[Teachldsseminary] Fw: Is this happening at your child's school?
Deanna Bullock
deannabullock at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 11:04:30 MST 2008
Hello
This is my first time posting on the list and I can see the concern
mentioned by Daryl, but I actually appreciated the awareness to create a
teaching moment. I am a single sister with no children teaching a class of
grade nines. It is when they give their morning devotionals that I find out
about how active Satan is in their lives - I am very removed from jr/sr high
school life.
I was able to incorporate this example into a discussion this morning as we
talked about Job and Satan walking to and fro on the earth and that
sometimes trials come to us not because of our own wickedness but because we
are being tested or proved. We are in fact fulfilling our purpose in coming
to earth to have agency. I
I too think we need to be careful about what is posted on this list, but for
a teacher that is really struggling to come up with current case situations
to discuss with the youth I appreciated this example.
Deanna Bullock
Sherwood Park, Canada
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Annie Edwards <mykidsmom at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Just so you understand, I'm not sending this out as a political action
> issue. This isn't a "this is happening, take action" thing, which many of
> us get everyday, I would guess.
>
> My purpose was to generate discussion about how we could address this with
> our seminary students since it sounds like most of them will be dealing
> with
> it. I will be covering Lamentations the day before this happens, and I
> think it's very interesting timing to be covering a book about the Lord
> lamenting the wickedness of Israel and then having our kids walk onto
> their
> campuses, being encouraged to show solidarity for homosexuality.
>
> Sounds like a great teaching moment to me, which is what I thought this
> list
> was for, but sincerely, no offense was intended.
>
> Annie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryl Gibson" <darylgibson at rviewer.com>
> To: "Annie Edwards" <mykidsmom at satx.rr.com>; "Free Email list for LDS
> Seminary Teachers" <teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com>; "Free Email
> list for LDS Seminary Teachers" <teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com>;
> "John Durnford" <durnford at sbcglobal.net>; "Janet Wendt Schoen"
> <schoenjw at ldsces.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Teachldsseminary] Fw: Is this happening at your child's
> school?
>
>
> For the record, I object to our e-mail list being
> used for this type of posting.
> Daryl Gibson
> Austin, Texas
>
> At 09:32 PM 3/5/2008, Annie Edwards wrote:
> >AFA ActionAlertThis is an interesting event that is coming up at many
> high
> >schools across the country, including the one that my seminary class
> >attends. This could make for some interesting discussions about how our
> >kids should handle something like this and about evil being made to seem
> >good. Annie Edwards San Antonio, TX ----- Original Message ----- From:
> AFA
> >ActionAlert To: mykidsmom at satx.rr.com Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008
> 6:54
> >PM Subject: Is this happening at your child's school? Having
> problems
> >viewing this e-mail message? Click here. If your child's
> school
> >observes the homosexual sponsored "Day of Silence," keep your child at
> home
> >April 25. Dear Anne, Friday, April 25, several
> >thousand schools across the nation will be observing "Day of Silence
> >(DOS)." DOS is a nationwide push to promote the homosexual lifestyle in
> >public schools. AFA is joining other family-oriented groups
> in
> >urging parents to keep their children at home that day if their local
> >school is participating in the DOS project. By remaining silent, the
> intent
> >of the pro-homosexual students is to disrupt the classes while promoting
> >the homosexual lifestyle. DOS is sponsored by an activist
> >homosexual group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
> (GLSEN).
> >DOS leads the students to believe that every person who identifies as a
> >homosexual, bisexual or cross-dresser is a victim of ongoing, unrelenting
> >harassment and hate. Students are taught that homosexuality is a worthy
> >lifestyle, homosexuality has few or no risks, and individuals are born
> >homosexual and cannot change. Those who oppose such teaching are
> >characterized as ignorant and hateful bigots. Click here for
> >Frequently Asked Questions about the Day of Silence: Take
> >Action! What should parents do? Check with your local
> school
> >principal to see if your child's school will be participating in DOS. If
> >the school is participating, notify other parents about DOS and ask them
> to
> >join in keeping their children out of school on that day.
> Here
> >is a partial list of schools which are expected to participate in DOS: If
> >your school is listed, call your local school and ascertain whether they
> >officially or passively allow students to observe "Day of Silence." If
> your
> >school is listed, please double-check with your local school to see if
> the
> >school is actually sponsoring DOS. Sometimes the "participation" turns
> out
> >to be a handful of kids who are saying they have a homosexual club and
> are
> >observing this protest day, but without school endorsement. We sincerely
> >hope your school, if listed, is not actually an official sponsor. If it
> is
> >not, we will take them off the list, if a school official asks us to do
> so.
> >Please e-mail your correction to editor at missionamerica.com.
> >Some tips: 1.. Be sure of the date that DOS is planned for
> >your school. (The national date is April 25, but some schools observe DOS
> >on a different date.) 2.. Inform the school of your
> intention
> >to keep your child home on that date and explain why. Click here for a
> >sample letter. 3.. Explain to your children why you're
> taking
> >a stand: Homosexual behavior is not an innate identity; it is a sinful,
> >unnatural and destructive behavior. No school should advance a
> physically,
> >emotionally, and spiritually destructive sexual lifestyle to students.
> >4.. Encourage your church leadership to follow the bold example of Pastor
> >Ken Hutcherson who is vocally opposing "Day of Silence" in his community
> in
> >Redmond, Washington. For his story, click here. Thank you for caring
> enough
> >to get involved. If you feel our efforts are worthy of support, would you
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> and
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