Indoctrination, LGBTQ-Style

For one day only on Friday in our public schools and universities, you didn’t hear about gay rights, the LGBT movement, or how LGBT people in America are being harassed, bullied, and treated as second-class citizens.

This silence can be deafening, however — which is why some might have kept their children home from school.

It was the GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network) National Day of Silence, begun at the University of Virginia and this year celebrating its 20th anniversary.

As the Day of Silence organization attempted to explain it, “The GLSEN Day of Silence is a student-led national event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Students from middle school to college take a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior by illustrating the silencing effect of bullying and harassment on LGBT students and those perceived to be LGBT.”

So the day was full of the word, “Shhhhh.”

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But one must ask the important questions: Was Friday’s protest truly student-led — and by the way, who’s bullying who?

Sean Ryan, communications director of the pro-family group Mass Resistance, said the idea came straight from the brain trust of the calculated and well-organized adults behind GLSEN.

“The goal of these adult activists is to target children at a particularly vulnerable age and get them to identify emotionally with the homosexual movement,” Ryan told LifeZette. “They’ve recently shifted their tactics from the ‘Civil Rights’ metaphors (which didn’t resonate with many kids) to an ‘anti-bullying’ message, with the idea that children and young adults are able to identify more with bullying.”

This strategy is a misfire from the powers-that-be in the LGBT movement. It’s silly and ineffective.

Many parents and guardians object to this misuse of the school environment for a cultural agenda and kept their children home.

The American Family Association, based in Tupelo, Mississippi, advised parents and others, “You can actively oppose this hijacking of the classroom for political purposes and help de-politicize the learning environment by calling your child out of school if your child’s school participates, promotes or allows ‘Day of Silence’ activities.”

University of Washington student Geoffrey Liu wrote on his blog after experiencing a GLSEN day of silence: “People don’t see you’re protesting. On the other hand, speaking out about the issue helps a lot more. All the protests I’ve heard of are outspoken mass gatherings. I have not heard of one single protest except for this one, which was totally silent. These protests do nothing. Sure, being silent may help to show your compassion for a friend who has been discriminated [against], but speaking out shows your compassion and it helps bring about change.”

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The LGBT movement is powerful. It is backed by major corporations, rich private donors, celebrities and quick-to-kowtow politicians, who in today’s skewed society are considered thought leaders. Instead of allowing thought, however, the new “normal” is the suppression of any ideal that is remotely traditional.

Especially within our schools.

“So now the idea is, if students don’t agree with the homosexual activists 100 percent, they are not just part of the problem, they are the problem,” said Ryan. “Their disagreement is now considered bullying. And in today’s ‘zero tolerance,’ ultra-politically correct school environment, no student wants to be on the receiving end of that witch hunt. Especially when these schools actively promote and sanction these events.”

Says one Boston-area high school student about the day of silence, “It’s all about attention. They won’t be talking, but they will be handing out pamphlets and stickers and promotional materials. It’s just awkward. And, they are basically excused from participating in school for the day, but the rest of us aren’t.”

Another high school student from New York who has experienced the day of silence each year since his first year in middle school said that “in the beginning, kids didn’t really understand what the silence was about. It was sort of a game — kids just tried to see how long they could stay quiet.” He said that after an hour or so, though, the game wore thin and students went “right back to doing what we always do in school, going to classes and talking with our friends between periods and at lunch.”

Ironically, equality seems to be the last thing American public schools value. “If the school is going out of its way to back one viewpoint, how can students feel like they can disagree?” wondered Ryan.

“In reality, these events silence moral-minded students by their very nature.”

This article has been updated.