It's retarded for sure, but I doubt it will lead to suicides on any grander scale than they occur already amongst GLBT teens. Kids will find a way around this sort of thing, like they always do. Also, lots of parents aren't going to care and will sign whatever kids put in front of them.

I'm ashamed about living here when I read about shit like this.

In a way I can see it as a good thing. It'd kind of be forcing kids to come out, if they haven't already, which I think is a vital step to not living in the shadows.

But I think it's a good idea anyway because a lot of parent's don't know what their kids are getting into at school, and be it a Gay/Straight alliance group, or Film Appreciation, or Anime Society, I think the parent's should know. Just my humble opinion. Don't kill me.

I won't kill you but a good maiming is in order.

Parental involvement isn't always welcome or helpful.

why bother sending your kids to school then? just home school them where you can brainwash them completely. exposure to the real world is the express lane to hell. wouldn't want them to catch gay, not until good god fearing doctors find a cure. better yet, please don't breed... like I need another reason to hate christians.

Strategic name changes of clubs will also help a lot, I imagine.

What the hell?... Overreact much? He's saying he wishes parents would take more of an active role in their kids lives--I don't see how that makes him a brainwashed christian?

I can't completely speak out against this bill...or at least, the belief behind it. If these clubs are dealing with teen sexuality...I think parents have the right to know what's going on with them. It's already been established that parents have a certain amount of rights regarding what the school teaches their children in the area of sexual education. I don't think it's that far off to expect similar rights in regards to a school-sanctioned club that deals with a child's sexual identity. If the club uses school grounds...and is a school-sanctioned club...it would have to have a faculty advisor, no?

Should parents NOT have an input when the school is involved in the process of helping a child discover his or her sexual identity?

Look now your all over reacting to FTR and his brand of misinformation. I mean we can't even read the link to the article because it does not work properly. Tho perhaps it is just the comp I am on at the moment. He is just upset over this bill because now he can't get kids to join his nazi youth skinhead party without parents permission, gays are the smokescreen he is using.

Right. Some kids join clubs, etc. just to get away from their home life. So here we have some kids who are probably at a higher risk of being anti-social because of an abusive father or alcoholic mother, but who might actually want to participate in a supervised, social activity such as a school play. This legislation gets passed and suddenly they either have to confront their parents (could be a bad idea) or drop out of (or never join) the activity. They sure as hell aren't going to stay at home so they're forced to probably hang out with a friend whose parents also wouldn't allow them participation but are maybe much less present. We went from supervised and very social to unsupervised and hardly social. Follow it out even further and you might see early substance abuse and addiction, leading to even more fucked up families. Good job Family Policy Network. You guys really thought that one through.

I had to get permission slips to join clubs in high school. Except for the She-Woman-Man-Hater Club. I just had to bring the severed testicles of the man who'd done me wrong.

And unless the parent is in no way involved with their children's life, joining a club like that at school isn't exactly the best way to keep your lifestyle secret from your parents. It could very easily come out in open houses, parent/teacher meetings, or even random conversation with the parents of another kid. Unless the club itself is very secretive.

You and me both brother. I was thoroughly ashamed when they passed provision #1 to ban providing any sort of marriage like legal status to couples that don't consist of one man and one woman.

At least we got rid of Allen. It's small, but I'll take it.

I have to agree.

Let's cut to the chase on this gay thing... "gay" isn't something you catch like a cold. It isn't something you can be "sold" on like a new Mazda. No matter how much you might try to sell me on it, I'm not buying - it just isn't in me. But if some kid is born gay, he's going to need some support and a community to help him navigate through that in adolescence.

Christians - people who claim to be members of a faith based on Love In Action - should be helping to find ways to make that happen instead of worrying about what might happen if their child is exposed to 'alternative lifestyles.' It's not as though it's something one might "choose" - like black Levi's instead of polyester slacks.

Ummm...I don't see how your post is in agreement with mine. I was saying that I agree,in theory, with the bill...or at least the reasoning behind it.

You know, I agree with you in the main part. I just worry about the parents who will cut their kid's dick off if they thought he might be gay.

But then I am assuming that those kids would know better than to present the note to those parents.

But, bottom line, I have no problem with schools teaching about sexuality, but I do want to know what they are teaching.

For instance, I would want to know if their idea of sex education was teaching some bullshit abstinence only curriculum.