Sean Hannity (above, but just who is he?) reacted to child
abuse charges against Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings by expressing
concerns that the government might start interfering with what parents can
teach their children.
Specifically, he’s concerned that parents will be
prohibited from teaching their kids that “being
gay is not normal.”
“This is my problem with liberals. Here’s where my
fear goes,” Hannity said. “You guys want to tell parents what they can and
cannot do — for example, is it going to become illegal if a parent teaches the
politically correct view that being gay is not normal?”
“My problem here is, do parents have the right to
instill their values in their children? My problem is we send these kids off to
school. Maybe they’re taught that God is dead, or maybe they’re taught that
it’s okay to have sex. Maybe they’re taught values that contradict what the
parents are teaching, whatever it happens to be — you know Heather has two
mommies, daddies, roommates — that’s the government circumventing parental
values,” he explained referencing the children’s book about same-sex families.
“Look, some people disagree on the gay lifestyle
because of religious views. If they teach their kids, is the government going
to come in one day and say, ‘That’s wrong, that’s immoral’?”
Hannity similarly responded when
New Jersey passed a law protecting minors from ex-gay therapy, asking, “Is
there freedom of religion anymore, or is that banned in New Jersey?”
He has
also previously attacked individuals like Kevin Jennings, founder of GLSEN and
former Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools,
for “promoting
homosexuality” in schools.
Note: One of the great benefits of being born
and/or living in this country is that we can enjoy freedom of speech as
guaranteed under the US Constitution.
This free speech presupposes that we have free thoughts as well which
may/may not be the case.
Why?
If we try to convince our children how to
think or what to think at a very early age then that is more than like what
they will do and how they will think for the rest of their lives.
And, those would be our views not their
views.
We should teach them how to think
and to look at all sides of an issue equally and then make up their mind…
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