Sadly, as I pointed out earlier, the gay and lesbian crowd
is not satisfied with their current achievements; they still
desire more. They want to totally eradicate the thought that
homosexuality is a blatant sin against God's Laws; and they
are using every means at their disposal in order to succeed
with their goal; including political means, religious means,
scientific means, (they now claim that sexual preference is
genetic in nature), and even academic means. These people
are fully aware of the ungodly, secular, liberal attitude
which pervades the environment of the American public school
system, and they are using it to their full advantage. They
are using that liberal environment to target our children.
Forty years ago, who would have possibly imagined that our
schools and university and college campuses would be flooded
with gay and lesbian rights groups as they are today? To my
dismay, a number of years ago, I also discovered that even
elementary schools have not remained immune to their ungodly
onslaughts.

Allow me to share one more real-life story with you. In my
view, as a concerned Christian parent, I consider this the
most serious and shocking incident of all; and I hope that
it will wake up some of you, and help you to realize what is
really happening within the American public school system,
and undoubtedly in other countries as well. After all, this
is a global effort.

One morning about eight years ago, while my young daughter
was preparing herself for school, she casually mentioned to
me that the day before, her class had been watching a video
called "Remember The Titans". She informed me that the movie
was about Whites and Blacks, and reinforced the lesson that
prejudice is wrong. My daughter also told me that they were
going to watch the second half of the video that day. Up to
this point, I didn't see anything nothing wrong with it; but
then, to my surprise, she also mentioned to me that in one
brief scene, which probably lasted a second or two at best,
the movie showed two school boys kissing each other on the
mouth.

As you can imagine, when my daughter told me this, I really
exploded. It made me extremely upset, because I immediately
realized what was going on. Why in the world did they show
this video to young, impressionable, fifth-grade children?
Didn't the teacher, or the principal, or someone screen it
first? Were they simply too busy to do so; or is it possible
that they did screen the movie, but didn't find anything in
it objectionable? Or might it be something more sinister?

I tried to explain to my daughter the subtle message which
was being projected by this video about prejudice, but due
to her young age, and her naivety, she simply wasn't able to
understand. In fact, she began to argue and say that I could
be wrong. Well, my daughter knew that as soon as the school
opened, I would call them up and lodge a complaint, because
I was really mad; so she pleaded with me not to, being as
she was afraid that she would get in trouble, or that some-
one at the school would yell at her, or at the very least,
that she would be further ostracized from the rest of the
children, as a result of her Christian beliefs.

Allow me to inform you that prior to that particular time,
we had experienced a number of problems with that very same
school, due to our Christian faith; and in each instance, my
daughter had either been painted as the villain, or else the
principal had come to the defense of the teacher in question.
In short, it is useless to argue with the System, because you
can rarely ever win. Those people have their agenda, and they
will follow it no matter who opposes them. They will likewise
defend their own, before they will admit any wrongdoing. I've
seen this happen a number of times over the years, and maybe
you have too.

Now, my daughter sincerely loves the Lord, but because of her
past conflicts with school officials, it became increasingly
difficult for her to even express her beliefs at school. She
was a very sensitive young girl, and would easily break out
into tears. While I wanted her to stand up for her faith, I
was wise enough to know that I could only push her so hard,
and so fast. She had to learn to operate according to her own
level of faith, and not according to mine. I also recognized
that she had a burden on her little shoulders which I most
certainly did not have when I was her age. I didn't know the
Lord as well, or His Word as well, when I was at that age. I
didn't receive the same Bible-based Christian upbringing that
she has been given. The only thing I had was the catechism
doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. As we are taught in
the Scriptures:

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6, KJV

Sadly, whether or not that training is sound, Bible-based
indoctrination, it will remain with a child for years to
come. This seems to be particularly true in Roman Catholic
families. Once they receive their CCD, (Confraternity Of
Christian Doctrine), classes, many of them become staunch
Roman Catholics for life; and that includes blindly trust-
ing in their totally unScriptural doctrines such as Mary's
supposed "Immaculate Conception", (born without sin); and
her supposed "Assumption", (being raised to Heaven without
suffering bodily decay); as well as "Transubstantiation",
(the Eucharist actually becoming the physical Blood and Body
of Christ); and other doctrines. I discuss some of these
issues more fully in the Roman Catholicism articles section
of our Endtime Prophecy Net website, if you care to read
them.

To continue with my story, after giving it further thought,
I decided not to call my daughter's school; not only because
she would be the one who would feel the repercussions, but
also because, as I stated a moment ago, from previous experi-
ences with them, I knew that it would be to no avail. They
might appease me by taking her out of the class temporarily
while the rest of the video was shown -- which would only
serve to ostracize her even more -- but they would continue
showing the video to other classes in spite of my protest;
just as her teacher had continued reading "The Chronicles of
Narnia" to his other classes, after I had strongly voiced my
objection. In short, we would be viewed as an inconvenience,
and the source of the problem, due to our Christian faith,
and not the video itself. Do you see my point? In addition
to this point, I also chose not to confront the school staff
directly, because this incident occurred during the final
month of the school year; and this was to be my daughter's
last year at that school; so I decided that it would just be
better to let the incident pass. While Jude does instruct us
to earnestly contend for our faith, we must choose our
battles wisely:

"Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the
common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you,
and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the
faith which was once delivered unto the saints."
Jude 1:3, KJV

In the end, my daughter left that school and entered Middle
School; and I knew from the start that we would have bigger
and greater spiritual battles to contend with. I did not
anticipate the situation getting any easier for either of
us, and it most certainly didn't. In fact, to make a long
story, let me just tell you that the situation came to a
head rather quickly; and that in spite of our very limited
income, the Lord worked a miracle so that my daughter was
able to attend a private Christian school for the final six
years of her education. Unlike the public school system, her
new school had a very Bible-centric curriculum, where God,
and His Word, were incorporated into every subject.

But let me finish the story that I began a few moments ago.
Well, it took me until later that night, but I was finally
able to help my daughter to understand what was really going
on. To do this, the Lord inspired me to use the example of a
dead animal on the roadside. The first time that we see an
animal carcase on the road, with all of the maggots crawling
about, and the frenzied flies swarming madly in the air, our
stomachs are sickened. When the smell of rotting, putrefying
flesh hits our nose, it really repulses us; doesn't it? But
then what happens? As that scene continues to be repeated in
our lives, over the years, we begin to accept the fact that
dead animals on the road are a normal part of life. Maybe we
are still repulsed by them, and perhaps we still hold our
fingers over our nose as we quickly walk by, but there is a
certain degree of acceptance that this is now normal; it is
to be expected.

Now, what do you suppose would happen if one day, a new boy
in your neighborhood accompanies you to school, and there is
a dead beast on the side of the road; yet to his surprise,
you walk by without offering the slightest evidence that you
even realize that the animal is there? Remember; you've seen
these dead carcases lying on the roadside year after year,
but this is his very first time. Obviously, your friend would
look at you rather strangely, as he is immediately sickened
by the sight and smell of the dead animal. You see; this is
exactly how some people choose to react to sin in their lives.
While a God-fearing, Bible-believing Christian will hopefully
react to sin; repent; and attempt to make things right with
God, as we have already seen, some people, such as gays and
lesbians, choose the easy path of deception instead. In other
words, they choose to harden their hearts against the Lord's
Spirit and Voice which is trying to work in their lives; and
the Apostle Paul warned us against doing this very thing when
he wrote:

"But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day;
lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin
. . . To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts, as in the provocation."
Hebrews 3:13, 15b, KJV


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