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from Gay Activism in the Schools
15,300 School Superintendents in the U.S.
Receive NARTH Pamphlet
 In February 2002, every public school
superintendent in the U.S. received a letter
from NARTH. Included in that letter was
NARTH's new booklet called "Homosexual Advocacy
Groups and Your School."
That booklet strongly advises schools to encourage
students to wait until adulthood to make decisions
about sexual identity. First, there is a
serious risk of mislabeling the high percentage of
youth who are questioning their sexual identity at
that young age. Second, as research reveals, the
teen years are a dangerous time to introduce young
men to a high-risk environment.
NARTH also warns schools about a previous American
Psychological Association coalition's mailing to
them--a pamphlet called "Just the Facts," which
omitted all the facts about risks, while warning
schools not to refer students to counselors or
ministries which support students who seek change.
NARTH's letter is as follows:
Dear School Superintendent:
A couple of years ago, you received a pamphlet
called "Just the Facts" from a coalition which
included the American Psychological Association.
You should be aware of the controversial nature of
that pamphlet's message. "Just the Facts" warned
you:
1) Not to inform students that therapy exists to
diminish homosexuality;
2) And not to refer such students to counselors
who will reflect their own family's deeply-held
values.
Besides the problem of conflicting
counselor-client values, NARTH believes the teen
years are the wrong time to encourage our children
to make high-risk decisions that require judgment,
maturity, foresight, and self-control. What caring
parent, teacher, or counselor would open the door
for a minor child to engage in life-threatening
behavior?
NARTH is a non-religiously affiliated group of
psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers,
family counselors, and educators who believe that
such decisions about sexual identity should be
made in adulthood--not in the teen years, and not
in public school.
If you share our conviction, we invite you to read
our own, enclosed pamphlet, "Homosexual Advocacy
Groups and Your School."
Note to NARTH Members--
Please consider sending NARTH's pamphlet, "Homosexual Advocacy Groups and
Your School," to your local school principal. Copies of NARTH's new pamphlet
to are available for a suggested contribution of $5 each, but will be greatly
discounted for bulk requests for distribution.
Updated: 8 February 2008
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