Came across an interesting article today. It seems that Deerfield High School in Chicago has a class called “Freshman Advisory,” in which ninth-graders are required to attend a panel discussion led by the Gay-Straight Alliance Network (side topic: how many people in the Gay-Straight Alliance Network are straight?). Now, this by itself is bad. It would be one thing if it was optional, but the fact that it was required infringes on the civil liberties of the students. But then, to make matters worse, “students were required to sign a confidentiality agreement saying they would not tell anyone about the discussions, including their parents.” Huh? I’m no expert on Illinois law, but where I’m from people under 18 can’t sign any sort of legal document without there being a parent’s signature along side the minor’s. And I’m sure the school knew this, which leads me to believe that the signing of this agreement was a scare tactic to try and keep the kids from telling their parents.
It’s amazing really. When it’s all said and done the best we can hope for is a slap on the wrists of those involved in violating the students and their parents rights. Had this been a mandatory meeting of a Christian group where the children were taught the 10 Commandments everyone would be fired by now. It’s sad… really, really sad. I just pray that none of the kids forced to attend this meeting buy into the lies that were undoubtedly told during this indoctrination session.
