NEA Thumbs Their Nose at America

Just goes to show that most non-political organizations truly aren’t. Take for example the National Education Association (NEA). Despite widespread support for marriage maintaining it’s current definition of one man and one woman, they would rather force their opinion on all of our school children.

The National Education Association is set to endorse homosexual marriage at their convention coming up in Orlando June 29 through July 6.

The new NEA proposal essentially says schools should support and actively promote homosexual marriage and other forms of marriage (two men and one woman, three women, two women and three men, etc.) in their local schools.

The new proposal, expected to pass overwhelmingly, is found under the B-8 Diversity paragraph:

The Association… believes in the importance of observances, programs and curricula that accurately portray and recognize the roles, contributions, cultures, and history of these diverse groups and individuals.

The Association believes that legal rights and responsibilities with regard to medical decisions, taxes, inheritance, adoption, legal immigration, domestic partnerships, and civil unions and/or marriage belong to all these diverse groups and individuals.

Even teachers who personally want gay marriage don’t think the NEA should be doing this. Right on the Left Coast gives his feelings on the topic.

What happens when a teacher doesn’t want to join this union because they disagree with their practices? Isn’t membership mandatory in most places? Talk about a dictatorship.

I just wish the NEA would stick to teaching our kids the basics and keep their political views to themselves. We’re having enough trouble educating our kids with this skills already, much less getting into the I’m Ok, You’re OK doctrine.

All this is going to do is increase the flow of parents taking their kids out of public schools. In my opinion, we need a voucher system. Let your NEA affiliate know where you stand.

Update: If I’m reading this correctly, it seems like the onslaught of public opposition has caused at least one NEA representative to change or shut-down their email address. I just received:

—– The following addresses had permanent fatal errors —–

(reason: 554 No SMTP service here.)