"Same sex marriage? It

doesn't bother me!"

In many circles, this is the

prevailing sentiment regarding the possible legalization of same-sex relationships

as "marriages" in the U.S. If the Supreme Court in the state

of Massachusetts rules in favor of the homosexual couples who have sued

for marriage rights, then other states will most likely be forced to recognize

these couplings as marriages under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of

the U.S. Constitution.

There's just one problem with

this angle: It doesn't take into account the impact on children. If same-sex

relationships become the law of the land, then homosexual marriage will

be presented to America's schoolchildren as the equivalent of heterosexual

marriage.

Here's how and why it will

happen. Right now, the vast majority of U.S. public school districts have

put themselves in a very vulnerable position, one that conservatives have

been warning about for years but few school boards listened. What they've

done is add under their non-discrimination policies the category of "sexual

orientation." It only remains for enough time to elapse, and for

same-sex marriage to be legalized, for "gay" education activists

to force schools to implement sweeping changes in curricular content.

Among those changes will be

"diverse" textbooks that include same-sex couples as role models,

even for little children. To refuse such content will be considered "discrimination,"

and the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal Defense Fund will

take that district to court, as they have recently in order to force homosexual

clubs onto schools. If not those two well-heeled groups, then the National

Education Association will sue, as it has promised, on behalf of any teachers

involved. Increasingly liberal courts, modeling themselves after the Supremes,

are pretty likely to rule in favor of such plaintiffs.

That also goes for the "right"

of teachers who are homosexual to wear wedding rings, talk about their

homosexual spouses with students and introduce spouses at school functions.

Your little Katie will learn in kindergarten that "Mrs." Jones

is married to another "Mrs." Jones, and that she can grow up

and choose to do the same if she wishes. It is, after all, her "right."

Grade-school and middle-school

anti-bias units will now crank into high gear the focus on homosexuals

and cross-dressers. Because marriage is now legalized, children will be

persuaded in misleading material that anyone who objects to homosexual

behavior is not simply biased, that person is breaking the law.

The take-away for students

from these shallow lessons will be that it is illegal to criticize homosexuality,

and every person young or old should be protected from the mean conservatives.

Standing up for equality in America will translate into the freedom to

practice homosexuality for every student who "discovers" such

inclinations.

Sex education will be required

to take into account this new form of "family" and abstinence

until marriage education will take a twisted new turn. Suddenly, it will

be co-opted by Planned Parenthood and other liberal activists with their

own unique spin.

Every student will be taught

that, of course, abstinence until heterosexual or homosexual marriage

is fine if that's one's choice. But since pregnancy isn't a danger for

homosexuals, sex can be a wonderful option for younger and younger people,

as long as it's carried out "responsibly," of course, like brushing

one's teeth.

To not teach this would be,

again "discrimination" based on sexual orientation. Condoms

are always available for those who can't wait. Let's show you third-graders

how this condom fits on this banana, just so you are prepared.

Expect a whole new crop of

young adult novels featuring same-sex romance leading to marriage to appear

instantly and be adopted just as magically by middle-school and high-school

language departments throughout the U.S. Your 13-year-old Kyle will be

required to read and give a book report on a novel where Bruce and Jason

meet, date and get married. What won't be covered is how Bruce and Jason

split up a year later after cheating on each other dozens of times.

And it gets better (or worse).

This stop-gap standard will last for just a few years, until the inevitable

next piece of the puzzle is in place. Hank and Jim will petition the courts

to allow Mary, the biological mother of "their" adopted child,

to become part of their marriage. After all, what business does the court

have in their bedrooms, determining who they have a right to love?

Along about this same time,

Cindy and her partner, Luke (who is really Lucy, except that she dresses

like a man) will demand that the law recognize Luke as a "husband"

in spite of her biology. And so will emerge the accompanying new curricular

materials reflecting the legalization of group marriage and transgender

unions, making sure every U.S. school child knows that these are future

options for him, her or them.

In such a legal and educational

environment, what happens to religions that don't believe homosexuality

is moral? Will those religions and their ancient teachings eventually

come before some future Supreme Court and be told that they are guilty

of discrimination? That their beliefs are no longer constitutional because

of privacy rights?

If this sounds like lunacy,

it's because it is. What we do in the bedroom has always been public,

in the form of what we call a family. It becomes what we teach and pass

on as wisdom to our children. And if we aren't sure what "wisdom"

entails, by golly, the homosexual activists are here to tell us.

© World Net Daily (worldnetdaily.com)

[Linda Harvey is president of Mission America, a pro-family organization.

They publish a quarterly newsletter reporting on the homosexual agenda

in our schools.]