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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have always explained since the time they were in preschool that families can have 2 moms, 2 dads, 1 mom or Dad, etc. We have a gay relative with a partner and had friends in preschool with same gender parents. My son was the ring bearer in a same gender wedding at the age of 3. So that fact is not controversial.

However, I don’t think it’s appropriate for schools to discuss or read books about kids having feelings for the same gender. This was a big controversy in MoCo due to the new diversity curriculum which introduced a book to 3rd graders with a kid having a crush on her classmate. This is wildly inappropriate in my opinion and I disagreed heavily with how teachers were instructed to teach it and answer questions. That is not the role of schools. Kids don’t have the maturity or knowledge to understand this in 3rd grade without it pushing an agenda. It suggests that sexuality is a choice rather than something that happens chemically and biologically to some people in utero. I know some will flame me for this view but I strongly believe that a school should not discuss or teach about a CHILD’s interest in the same gender until middle school when there is a frame of reference to puberty and reproduction.

When the curriculum was introduced, all of the elementary school principals wrote a letter objecting to this book but had no problem with a book that referred to a gay uncle’s wedding. 
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If you don’t think sexual preference is a choice why would this bother you. Why do you think third grade crushes are sexual, anyway? They basically agree to be girlfriends or whatever and then act exactly like they did before. [/quote]

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