Thursday, September 8, 2011

Filtering Online Access at Tax-Funded School Terminals

Homosexuality advocates often try to have it both ways.

Uhm… maybe I should rephrase that because it sounds like the "B" in "LGBTQQUAAII?!?"

Homosexuality advocates often try to have their (beef)cake and eat it, too.

That's better.

Case in point is this editorial from the gay niche media publication, the Los Angeles Times.

This is the headline and subheadline:
ACLU's 'Don't Filter Me' Campaign Makes Sense
The campaign targets censorship of gay-themed, non-sexually explicit websites at schools.

A "gay-themed" website is inherently sexual. How do we know? Because the homosexual advocates tell us that homosexual people are just like heterosexuals - there is no "homosexual lifestyle" there is no "homosexual agenda" – homosexual people are just like heterosexual people. The only difference, we're told, is to whom the homosexual person is sexually attracted. Thus, in order to be “gay-themed”, it must be inherently sexual.

It doesn't matter if the website doesn't actually have videos of one man shoving himself into the anus of another man. Our kids are sexualized enough. They think about sex enough already. They should be accessing websites at schools, especially schools funded by taxpayer money, for academic purposes only, not for political activism, socializing, or to get their jollies. And no, at that age, their academics shouldn't include sexual topics, unless we're talking about the biology of natural reproduction, which is inherently a heterosexual topic.

Likewise, there shouldn't be sex-themed clubs, like Gay-Straight Alliances, especially where the students are too young to legally consent to sex. Again, of course a GSA is a sex-themed club, because it is based on the sexual attractions people have.

I do fully support the idea of having a club that promotes standing up to bullies and is aimed at reducing assaults, harassment, vandalism, and suicides.

Anyway, on to the editorial…
The Trevor Project is an organization devoted to preventing suicides among gay and lesbian teenagers.

Everyone else can just go off and kill themselves, apparently.
This censorship of gay-themed, non-sexually explicit sites has resulted in an American Civil Liberties Union campaign called "Don't Filter Me!" It's good advice, and not just because it might spare a school district a lawsuit.

The school district can be spared a lawsuit if the ACLU simply didn't file them over something like this. I mean really. This is just another example of why we need separation of state and school.
Some schools may have consciously banned sites such as the Trevor Project on the erroneous assumption that students can (and should) be shielded from discussions of homosexuality.

"Discussions". Hmm. Does the editorial board support discussions, or only some discussions?
Others genuinely thought they were blocking only pornography. Either way, the result has been censorship.

Uh, no. Those websites still exist, and the kids can access them other ways. Most of the kids have mobile devices that can. It isn't censorship.

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