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With a nice shout-out to JMG at 4:15.

“An important statistic that I read once was that there’s a survey done of 12 year-olds that found at age 12, 25 percent of the students were unsure of their sexual orientation. But we know from surveys of the adult population that only maybe 2 to 3 percent of the adult population will actually identify as homosexual or bisexual. So …

It’s actually a proposed bill, in one province, in a foreign country. But don’t let little details like that stop World Net Daily from screaming about those scaaaaary gays. Homeschooling families will soon be forbidden from teaching that homosexual sex is sinful as part of their schooling program, according to the government of Alberta, Canada. Under the province’s Education Act, …

Reportedly Babeu claimed that one of the school’s 17 year-old students was his boyfriend.

Focus On The Family has posted a 40-minute session recorded earlier this month at CPAC in which their presenters outlined their strategies on how to thwart and roll-back anti-bullying protections for LGBT students. Yes, it’s a long clip, but activists for this cause should pay particular attention to the plan voiced by the attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund.

A Bronx judge has granted an injunction against an earlier ruling that banned churches from meeting in New York City public schools. That means viciously anti-gay preachers, congregations, and at least one “ex-gay” organization will again convene tomorrow, essentially for free, in public spaces across the city. Some church groups openly admit that they are engaging in a “church planting” …

Even though their kids don’t have to meet the scholastic, attendance, or disciplinary requirements that public school students do, religion-based home schoolers in Virginia are railroading through a bill to allow their kids to play sports on public school teams. Currently, home-schoolers are not allowed to take part in school sports, but legislation before the General Assembly could change that. …

The 160 churches that operate virtually free in New York City’s public schools have been granted a temporary reprieve from the eviction ordered by a federal court of appeals. Alliance Defense Fund says the temporary restraining order is in effect for 10 days while the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York more fully considers constitutional arguments …

The Alliance Defense Fund has filed suit in Missouri to force public schools to allow students to place anti-abortion posters on school walls. According to the ADF, if the school allows “political” speech like posters supporting the anti-bullying Day Of Silence, they must also allow anti-abortion posters. A lawsuit that has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Western …

Tennessee’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill advanced yesterday after a hearing before a state House committee. The House Education subcommittee approved the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill on a voice vote Wednesday, renewing a debate that roiled the legislature last spring over whether elementary and middle schools should be allowed to initiate discussions about homosexuality. The panel accepted the version …

Right Wing Watch has a quote from the organizer: This is a movement that is not about a denomination or a church, but a DEMONSTRATION of the Kingdom of God. Signs, wonders, and miracles have broken out amongst students and teachers alike. Teachers have been healed of incurable diseases, and students no longer turn to the counselors for advice, but …

“This will now go like a flood from east to west because the misnamed [American] Civil Liberties Union will grab ahold of this, as will other forces that oppose worship and oppose the church. This will go like a tsunami across the nation. So when they say that they’re just excluding churches for whatever reason, it’s discriminatory, it’s a monstrosity …

PFOX is outraged that a Maryland school board member is “disgusted” by their flier campaign telling students that they don’t have to “choose” to be gay. “We call on the Montgomery County Board of Education to enforce its Nondiscrimination Policy and censure Superintendent Starr immediately,” said Regina Griggs, executive director of PFOX. “The Policy mandates that schools provide ‘an atmosphere …

The Christianists who want it to be legal for their children to assault and harass LGBT kids have now focused their ire on Rolling Stone, who last week published a lengthy expose of a Minnesota school system. According to Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute, teachers should not be allowed to intervene when gay children are being beaten: Teachers …

To the surprise of some observers and despite having dozens of co-sponsors, on Friday the NYC Council refused to endorse a resolution in support of a pending state bill that would allow churches to hold services in public school buildings. Religious groups are being booted from city school premises after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court’s ruling …

I’m just going to give you one paragraph from Rolling Stone’s excellent long-form piece on bullying and suicide in Michele Bachhmann’s home district. “This isn’t something you kid about, Brittany,” her mom scolded, snatching the kitchen cordless and taking it down the hall to call the Johnsons. A minute later she returned, her face a mask of shock and terror. …