Wednesday, February 23, 2005
A Frank Discussion on the Dangers of Gay Sex --on the Washington Post opinion page!
Washington Post
February 17, 2005
A Warning, From Gays to Gays
by Richard Cohen
(Read the full text here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30956-2005Feb16.html)
According to Richard Cohen, liberal Washington Post columnist, "it is the determination of some gays -- a minority, but a substantial one -- to disregard all the rules for safe sex because being gay, they think, means you don't have to follow any rules at all. That's just plain dumb."
Mr. Cohen goes on to paraphrase Charles Kaiser, author of The Gay Metropolis who has "been pleading with his fellow gays to... grow up."
Although Mr. Cohen says that for "too long now heterosexuals have kept out of this debate" because they have seen gays "primarily as victims of discrimination" he cannot restrain himself from blaming and disparaging "several Republican administrations", the new secretary of education, Margaret Spellings or even people who he claims want "to keep people as ignorant as possible about sex and, especially, contraception" as the reasons why heterosexuals keep their mouths shut.
" The fact remains that a portion of the gay population -- maybe 20 percent, Kaiser estimates -- conducts itself in ways that are not only reckless but just plain disgusting. Unprotected, promiscuous sex in bathhouses and at parties and using drugs such as crystal meth to prolong both desire and performance are practices that should be no more acceptable for gays than for heterosexuals. Gays don't get some sort of pass just because they're gay. "
He goes on, "About 40,000 Americans a year continue to be infected with the AIDS virus. While their lives can be prolonged, it can be only at considerable cost -- and not forever, either. An increasing number of AIDS victims are heterosexual black women, but most are gay men. Whatever they are, they are first and foremost human beings. They are entitled to their own sexuality, but not to behavior that endangers others, costs us all plenty and, too often, entails a determined self-destruction that too many heterosexuals overlook. "
The CRC agrees with Mr. Cohen that homosexuals are "first and foremost human beings" who deserve respect, dignity and tolerance. Where we draw the line is when a sex-ed and mental health curriculum promotes homosexuality as just another type of sexual identity, and suggests to children as young as 13 (for now) that a sex life is necessary for a good self-image. Going on to tell them that 'sex play with friends of the same gender is not uncommon' in early adolesence is an open invitation to sexual experimentation.
Furthermore, instead of just defining homosexuality, this curriculum promotes homosexual behavior as healthy, with no currect statistics given from the CDC to point out the health risks associated with anal sex and other risky homosexual behaviors.
Contrary to how some in the media want to portray us, Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum supports unbiased, responsible sexual education of children in MCPS.
They say they want to protect our children. A question: Then why does the Montgomery County BOE want to promote homosexual behavior, encouraging early sexual experimentation without giving these children all the facts about the risks involved? And why in the world do they want to promote ANY KIND of sexual behavior in children at all? (Why do we feed into the attitude that people (children included) are slaves to their desires? -- alas THAT is the question for another blog...)
Could it be that whether they realize it or not, they have bought into the agenda of the homosexual left? Why, even the largest teachers' union in the country, the National Education Association, is "enthusiastically developing programs to incorporate the gay agenda into public school curricula for children of all ages." (read The New MCPS Sex-ed Curriculum - Innocent Coincidence? Or All Part of the Agenda? below)
Hey BOE, you want kids to have the facts? Well, that's what we want too. Let's teach all the real facts, and leave out the ones that support social liberalism and a certain agenda.