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Exodus Mandate, Phyllis Schlafly and a Coalition of Christian
and Pro-family Organizations Endorse Call for 'Exodus' From California
Schools
Feb 7, 2008
Exodus Mandate, Eagle Forum, and California-Based K-12 Christian
Education and Pro-Family Organizations Join the Campaign for Children
and Families’ Call for Parents To Remove Their Children From
California’s Public Schools
Contact: E. Ray Moore, Jr., Chaplain (Lt. Col.) USAR Ret, Director
of Exodus Mandate or Dr. Bruce Shortt, 803-714-1744. California
Exodus contacts: www.Californiaexodus.org, press@californiaexodus.org
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 7 /Christian Newswire/ -- California
Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation mandating that public
school children be indoctrinated to accept as normal the homosexual
lifestyle and other forms of sexual deviancy. In the wake of the
failed effort to obtain a referendum to repeal this legislation,
a broad coalition of Christian grassroots organizations have endorsed&nbs!
p; the Campaign for Children and Families' call for California
families and churches to rescue their children from California's
public schools.
The growing coalition includes Eagle Forum, the Campaign for
Children and Families, Exodus Mandate, and ten more sponsors,
five of which are based in California. These organizations will
be providing information to California parents and pastors concerning
the new school legislation, how it mainstream's sexual deviancy
among children, and what alternatives to California's public schools
are available.
According to Phyllis Schlafly, President of Eagle Forum, "Many
of us have worked to reform public schools. Unfortunately, SB
777 and the related legislation represent a repudiation of 2,000
years of Christian moral teaching on human sexuality, marriage,
and the family. The result is that California's schools are now
promoting behaviors and lifestyles that are physically and spiritually
dangerous for children. Consequently, in California, parents must
try to find alternatives to the public schools."
Chairman for California Exodus is Dr. Ron Gleason, theologian
and pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church, Yorba Linda, California
and stated clerk of the South Coast Presbytery of the Presbyterian
Church in America. In accepting this assignment he said: "As
a parent and grandparent, I want those near and dear to me to
have quality education. This country excels in every social, economical,
scientific, and political category known to man, but gets low
grades on the education of its children. We should be leading
the world in developing well-educated young people. This role
is first and foremost the responsibility of parents."
One California-based sponsor, Denise Kanter, Founder of Considering
Homeschooling Ministry said, "We hope our ministry with its
free resources and web site will encourage families to provide
their children with a safe Biblical home education." Dr.
Robert Simonds, President of Citizens for Excellence in Education,
also a California organization, added, "Now is the time for
the pastors and churches to fulfill their role in rescuing their
own children and helping society by providing K-12 Christian education
too."
Randy Thomasson of the California-based Campaign for Children
and Families has witnessed the attack on parental rights and sexual
indoctrination of children coming over the last several years,
"First, the law allowed public schools to voluntarily promote
homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality. Then, the law
required public schools to accept homosexual, bisexual, and transsexual
teachers as role models for impressionable children. Now, the
law has been changed to effectively require the positive portrayal
of homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality to six million
children in California government-controlled schools. To rescue
their children, loving parents need to find an alternative to
government schools, and every church needs to make it a priority
to help parents be in charge of their chil! dren's education again."
E. Ray Moore, Jr., believes that it is urgent that the coalition
make parents and pastors aware of how dangerous the new legislation
is going to make public schools and that they must take up their
God-given responsibilities with their children. In fact, according
to Moore, "The Biblical and theological case for Christian
families and churches to practice K-12 Christian schooling or
home schooling is strong. Christians should begin with the belief
that children belong to the Lord and are a stewardship of the
family, not the state."
Bruce Shortt, author of The Harsh Truth About Public Schools,
notes, "Christians have already become numb to the moral
relativism that is taught in all public schools today. Now children
will be told that their sexual orientation and gender are relative,
too. No longer will children raised in these schools understand
that God made us male and female with different, but complementary
roles. Instead, children will be taught that sexual orientation
and gender are merely a matter of personal choice. Thus, children
will be told that because there are many sexual orientations and
gender identities, they simply have to reach their own conclusions
about which sexual orientation and gender 'possibilities' are
'right for them.' Along with this will come the message that you
really can't tell wheth! er you like something unless you have
tried it. The likely consequences of this for children, the institution
of the family, our churches, and our culture are horrendous."
Additional information can be found at, www.californiaexodus.org,
www.savecalifornia.com, and www.exodusmandate.org.
List of sponsoring organizations: Phyllis Schlafly with Eagle
Forum; Denise Kanter with Considering Homeschooling Ministry;
Dr. Robert Simonds with Citizens for Excellence in Education;
Star Parker with Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education; Patch
Blakey with Association of Classical and Christian Schools; Dave
and Kim d’Escoto with Dexios; Dan Smithwick with Nehemiah
Institute; Alan Schaeffer with Alliance for Separation of School
and State; Linda Harvey with Mission America; Randy Thomasson
with Campaign for Children and families; and Dr. Ron Gleason with
California Exodus.
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