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But there is another questionable character associated with Obama, and there's no denying the relationship this time.  This questionable character is Kevin Jennings.  Jennings is the founder of GLSEN -- the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.  Jennings is now a fundraising co-chair for the Obama campaign.
 
It's Kevin Jennings you have to thank for the fact that "gay" clubs exist in many schools across the country today.  Also thanks to Jennings, GLSEN sponsors the so-called "Day of Silence" in thousands of schools across America, when students are encouraged to take a vow of silence to show solidarity with their LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) classmates.  And courtesy of GLSEN's website, you can get a list of recommended books for every age group, starting with kindergarten, to introduce children to the subject of homosexuality.

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In Massachusetts, GLSEN is famous (or infamous) for what's become known as "fistgate."  And here's where the distasteful part begins.  On March 25, 2000, GLSEN sponsored, along with the Massachusetts Department of Education, a taxpayer-funded conference.  Its goals included putting Gay/Straight Alliances into more Massachusetts schools, and expanding homosexual teaching into lower grades.
 
Many gay-friendly teachers (who received development credits for being there) and administrators attended, along with students who were bussed in from their home districts.
 
One particular workshop was listed as a "youth only, ages 14-21" session, run by three self-professed gay presenters.  Thanks to two members of a local Parents' Rights Coalition who secretly taped the session, we know exactly what happened.  One of the teachers asked the assembled students what "fisting" meant.  Following a descriptive definition, another of the adult presenters proceeded to demonstrate the proper formation of the hand for this sexual act.  After a student of about 16 said that it didn't sound very appealing, the third adult presenter calmed his concerns.  This technique, she explained, "often gets a really bad rap," and that it was "an experience of letting somebody into your body that you want to be that close and intimate with."  Other homosexual acts were discussed and described in detail.
 
In 2002, GLSEN sponsored another conference which included a seminar on "Gender in the Early Childhood Classroom" which explored ways of setting "the tone for nontraditional gender role play" for preschoolers.
 
Here's some of what Marjorie King wrote about GLSEN for City Journal back in 2003.  "GLSEN often presents itself as a civil rights organization, saying it is only after 'tolerance' and 'understanding' for a victim group...But it is, in fact, a radical organization that...seeks to transform the culture and instruction of every public school, so that children will learn to equate 'heterosexism' – the favoring of heterosexuality as normal – with other evils like racism and sexism and will grow up pondering their sexual orientation and the fluidity of their sexual identity...One of the major goals of GLSEN...is to reform public school curricula and teaching so that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender – or LGBT – themes are always central and always presented in the approved light."
 

After ten years as a producer for CBS News, forty-something years as an Episcopalian, and fifteen years as a mother, Marcia Segelstein (mvsegelstein@optonline.net) considers herself a reluctant rebel against the mainstream media, the Episcopal Church (and others which make up the rules instead of obeying them), and the decaying culture her children witness every day. Her pieces have been published in "First Things," "Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity," and "BreakpointOnline," and she is a contributing editor for Salvo magazine.