For a while there were no original GSA members in the Gay Straight Alliance. Still, the ACLU is moving forward with the case to change the schools policy of not recognizing clubs that administrators believe are “not related to the standard curriculum.” Matt Barber is with Concerned Women for America.
“Kids certainly aren’t lining up and clamoring for this club. It’s clearly a political move. It’s a political agenda. It has nothing to do with trying to create a forum for kids who self-identify as homosexual.”
Candi Cushman with Focus on the Family Action points out a double standard.
“It’s also interesting that this is where groups like the ACLU choose to put their energy, when every day we’re seeing more and more cases arise when Christian students and pro-life clubs are being discriminated against.”
Mike Johnson with the Alliance Defense Fund thinks he knows why the ACLU and GLSEN want so badly to get gay straight alliances into the public school.
“I think obviously they want to promote homosexual behavior and the acceptance of that.”
Cushman says schools need to think long and hard about opening the door to that agenda.
“We see more cases of Christian students having their rights discriminated against and their worldview not being respected. So without realizing it a lot of schools actually open themselves up to more possible litigation and legal battles when they allow things like this in their doors.”
Meanwhile, the ACLU fights for a club that barely exists.