From: wgb3@pyuxf.uucp (25336-buoni)
Subject: Re: Education Regarding Alternative Family Units (Re: The Analogy Betwixt Gays & Blacks (Re: Children in Same-gender Families))
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 18:12:15 GMT

From porthos!walter!uunet!usc!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!zeus.tamu.edu!rlc1028 Tue Jan  5 13:05:44 EST 1993

>In article <1992Dec30.171740.7835@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, wgb3@pyuxf.uucp (25336-buoni) writes...
>| 
>|Homosexuality may be a valid lifestyle from a legal standpoint, but it is still
>|in direct conflict with those values we teach in our home.
>|
>|I will teach my children that choosing a homosexual lifestyle is wrong.  
>|I will teach them that there are many individuals in this world who choose
>|to live lifestyle which contradict ours, but that does not make it OK.

>	Okay.  Calculus may be a valid mathematical discipline, but it is 
>in direct conflict with those opinions (values) which I teach in my home.

>	And, I'll teach my opinions to my children about the dangers of
>inductive reasoning on which calculus is based.  Since calculus is a
>contrary to my opinions (values are opinions), do I have a right to
>ban calculus from the schools because of my opinions (religion)?

Better yet, SCHOOL CHOICE.  This way we can choose the school which best 
reflects our children's needs.  Note, BTW, that I (rather than the state)
have decided what those needs are.  I call this "parenting".
	

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>|If one of my kids turns out gay he turns out gay.  When he reaches the age
>|of 18 and leaves my home he may live as he chooses.  If he chooses to live
>|a homosexual lifestyle I will still love him, but I will not accept his 
>|behavior.  I'd have the same reaction if he decided to become entangled with 
>|pornography or drugs.  If he decides to take the "easy way" out rather than
>|dealing with his problems what can I do?  
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>	If your kind of love means that you say "I love you, but don't
>bring your husband home for Christmas, and don't call me wanting to talk
>about those objectionable parts of your life," then your kid will not
>be taking any "easy way" out of anything.  

I was refering to the "taking of one's own life".  I will agree that what you
have described above is not the "easy way out".  

>	I'm not suggesting that you'd be this way, but I know many parents 
>who have.  Being Gay can be quite difficult for many when having to live
>without even partial parental acceptance.

I can only imagine.  I know, even today, that acceptance from those I care
deeply for is very important to me.  I don't know how I'd react if I learned
that my son was gay.  I might believed I'd act one way now, but in reality
I can't even imagine.

In any case, I still believe that the responsibility of rearing children 
belongs to the parents, and the parents alone.  When the state uses the 
public school system as a method of advancing a social agenda it is cause
for great alarm!  I am ultimately responsible for the well-being of my 
children and as such should also be responsible for their upbringing.

>Gadson

Bill Buoni
my opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer!





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