Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

The Homosexual Agenda

Last night I got another very interesting comment on my Stephen M. Hunt: Moron post. To facilitate discussion, I’ll just reproduce the comment below:

“Georgiana said…
To everyone who actually believes that homosexuality is inborn and normal, try reading the book Seeds of Deception: Planting Destruction of America’s Children to understand how homosexuals have been lied to and our society has been brainwashed into believing such nonsense.Natural law and natural rights follow from the nature of man and the world. Just because homosexuality has existed for thousands of years, does not mean it is natural. The percentage is small, 1-3% of population, hardly a number to base normality on.This lifestyle is not natural! Programs such as SEED are indoctrinating our teachers,who then go back into the classroom and coerce students into believing this nonsense. It is against the students First Amendment Rights to be confined in a classroom and have this information taught to them by devious means of love and tolerance. The Golden Rule would do for this tolerance idea. We can care about other people, but we do NOT have to accept the lifestyle as normal. This is intolerant of us and against our rights. The word Homophobic is discriminatory and attempts to silence those who know that homosexuals can change their lives, get married, have children and totally separate from the lifestyle of homosexuality. This is why activists are scarred to death of ex-gays coming in to talk to students for they do tell the truth of the change and its reality. Mr. Hunt is right on with his statistics on longevity and disease statistics. The facts are true. The Center for Disease Control has it all on their website. Thank you to Mr. Hunt for what he has done to bring the truth to those who discriminate against it. Visit www.stopseed.com for more information about SEED.”

I’m very glad Georgiana took the time to comment because she represents a segment of the population from whom, as far as I’m concerned, we don’t hear nearly enough!

(I’ll leave it up to readers to decide for themselves exactly what segment that might be.)

I have visited the Stop SEED web site and see that it’s pretty much entirely dedicated to promoting the book, “Seeds of Deception”, by Georgiana Preskar. I’m presuming that the Georgiana who wrote this blog comment is one and the same.

Okay…gosh. Where do I begin?

First, specifically regarding some of your comments:

“Natural law and natural rights follow from the nature of man and the world.”

Mmm..sort of. This definition from Dr. John E. Becker is particularly well-written:

The idea that not only is nature governed by laws, but that nature has written in the hearts of human beings the laws by which they should govern their lives. In other words, we can know without the help of the Bible the difference between right and wrong. Natural law is conceived to be the foundation on which positive law, the specific laws of individual groups, tribes, nations, is built. It is considered a universal law and is still an operative concept, though the term itself may not be used. The notion of natural law is almost universally rejected by modern social science. Nevertheless, the Nurenburg war-crimes trials after World War II, for instance, had no foundation in written laws, and were based on the assumption of natural laws binding all human beings; the present insistence on human rights also implies the affirmation of a kind of natural law.

“Just because homosexuality has existed for thousands of years, does not mean it is natural.”

What makes a thing natural? Why is heterosexuality natural and homosexuality NOT natural? A definition of terms is needed here. If by “natural” we mean something that exists in or is produced by nature–as opposed to being manufactured or artificial–then certainly homosexuality is natural. That homosexuality is relatively rare, doesn’t make it unnatural. Even if you think of homosexuality as some kind of mutation–it would still be a naturally occurring mutation. Despite what you seem to believe, the entire concept of “natural” is morally neutral.

Regarding the SEED program (I’ll talk about that more in a second), you wrote:

“It is against the students First Amendment Rights to be confined in a classroom and have this information taught to them by devious means of love and tolerance.”

I think you’re the first person I’ve ever seen describe love and tolerance as “devious”. And, I think you might be confused about what First Amendment Rights are! The First Amendment protects freedom of expression and religious freedom. Teaching children about controversial ideas doesn’t threaten either of these freedoms in any way. If anything, teaching children about homosexuality is a demonstration of the First Amendment.

“The Golden Rule would do for this tolerance idea.”

Indeed. Everyone would do well to keep the Golden Rule in mind. That includes self-published authors.

“We can care about other people, but we do NOT have to accept the lifestyle as normal. This is intolerant of us and against our rights.”

Heh..you’re right. It is intolerant of you! Heh, heh…. It’s true that no one can make you believe homosexuality is normal. You have to either figure it out on your own or not. Likewise, no one can force you to believe that the earth is not flat. You have the right to believe whatever you want regardless of how hare-brained your beliefs might be. (Kinda shoots some holes in your whole “mind control” argument, doesn’t it?)

“The word Homophobic is discriminatory and attempts to silence those who know that homosexuals can change their lives, get married, have children and totally separate from the lifestyle of homosexuality.”

The world’s best authorities on human sexuality and psychology have reached the consensus that, while an individual may choose to not act on their sexual preference, sexual identity is not a choice. So, while a homosexual person may engage exclusively in heterosexual activity, the person’s essential sexual identity will not change. There is no compelling evidence that so-called “conversion therapies” work. As in previous posts on this subject, I refer you to the APA’s web site.

I’m just curious, though. Do you know what the word “homophobic” actually means? From the context of your comment, it appears that you do not. “Homophobic” just means (in this context) “fearful of homosexuals”. How does this word “[attempt] to silence” anyone?

“Mr. Hunt is right on with his statistics on longevity and disease statistics. The facts are true. The Center for Disease Control has it all on their website.”

If you find your way back here, Georgiana, I hope you’ll provide a specific URL for this information. Understand, I’m not doubting that homosexuals (probably homosexual men, in particular) have a greater incidence of certain kinds of diseases and an accompanying shorter life expectancy. It’s important to keep in mind, though, that there are a whole bunch of factors that enter into demographic studies of this sort — not the least of which are social stigmas and access to health care. It’s not even close to being as simple as “what they’re doing is unnatural and that’s why they get diseases and die earlier.”

Okay…and now for a few general comments.

First, about SEED. SEED stands for “Seeking Education Equity & Diversity”. It’s a program initiated in 1987 at Wellesley College for
the purpose of helping teachers develop inclusive curricula. SEED isn’t specifically about sexual identity–racial and cultural diversity are also examined. Based on what I’ve been able to find about about it, the whole thing looks a little “touchy-feely” for my taste. For people who’ve never given much thought to their own upbringing and how their ideas about diversity have been formed, though, I’m sure it’s helpful.

Visit Wellesley’s web site for more information.

If I’m understanding it correctly, Georgiana’s basic premise (as described in detail on her web site,) is that SEED employs mind control techniques to make teachers amenable to the “homosexual agenda”.

Yes folks, that’s right. MIND CONTROL.

Cue the scary Twilight Zone music!

I’m hoping that if Georgiana ever returns to our little corner of paradise we might get her to expound upon other important issues of the day. Perhaps something on…oh…the mongrelization of the races?

I can hardly wait!