Help: Teen daughter wants to join Gay Straight Alliance Club

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My 14 year old daughter wants to participate in a “Gay Straight Alliance” club at her public high school (9th grade). Says she is “straight” but thinks it would be good to hang out with some friends there.
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I can’t believe they offer such a club in high school. You can be sure i would be on the warpath if such a thing were started in my kids’ school. I’d be in the principal’s office, the superintendent’s office, and in front of the school board complaining until this club was gone. There should not be such a club available in a public school for kids as young as 14. I do not think there should be any club in a school which is based on who people like to have sex with. There should be no clubs in schools based on sex of any kind. What happened to kids just joining a sport, or FBLA, or the ski club, etc? Now they have clubs based on perversions? My tax dollars should not be going to a school that offers such an offensive club. The public schools are not allowed to have prayer groups in school because the secular humanists might be offended, but they sure don’t care when they offend religious people.

I’m pretty lucky, living in Scranton, PA, where the Church still has a pretty good influence on the community. I don;t think such a thing exists in our schools, and God is still allowed to be mentioned in our public schools. There are no abortion clinics in our area, thank God. But as less and less people go to Church and walk with God…it scares me that these wacky secular humanists things like gay clubs in school, outlawing God in school, and abortion clinics could become a reality.
 
If a public school allows a Christian club, they must make the same provisions for a Gay Straight Alliance. If they allow a GSA, they must also allow a Christian club.

They simply are not allowed to decide what groups may and may not have clubs based on viewpoint discrimination.
 
I can’t believe how much anti-gay hate there is here. Just because she joins that club, doesn’t mean she’ll ‘turn gay,’ gays are not second-class citizens. Let her join, why not?
 
I would not let her join. If she wants to hang out with her friends, they can join a different club. Frankly, at the age of 14, kids shouldn`t be spending that much time pondering sexuality. She can find a different club to join–one where they will do something–like Habitat for Humanity–or Keywanettes (Kiwanis Club for High School). She could join a volunteer club where she will still make a difference.

BTW, one of my best friends sufferes with SSA and identifies herself as a “practicing Lesbian.” I love my friend, and still treat her in a loving way. But that does not mean I need to attend “Gay Pride” celebrations with her.

I wonder if your daughter is struggling with SSA and does not know how to tell you. You might try talking with her about this in a loving way. I know in your OP you said this was not the case, but she might be afraid to admit it.

Sincerely,

Maria1212
 
I go to a public high school. Nearly everyone in the GSAs in our area are straight students…joining the club definitely doesn’t mean she is gay.
 
h03m said:
I can’t believe how much anti-gay hate there is here. Just because she joins that club, doesn’t mean she’ll ‘turn gay,’ gays are not second-class citizens. Let her join, why not?
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It’s not a question of “hate” or “turning her gay”. It’s a question of house rules and values.

I’ll admit, I honestly don’t care what the government does about gay marriage. The issues of abortion, poverty, immigration, and education concern me so much more than that. I’d rather the govn’t do something about saving unborn babies and focusing on immigration than whether two guys or two girls get married.

HOWEVER, as a Catholic, I believe that homosexual behavior, I’ll repeat, BEHAVIOR, is wrong, NOT THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES. I have plenty of gay friends, including a teammate to whom I am pretty close with, and I love them to death. I would gladly stand up against gay bashing. THAT DOES NOT MEAN I SUPPORT THE LIFESTYLE, just like I would not support a friend’s decision to have premarital sex or get high. I can still love them without particularly loving their actions. We have a GLBTA group here on campus but I do not take part in it and do not agree with those ideas. My friends know where I stand on the issues and respect that even if they do not agree with my viewpoints.

The parents in question want to make sure their daughter grows up well formed in her faith and values. Letting her join the GSA is not going to encourage that (I’ll admit, I used to be part of one, then I learned my lesson and ended up getting out, I was still learning about my faith as a new convert and didn’t think it was “that bad”.). They don’t want her falling astray and 14-year-olds are extremely impressionable. It’s not that their homophobic or that they’re afraid their daughter will be gay, it’s that they’re afraid of her falling from the values that they want to raise her with.

I don’t approve of premarital sex, that doesn’t mean I hate people who do it (Hate, btw, is incompatible with Christian teaching and morality). The same goes for homosexual behavior.
 
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