Culture wars coming soon to a school near you?

SpongeJohn GardPants

If I thought our leader SpongeJohn GardPants wouldn't hear about it anyway, I wouldn't bring this up.

But, since it's in the New York Times, it's probably not a secret that the battlefield over gay rights has moved into some public school classrooms.

One target is sex education programs that actually mention homosexuality -- as though it had anything to do with sex. Oh, the horror!

The other is after-school programs that bring gay and straight students together to share experiences and concerns and maybe get to understand one another a little better. Apparently there is some concern that the straight students might be infected with homosexuality if there are any handshakes involved.

The lunacy is spreading. And you won't be surprised to hear that our old friends, the Alliance Defense Fund, is busily engaged in making our school safe for straight students.

"This spring, in one instance of the conservative response, the Alliance Defense Fund organized its first national Day of Truth for high school students uncomfortable with the National Day of Silence, an event sponsored for nine years by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network to protest discrimination in schools," the Times reports.

"We needed to present a counter or Christian perspective," said Mr. Johnson, whose event attracted participation by 340 schools."

What is the Christian perspective on discrimination in the schools? Pro-discrimination?

The Alliance Defense Fund may ring a bell with you because it is the group that GardPants and his allies engaged to represent the legislature in a lawsuit, opposing any benefits for domestic partners of state employees. One of the Alliance's bigwigs is the one who suggested that SpongeBob SquarePants might, in fact, be gay.

The school culture wars are spreading rapidly, the Times reports. With the GardPants-Alliance Defense Fund connection, Wisconsin is probably not far behind.