From: glen@galileo.physics.arizona.edu (Glen Sonnenberg)
Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Sexuality
Date: 29 Dec 92 22:17:47 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

In article <29DEC92.19262311@enh.nist.gov> aberson@enh.nist.gov writes:
>In a previous article, smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) wrote:
>>wgb3@pyuxf.uucp (25336-buoni) writes:
>>
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>I would be fully willing to respect your viewpoint if you were in any way
>willing to respect mine.  As a taxpaying citizen who may or may not have
>children to send to school, I find that teaching my children views which
>are in direct conflict with my values a violation of respect for me.
>When you teach me how my values can be respected, I will be sure to follow
>your great example.  Until that time, I don't believe you have any say in
>the matter.  When any mention of heterosexuality is removed from schooling
>of children, I will be able to fully agree that any mention of homosexuality
>and bisexuality can be deleted also.  I don't want my children to be 
>indoctrinated into a belief system which is in such conflict with my values.

I can agree with this.  I would rather my kids come home and discuss sexual
topics with me.  I am willing to discuss it and I will teach them my views.
Most of the time anyone suggests this it get drown out by all those people
who think that the public school system needs to replace parents in the 
education of kids about sex.  Just because there are some parents who don't
take an active role in talking to their kids about sex doesn't mean that 
it needs to be a mandatory subject at school.  There should be (if anything)
an elective class that parents can request for there students.  REQUEST is
the operative word.  I do not favor automatic teaching of sex ed. where a 
student must get a form to NOT attend.  This will allow parents to easily
control whether they want there kids to attend.  There are small details
like orphans, etc. but the basic premise I would tend to agree with.

>
>Your children are just as likely to be homo/bisexual as anybody else's.
>Your attempts to control their sexuality will come to nothing in the end.

WRONG!  I don't agree.  My kids will not have as much chance because I will
teach them to control irrational desires.

>Your children will be who they are whether you like it or not.  Simply

WRONG!  How I bring them up will have a VERY large effect on who they are.

>stated, you are just advocating making your lesbigay child's adolescence
>and adjustment in society that much more difficult by insisting that they
>should be indoctrinated into a homogeneous heterosexual society whether
>they are heterosexual or not.

I would argue that in our society and for a long time to come, "lesbigay's"
who come out and admit to being homosexual have a much harder adolescence 
then heterosexual's and probably even harder than those who supress their
"lesbigay" feelings.  Maybe it's because of prejudice or religious beliefs 
but that's still the way it is.  BTW, as far as I have seen there isn't
any conclusive proof which shows homosexuality as a trait rather than a 
lifestyle choice.  If this is true then your arguement is moot.  If not,
then please state where I may have a look at this info.  Thanks.
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