Education is Definitely Different in Massachusetts

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"Two parents who objected to a Massachusetts high school’s homosexual-awareness day were expelled from the campus after a mother began videotaping a session.

Brian Camenker, an activist who has a son at Newton North High School in Newtonville, Mass., and Kim Cariani, mother of two students, said four police officers and the school principal warned they would be charged with trespassing if they didn’t leave the campus Wednesday…"

"…A distraught Cariani told the Boston Herald she believes the school’s “To BGLAD: Transgender, Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day” has no place in the curriculum.

“It’s against my religion,” she said. “It’s morally wrong and forced in a child’s face.”

Camenker said the event, with assemblies and workshops such as "Out at the Old Ballgame’’ and “Color Me Queer,” was intended to make students feel good about homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism.

“This is so incredibly objectionable,” he said, according to Concerned Women for America. “The parents are so outraged that this is being pushed on their kids that they don’t know what to do. To use children’s minds this way without even letting the parents know is horrible.”

"…The school did not send home a note to parents about the event, a Newton North spokeswoman acknowleged to CWA’s Culture & Family Institute. But she said the event is listed on the school’s website and in calendars at the beginning of the year, and some e-mails were sent out.

While the event was not mandatory, she said, “Classes are scheduled to attend various workshops, but if students are uncomfortable or their parents are uncomfortable, the students can instead go to the library.”

Camenker and Cariani, who kept her two children home that day, were in the audience when adults on a panel discussed being homosexual. The video recording began when one man told students he was attracted to his sister’s husband.

The principal demanded Cariani turn over the videotape or leave, Camenker told the Herald. District policy prohibits taping or photographing students without parental permission.

“They took the two of us and pulled us out and gave us one minute to leave and if we came back on the property we would be arrested for trespassing,” Camenker said.

“Last year, a boy was suspended for making fun of another boy who came to school in makeup and a dress…”

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I do hope that the US Bishops are aware of this and have some kind of plan.
 
Almost everything is different here… Not the state I grew up in anymore :nope: Please pray for us…:gopray2: …our children.
 
So what happens again when we start calling evil good, and good evil?
 
Is it possible there are a few bright, Catholic teens who know their faith and could ask some good questions and use some apologetics on these deviants during these left wing reeducation classes?

This is why we need the lukewarm bishops to start stressing catechesis so our children can defend the faith and keep themselves holy. Enough with the kumbaya and felt banners.
 
Bob Baran:
I do hope that the US Bishops are aware of this and have some kind of plan.
Note their response to Kerry receiving Communion at Easter and Bishop Sean’s response to the protestors, and you won’t hold your breath waiting for their response here.
 
Joe Kelley:
Note their response to Kerry receiving Communion at Easter and Bishop Sean’s response to the protestors, and you won’t hold your breath waiting for their response here.
Frankly I think it’s gone beyond the bishops at this point; Massachusetts residents are going to have to file a lawsuit to stop this “enforced” feeding…and frankly, I doubt you could round up enough citizens to pursue it - the old line, “find ten just men in the city” all over again.
 
I grew up in Chesthut Hill, Newton. You would be hard pressed to find Catholics never mind good faithful ones there. One of the adults that got the boot was Tom Mountain who has been in a pitched battle with the Mayor for about 3 years over the renovation of Newton North. (My parents still live there so I read the local paper every week) This program has been going on for over a number of years and because kids talk parents are finally finding out what is going on. The excuse that one parent couldn’t record the program is bogus. You can record school plays, games, etc. The bigger question is why the school departmant which is out of control doesn’t want parents to have information as to what is going on in their children’s schools? They do pay the taxes least teachers forget,
As the Arch-Bishop O’Malley, he did inform the Paulist Center at Easter about the Churches position on abortion and divorce. As ussual they chose to ignore the Bishop. It isn’t the first time. Time to close them down for good. The Arch-Bishop has been rather tied up with other things like settlements of sex abuse, Voices of the Unfaithful ever precent whining, selling the property in Brighton to pay for settlements, repaying all sorts of laons that Law took out, reconfiguration and I could go on. He has a nightmare on his hands and has openly said he wished to die. Yes that is how bad the so called catholics are in this area are! Our new Bishop wishing the Lord would just take him and away from this mess.
Newton is a uber liberal city and yes I mean that in a bad way. I grew up there. I loved especiallly when our Christmas ligths were stolen and our pumkin was thrown through our living room window. Yes even the wealthy behave badly. Gotta love all that tolerance. 😦 I say to Tom Mountain and all the other parents, Give Them Hell!!! Maybe Newton will finally find it’s soul. I can only pray.
Kathy
 
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The Arch-Bishop has been rather tied up with other things like settlements of sex abuse, Voices of the Unfaithful ever precent whining, selling the property in Brighton to pay for settlements, repaying all sorts of laons that Law took out, reconfiguration and I could go on. . . .
Kathy
Last I heard he appointed one of the VOF leaders to help him clean up. :confused:
 
Joe Kelley:
Last I heard he appointed one of the VOF leaders to help him clean up. :confused:
In defense of O’Malley I must say when I saw him at the Bishop Sheen memorial, I hardly recognized him. He looks worn to the bone, haggard and burdened beyond belief. This diocese is going to kill him with its grief and pain.

He appointed the VOF person I believe in an attempt to be pastoral - even some of the priests are working against him over the parish closings. It is a tragedy all round.

They had been stirring up hornets nests claiming the diocese didn’t care, they weren’t included, and playing to the rage and sorrow of people angry over the parish closures. He is doing everything he can to show that he is doing what he has to do, trying to diffuse the rage among the parishoners and paying a very dear price. Being a Capuchin being pastoral is a prime necessity to him - it’s part of the very fabric of the order he belongs to.

My heart aches for the man as well as for the parishoners – both of them are paying the price for the sins of others. O’Malley needs our prayers and somebody ought to walk up to the man and give him a hug. He has been seen with tears in his eyes and his simple statement of how he wishes he could die should tell you how bad things are. May God help him, and may the angels kiss away his tears. It is heartbreaking.
 
Joe I didn’t say I agree with everything he has done. My Church is closing and we haven’t had our meeting and are not very likely to get one. But the poor man has been beaten down here. You have no idea how bad The Voices of the Very Unfaithful are. I know my older sister is one. She openly bashes her new pastor and the church daily. She is a radical disenter(sp?) of the highest order. I strugle mightily not to strangle her sometimes.
Hagia Sophia, yes he does look terrible. I feel nothing but pity for the poor man. I think he is trying to placate certain groups. If it were me I would have booted out the Voices of the Very Unfaithful straight away. They have caused nothing but trouble. The problem with reconfiguration is that so many Parishes refused to participate thinking in that foolish Iirish way if we ignore it it will go away. Bills do have to get payed and Law borrowed from The KoC, Fleet Bank, raided the cemetary funds and borrowed against insurance to name but a few of the financial issues the Arch-Bishop is dealing with. When he sold the Brighton property to BC all hell broke loose. No puns. What do these people want this poor man to do? VotVUF told the people to bleed the Church OK so now you have so live with what you have down. Don’t cry too much for some of those parishoner’s most are trouble makers. Plus we don’t own the Churches. Simply because I put money in the basket doesn’t give me the right to take over. Pray for our Bishop he has one very difficult job and I feel it will get much worse before it get’s better. Sometimes I hate Boston. Can you believe many are gleefully waiting for the Pope to die so they can get one they like? My Mom is one sad to say and she goes to daily Mass.
Kathy
 
I forgot where I read it, it might have been in the Wanderer, about Arch Bishop O’Malley saying that he prayed for God to let him die. For anyone to pray for his own death, the situation must be realy, realy bad. I will keep Bishop O’Malley in my prayers.
 
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Can you believe many are gleefully waiting for the Pope to die so they can get one they like? My Mom is one sad to say and she goes to daily Mass.
Yes I can - one priest put it in print for heaven’s sake. It’s what Chaput said and what Avila said again today - many Catholics are in the pew and refuse to understand they aren’t Catholic anymore.

And I remember an interview with an attorney from LA who said “I always sue the Catholic Church on behalf of abuse victims, because they pay off like a cash register” - he went on to say you couldn’t collect these huge sums from other churches as they are set up differently. I excuse no perpetrator - I excuse no one who had a part in this - but I believe Catholics need to understand if you pay attention to agitators you have to get the money from somewhere and VOTF is luckier with Sean O’Malley than they would be with me I can tell you.

It needs all of the parishoners and all of the priests working together to do what must be done - that isn’t to say it isn’t painful, nor that you shouldn’t grieve - but it does say you have to apply common sense, charity and don’t take out on Sean O’Malley what isn’t his fault. He’s there to solve the problem - some of these people need to understand they ought to be part of the solution not part of the problem. Being Catholic is never easy - this is a hard thing but we need mature adults to work it out, not some rabid worked up crowd off the streets - it solves nothing, it gains nothing and keeps the wound open. IMO poor OMalley is having his purgatory here on earth. May God help him - it’s becoming obvious his fellow Catholics won’t.
 
It is, unfortunately, hard to find a parish in Massachusetts that is faithly. I heard first hand, the pastor of my former parish talk about the “fuddy-duddies” in Rome and how he would like to “teach” them a few things “Like women priests”. This was said in front of 14-15 year old CCD students.:nope: These are the types of pastor ArchBishop Sean must deal with!
All we can do is pray unceasingly for hearts to be converted and most especially, that ArchBishop Sean can get though to these wayward sheep.
 
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