Free Speech Victory in Danbury
April 9th, 2007 by Peter
Our opponents were incredulous when pro-family speakers at last month’s same-sex “marriage” hearing discussed the threat to free speech. But–as first noticed by Pray Connecticut–Christian students at Danbury High School required a letter from attorneys to protect their free speech rights once those rights ran afoul of politically correct ideology:
The Alliance Defense Fund reports that Danbury High School will permit a student to participate in Day of Truth activities after first denying her that right. The Day of Truth is designed to let Christian students prevent an alternate viewpoint to the pro-homosexual Day of Silence. From ADF’s press release:
After receiving a letter from attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, the principal of Danbury High School agreed Wednesday to allow a student to promote and participate in the Day of Truth after first having prohibited the student from doing so. The school officially endorses the Day of Silence, an event promoting the homosexual agenda, but had thwarted student Rosemary Shakro’s attempts to promote the Day of Truth by inviting a speaker to a club meeting and posting signs announcing the event.
“Christian students should be allowed to express their viewpoint just like any other student,” said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. “The Day of Truth is an opportunity for Christian students to respectfully present a different viewpoint than students participating in the Day of Silence. Allowing students to have a Day of Silence without allowing students to have a Day of Truth limits free speech and the free exchange of ideas.”
The Day of Truth website can be viewed here. The ADF letter is here. The full story from ADF is here. The AP’s version is here.
Note how a person who comes out of the homosexual life is referred to, typically, as “anti-gay preacher.”
I have been closely following this story and what I found is that the Conn. Post’s article was extremely innaccurate and biased. I had to check elsewhere to get the whole story. Every parent of school age children in Ct. should be concerned about this school sanctioned indoctrinaton.
Well Nick, would you call him a “pro-gay preacher?” How about “neutral on the subject of gayness” preacher?”
Actually I would describe her as “anti-gayness” but “pro- helping people escape from a destructive lifestyle if they want to and hopefully not being branded as a bigot in the process before anyone has a chance to hear what I have to say because of the prevailing climate of political intimidation?”
I think that would probably cover it.
Valerie Pinnex (the guest speaker) is a “former” homosexual. Some one who has left (and repudiates) the homosexual life style. The principal of Danbury high school did her best ,this year and last year, to prevent the student club from exercising their first amendment rights, both freedom of speech and freedom of religion. If the A.P. wasn’t so biased they would have acurately titled the story, “Danbury High School Principal Fails In Attempt To; Censor Former Lesbian Speaker And Crush Students First Amendmant Rights”. It seems to me that many homosexual activists (and their friends) are unwilling to allow rational debate on these issues, even though, up until recent times homosexual acts were illegal in every state in the union and comdemned by ever major world religion