “Truth For Youth” Bible (TFY), will be given to all teenagers who commit to give the Bibles to their unsaved friends …

A Louisiana Christian charter school forced girls to take pregnancy tests. Those who tested positively were expelled. Delhi Charter School’s policy states the school seeks to maintain an environment where students will learn and exhibit acceptable character traits that govern language, gesture, physical actions and written words. “The school reserves the right to require any female student to take a …

Security cameras at Vanderbilt University revealed that an employee has been removing copies of the local LGBT paper and throwing them in the garbage. The papers were editions of Out & About, a monthly publication geared toward Nashville’s gay and lesbian community. For Out & About Editor Patrick Armstrong, it answers a frustrating and lingering question over what has been …

The Illinois Family Institute, the former home of Peter LaBarbera, has issued a call for parents to pull their kids out of the classes of liberal or gay teachers. 1-Parents can go to their middle school and/or high school websites and find out which teachers sponsor gay and straight alliances and liberal political activist groups (e.g. AWARE). 2- Parents can …

At a press conference this morning, the NCAA announced the penalties for Penn State’s role in the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal. And they are whoppers. Penn State was socked with a four-year postseason ban, the loss of 40 scholarships over four years and a $60 million fine stemming from its coverup in the sake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse …

“Parents and grandparents who don’t want their children and grandchildren sexually indoctrinated with unnatural and unhealthy ‘lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender’ role models must decide now to exit the immoral, imploding, dysfunctional government school system and place their children in church schools or home schools. This is no time to be indecisive, since you only have one chance with your …

For the second time, hate groups have failed to raise the required number of petition signatures to force a referendum on California’s SB 48, which requires schools to mention the historical contributions of LGBT persons. Pacific Justice Institute lawyer Kevin Snider said the Stop SB48 campaign did not gather enough signatures by Monday’s deadline to put an initiative on the …

Louisiana’s University of LaFayette has begun offering a minor in LGBT Studies. And that makes wingnut GOP House Rep. Jeff Landry very unhappy. In a letter addressed to UL’s President, Dr. Joseph Savoie, Landry request that the university eliminate the new program. As a proud alumnus, Landry says he been so grateful of the education he received at UL, but …