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American Family Association "We Are Family" video to be delivered to 61,000 Elementary Schools March 11 If you have children or grandchildren in elementary school, you need to know about a new video being sent to 61,000 elementary schools. The "We Are Family" video www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/DVDSneakPeak.aspx will be delivered on March 11. It is produced by the We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) www.wearefamilyfoundation.org , a pro-homosexual organization. Homosexual organizations have long used the schools to promote homosexuality. When AFA alerted supporters about the video in our January AFA Journal, WAFF threatened to sue AFA for exposing the pro-homosexual content on WAFF's Web site www.wearefamilyfoundation.org . WAFF attorneys threatened to sue us unless we recanted our statements, removed the article from our Web site, and issue an apology to WAFF. We refused. Thus far, WAFF has not sued AFA, primarily because they had no cause. The AFA Journal article focused on a video project involving the 1970s hit song, "We Are Family" co-written by WAFF's founder, Nile Rodgers. The video features over 100 characters from children's television. A teacher's guide will accompany the DVD to encourage discussions after children view "We Are Family." The video will also air over the Disney Channel, PBS and Nickelodeon on March 11. Under the guise of promoting tolerance for other categories such as race, gender, age, disabilities, etc., the WAFF Web site openly promoted homosexuality as a normative lifestyle. There was a "Tolerance Pledge" that encouraged signers to pledge respect for homosexuality, and work against "ignorance, insensitivity and bigotry." While everyone should promote tolerance, a promotion of homosexuality should not be thrust on little children and unexpecting parents. It is absolutely wrong for schools to be used to promote the homosexual lifestyle. While there is nothing questionable in the video itself, the site included a teacher's guide to use with the children to discuss the video that normalized same-gender attraction and same-sex marriage. There was also a recommended reading list for children and adults that included such illustrated children's books as the lesbian tome, "Heather Has Two Mommies," which discusses artificial insemination, and "Daddy's Roommate," which included an illustration of two men in bed together. The WAFF Web site ran a list of "allies" that virtually ran the gamut of homosexual advocacy groups: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network; Human Rights Campaign; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; and Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians & Gays. Following publication of the AFA article, the controversial materials on the WAFF Web site were immediately removed from public access. The only exception was the tolerance pledge, which was altered from its original format. Evidently WAFF did not want parents to know what was on their site and in the teacher's guide http://tinyurl.com/7y49m . A good school system will always work with parents, not against them. We encourage parents to find out what, if anything, will be going on in their schools in connection with the "We Are Family" video. AFA is recommending that parents take the following simple steps – always ensuring that communications with school officials be conducted in a polite and civilized manner: If you are concerned, here are things to do: 1. Ask another parent or a small number of parents to join you. Contact your school's principal. Ask him or her if they plan to show the "We Are Family" DVD at school. 2. Ask if the teacher's guide http://tinyurl.com/7y49m , will be used in facilitating any discussion, and ask for the opportunity to review the teacher's guide. 3. Ask very specifically if the subject of homosexuality will be brought up by teachers or discussed if brought up by a student. 4. If the school assures you that homosexuality will not be discussed, thank them politely. If you are informed that homosexuality will or may be discussed, ask for permission to sit in on the discussion. Invite other parents to attend with you. A good school will welcome involvement of parents. Should you have problems with your school, or if you would
simply like to tell us about your Sincerely, Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman P.S. Please forward this to other parents of elementary school children. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate to AFA: "Working Together, We Can Work Wonders" Agape Press® www.agapepress.org/ News Summary -Reliable News from a Christian Source A free daily news summary mailed directly to your personal e-mail address. It's Not Gay: http://tinyurl.com/3s39w , This 28-minute video
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February 2000; Volume 24 Issue 2 First there was the highly controversial video It's Elementary www.womedia.org/itselementary.htm , intended as a primer for teachers to help them persuade children that homosexuality is normal and natural. Now the sequel will be larger and more to the point: That's A Family www.womedia.org/thatsafamily.htm , kicks off a three-video series that will be shown directly to children in classrooms across the country, shamelessly attempting to persuade kids that homosexuality should be accepted and affirmed. "If principals and teachers thought It's Elementary was a volatile issue, wait until they see and hear what this next video series stirs up," said AFA vice president Tim Wildmon. "It's bad enough to instruct teachers on how they can force-feed little children a pro-homosexual message. Now these activists want direct access to the hearts and minds of kids who are essentially a captive audience in their classrooms." In a letter to supporters, It's Elementary producers Debra Chasnoff and Helen Cohen bragged about the "stunning" success they had in marketing their first video to schools across the country, and in convincing 115 PBS stations to air it as well. That's A Family!, the letter said, is intended to be shown directly to children and is "the first anti-bias media curriculum available for elementary and middle school classrooms that integrates gay people into the full spectrum of diversity." The video will present to school children a variety of families, such as adoptive, multi-racial, multi-generational, and step-families. "There also are children with gay dads or lesbian moms, and their stories are intertwined with those of other families," Chasnoff and Cohen said in their fund-raising letter. "The video will be distributed with a comprehensive teaching guide that gives teachers suggestions about classroom activities and books to read that compliment the stories in the video," they said. The second and third videos "will center on dispelling gay and lesbian stereotypes and offering strategies to deal with anti-gay name-calling." Chasnoff and Cohen make no secret of the fact that they intend to change children's minds on the subject of homosexuality through these three videos. "The long-term impact of this project will be tremendous. Giving elementary school students the opportunity to...experience gay and lesbian families in the context of such an incredibly diverse group of other families, could have a positive effect on their attitudes for the rest of their lives," they said. Children's TV unites to launch pro-gay campaign |