According to the District, the only way to effectively deal with this situation is to affirm homosexuality, thereby reducing harrassment and improving the homosexual teen's self-esteem, and thus eliminating the destructive behaviors. Tolerance Yes, Affirmation No PTRS agrees with the District that all children and their families should be safe from harrassment and physical harm on school grounds, and that differences between children and families should be tolerated. The District was unable to show how teaching affirmation of homosexuality would accomplish this, or how success would be measured, but they remain unyielding in their commitment to this plan. The district was also unable to provide any guidance as to how the wishes of parents who objected to their children's exposure to homosexual affirming material were to be honored, and none was offered. They have still failed to adequately address this issue.
Comparable departments exist at the county and state level to advocate for homosexual civil rights.
The District ignored our concern. These books encourage teens to, among other things, go to gay bars and have sex with adults to see if they like it. In practice, this has meant that parents are on their own to negotiate with individual teachers and principals, and are without legal or procedural options when a teacher or principal refuses to cooperate with them. Homosexual activists have repeatedly tried to implement rules that would strip any therapist who attempted to help a patient to change their sexual orientation, even on request, of his or her license. We are working on several projects.