 By Mike Heath
One of my first projects as head of the League in 1994 was to speak out against the Learning Results education reform plan. I formed a fast friendship with Kathi Kearney, one of the smartest people I've ever met. We teamed up and stopped them from passing. Two years and a new education commissioner later, the reform passed. If you click on the "Learning results" link below you can read the news story about the dramatic failure of Learning Results. I hate to say I told you.....
The transgendering of Maine
I am amazed by the silence of parents and citizens. Things have become so confused now that adults can't decide whether teens should be having sex outside of marriage -- even sodomy is alright with most of us, apparently. We wrote yesterday about how my high school alma mater, Cony High School, dismissed the students for a day so they could attend a workshop on "Transgendering." The speaker was a teen herself. This poor soul needs our pity, and our help. Instead she/he is leading a workshop on changing one's sex!
All in the name of civil rights, of course.
Thankfully all of us haven't developed the habits of the lukewarm. I received the following email from a concerned Catholic parent today:
I was truly disgusted at the Cony High School events that included glorifying transgenderism. What is worse, they use a teenager, barely able to make her own moral decisions, to prove their case?? It is illogical, irresponsible and immoral what happened there on Monday.
What is worse, the fact that Wiccans were invited to attend and the two main Christian denominations in Maine were not present (Baptist and Catholic), shows a disassociation with Mainers on the whole ... What I would like to see out of the Christian Civic League report of this event is information on what concerned parents and citizens can do.
Our taxes are paying for these events. Parents who homeschool or send their children to private school may think this does not affect them, but it does. As a community, as a society, we have responsibility for all the children who are learning. We cannot allow a few individuals at the school or in leadership positions control what is being taught to the innocent minds of children. We need to help those who are sent to schools like this without options. Perhaps the League can give us some suggestions on how to make an impact at Cony High School and the school district associated with it.
Should readers merely write letters of disappointment to the school? It seems most of these efforts in other districts are simply ignored since a handful of people can control the education of hundreds whether or not parents approve. Should we take to boycotting school fundraising efforts?
Should we no longer support anything at Cony High School until they recant their decision to host a pro-transgender event and promise never to do anything like that again? Both ideas would be my first act as a parent but there must be more we can do as a community. Not just from citizens in Augusta but from parents, grandparents and taxpayers all around Maine.
The taxpayers of Maine are pushing this nonsense at the state level with $500,000 a year. The money is sent through the Attorney General's office and funds the "Civil Rights Team" department.
Our efforts to defund this program have failed. Without a public outcry this will be the least of our concerns in the not-so-distant future.
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