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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many kids might have felt pressured to go to an assembly like this ..not a fan of this sort of pressure and focus on your sex life at this age. It's confusing. This doesn't mean I and other people do not support gay rights, I actually do but not if it is an agenda.[/quote]

The agenda being:  "Hi, we exist!"[/quote]

NP here.  But that's not what "diversity" efforts are these days.  I think the risk with diversity efforts is that kids think that "different" -- and by that I mean a member of any protected group -- equals "special".  That can be dangerous for everyone.  I don't want straight, white, Christian, or whatever else kids to think that they have nothing to offer or are't just as "special" as every other kid because no one applauds them or puts their picture on the wall.  I also don't want gay kids or black kids or muslim kids to think that all they have to do is show up and they get applause and their picture on the wall.

Yes, I get that the straight white Christian kid comes from a long line of people who may have had it easier.  But I fear we are holding that against kids NOW.  The pendulum may have swung too far.

None of this is easy, but I think schools have an obligation to work with all constituents to find a way to make it palatable to most.[/quote]

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