Friday, April 29, 2005

I Could See Me Doing This

Police arrested a Lexington father who refused to leave the Joseph Estabrook School yesterday after school officials rejected his demands that his 6-year-old son be shielded from any discussions about gay households.

David Parker, 42, confronted officials after his son brought home ``Who's in a Family,'' a storybook that includes characters who are gay parents.

Yesterday, Parker refused to leave a meeting after Lexington Superintendent Bill Hurley rejected his demand that he be notified when his son is exposed to any discussion about same-sex households as part of classroom instruction.

"Our parental requests for our own child were flat-out denied,'' Parker said in a statement.

Parker also asked that the boy be pulled from similar discussions that arise spontaneously, said Brian Camenker, director of the Article 8 Alliance, which supports the ouster of four pro-gay marriage judges on the state's Supreme Judicial Court.

School officials could not be reached for comment.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes, because if his children can be kept from those discussions, that means those people don't exist.

Doug Fields said...

Obviously homosexuals exist. But subverting a parents wishes and teaching a 6 year old - yes, a 6 year old - that having two mommy's is a grand idea is absurd. But that's the world we live in now - glorify the profane at the expense of the innocent.