The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is competing for $1 million it intends to use to push its agenda in public schools.
Chase Community Giving will give $1 million to the charity that gets the most votes from Facebook users. GLSEN said it would use the money to send a Safe Space Kit to every middle school and high school in the country.
Candi Cushman, education analyst with Focus on the Family Action, said the kit includes instructions for teachers to use books from a GLSEN-recommended reading list.
"That's just really frightening," she said, "because we've already seen that their book list has basically pornographic material for youth in it."
One of the books is called Queer 13, which includes content that likely will be concerning for parents.
"This book describes a very graphic interaction between a boy and an adult man in a restroom," Cushman said, "and then describes how this boy goes on to have more experiences like that."
Minnesota parent Jill Rose has battled the inclusion of pro-gay material at her child's elementary school.
"I don't think that having specific or graphic information is productive or useful," she said, "and I don't agree with taking school time to do that."
FOR MORE INFORMATION
To read an in-depth analysis of GLSEN's goal, go to the Focus on the Family Action Drive Thru blog.
