In an obvious attempt to intimidate the Montgomery County, Maryland, School System into distributing the fraudulent and potentially dangerous lies and garbage like propaganda that PFOX routinely disseminates. Candidly, if the school system were foolish enough to allow PFOX to have its way, they would be courting even more serious legal liability. EVERY legitimate medical and mental health association in America condemns the ex-gay myth and labels so-called "reparative therapy" as dangerous. Let one or two students be harmed by the PFOX garbage - or worse yet, commit suicide - and you are talking about huge potential liability judgments. How do you justify distributing propaganda that ALL legitimate experts call bogus? Talk about making one's insurance carrier go berserk. Christian News Wire reports on PFOX's latest batshitery. Here are highlights of the batshit craziness:
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) has filed a sexual orientation discrimination complaint with the Montgomery County (Maryland) Board of Education against its School Superintendent Joshua Starr.
After PFOX distributed ex-gay flyers to high school students as part of the schools' flyer distribution program for non-profit organizations, Superintendent Starr publicly denigrated PFOX and former homosexuals by calling the actions of PFOX "reprehensible and deplorable" and labeling the flyer's sexual orientation content as "a really, really disgusting message."
"PFOX's flyers provided information on unwanted same-sex attractions, discouraged student name calling and labeling, and urged tolerance for former homosexuals," said Regina Griggs of PFOX.
"Starr does not respect diversity and is creating an unsafe school environment. As School Superintendent, Starr's actions make it impossible for Montgomery County public schools to provide an atmosphere where differences are understood and appreciated, or where everyone is treated fairly and with respect free of discrimination and abuse, as mandated by its Nondiscrimination Policy ACB."
"I have suffered more discrimination and intolerance as an ex-gay than I ever did when I was gay. Please stop hating us. Follow your own Non-Discrimination Policy. If you stop hating former homosexuals, our students will not learn to hate either. Starr's behavior proves that our schools need diversity training on tolerance for the ex-gay community."
As noted before, the money behind PFOX comes from a who's who of anti-gay hate groups and utterly dishonest "family values" organizations who are striving to keep the "choice" and "change" myths alive at all costs. As for the self-professed "ex-gays'? In my opinion, they either (i) need serious mental health care or (ii) are willing to lie and prostitute themselves in exchange for a pay check. In my opinion, the most tawdry whore is virtuous in comparison to "ex-gays." And those views do not even begin to touch on the inappropriateness of injecting religious beliefs and bigotry into the public schools. As for the PFOX statements, if you want to experience discrimination, come to Virginia.
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