Evangelist Franklin Graham, the
64-year-old son of Billy Graham and president of the Billy Graham Evangelist
Association, took to Facebook to alert parents about the recent use of a “Gender
Unicorn” inside classrooms across North Carolina’s largest school districts. The brightly-colored animated character is
being used to “brainwash” children that transgender behavior and homosexuality
is acceptable.
Graham wrote, “Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools in North Carolina wants to try to brainwash our children into accepting
that homosexuality and transgender behavior is okay - and they’re using an
innocent looking Gender Unicorn to do it.”
“Parents, watch out,” Graham continued. “They are using this unicorn to grab the
imagination of children and make this seem acceptable.” Their new school policy, set to go into effect
August 29, includes very concerning gender neutral bathroom/locker room
policies and more.
The new policy says that staff should
no longer use the terms “girls” and “boys” anymore, as the terms “scholars” or “students”
do not specify gender. Teachers are also
required to work with students to help them determine their sexual orientation.
In addition, students are
permitted to choose a bathroom and locker room of their choice, as well as
their gender-based activities such as dress codes, classes, ceremonies,
extracurricular activities, and many other things.
“Parents should be enraged and so
should we,” Graham charged. “The
Communists used brainwashing in Eastern Europe and Russia, and they took the
parents out of the decision-making process and the state began to make
decisions about morality. This is a
dangerous path.”
The Bible places
the responsibility for training children on their parents, not on society as a
whole and not on the civil government.
For example, Moses commanded the people of Israel that they should teach
their children – “Hear, O Israel: the
Lord our God, the Lord is One. You shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all
your might. And these words that I
command you today shall be on your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk
of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you
lie down, and when you rise.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-7)
Rev. Dr.
Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
It's amazing that NC, a state considered to be in the so called 'Bible Belt' has drifted so far. Parents must pack school board meetings, write to school board members, letters to the editor, etc. and make them understand that this is not what the schools are for. If schools continue to force these programs then parents have no choice but to take control of their children's education them selves. If I were a NC teacher I would not comply with the gender education policy and force them to fire me for my religious believes. See you in court.
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