Can You Legally Remove Your Children From Their School When 20% of Their Teachers are in a Same-Sex Relationship?
With being in the 21st century, more and more lifestyles are popping up. This means even more people are “coming out” than ever before. But what if these people are your children’s teachers? Is there anything that can be done, or will you and your children just have to accept?
With more lifestyles becoming the norm, what can you do when you disagree? Well, you legally can’t do anything to remove the teachers, that’s for sure. There are laws protecting religion, race, creed, nationality, sex, and sexual orientation. But you can remove the child from the school anytime you provide an alternate education.
One place to start, is other local schools. You can apply for other schools, and some may even offer open enrollment. You will have to provide transportation, though. Most schools will accept any student with a good education history as long as it goes with their policies.
You can always home school your children. If you stay at home, or have a relative to school your kids, you can have your kids learn at home. Just be sure to set up a legal home school according to your state laws.
If you have the money, you can always switch to a private school. Private schools may be better than public school just for their stricter rules and regulations. Your children will have to be on their best behavior and probably even wear uniforms.
As for the most part, there are many alternatives to having your children be uncomfortable at school. But having your child “run away” from homosexuals may not be the answer. For instance, if you have your children switch schools, it may be that there are more homosexual teachers at the next school. Then what happens when your children gets into the real world? They are going to work with, do business with, and run into people who live a homosexual life style on a daily basis; they would practically have to join a cult to escape it all!
In reality, there are plenty of alternatives to having your children be in a learning environment that makes them uncomfortable. But is it best to remove them from the situation? There is always the alternative to removing them, and that is educating them about tolerance before they make a final decision.
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Post CommentAncient Aspie
On September 15, 2008 at 4:24 pm
How would a parent know what the teacher’s lifestyle is? What business is it of theirs? Unless the teacher is having sex in the classroom, or discusses it, how can it possibly have any effect on the children? This sounds like the thinking of the old woman who keeps looking under bed to make sure there’s no rapist hiding there. Teachers’ private lives are just that — private, unless somebody decides it’s their moral duty to drag it out into the open.
San Diego Parent
On November 22, 2008 at 2:57 am
As long as the teacher keeps the fact that they are gay to themselves, I wouldn’t have a problem with them teaching my kids. The problem comes when either they tell the kids they are gay or support pro gay discussion in the classroom. My religious beliefs view homosexuality as wrong, and it is a viewpoint I would share with my children if I were forced to discuss these ideas with them because of a teacher introducing these topics to them. I really wouldn’t want to tell my child that their teacher was a sinner, but if my hand was forced, I would have too.