Skip to main content
The Latest /
Hate and Discrimination

Focus On The Family Dubs Anti-Bullying Programs “Pro-Homosexual Curriculum”

The Religious Right continues to parade the myth that gays and lesbians are trying to “recruit” followers in schools, and are increasingly using the lie as the basis of their opposition to anti-bullying programs. Leaders and groups continue to describe anti-bullying policies as attempts to “homosexualize their children(link is external)” and “promote homosexuality in kids(link is external)” through “homosexual indoctrination(link is external).”

Focus on the Family has been at the forefront of challenging anti-bullying policies(link is external), which often cover the widespread harassment and bullying directed towards LGBT youth. Through initiatives like “True Tolerance(link is external)” and the “Day of Dialogue(link is external),” Focus on the Family uses anti-gay rhetoric to attack proponents of anti-bullying policies.

When the White House recently held a conference on the problem of bullying in schools(link is external), Focus on the Family’s political arm CitizenLink quickly announced their disapproval(link is external) and said that Obama is trying “to promote pro-homosexual curriculum(link is external)”:

The White House Conference of Bullying Prevention, which took place Thursday, provided a platform for gay activists and their allies to promote their agenda — which increasingly is being pushed into the classroom.

Ellen Kahn, director of the Human Rights Campaign’s Family Project, was more than happy to have the president’s ear. At the summit, she was working to get HRC’s “Welcoming Schools” campaign into more elementary schools. The curriculum addresses “family diversity, gender stereotyping and name-calling in K-5 learning environments.”

“That’s the problem with allowing this issue to become politicized by special-interest groups: It sends the wrong message to our children,” said Candi Cushman, education analyst at CitizenLink.

“Do we really want to send the message that they’re only worth protecting based on what political category they belong to or their sexual identity? No. What we should be teaching them is that they have innate dignity and worth because they are a sacred creation of God, no matter how they identify.”