News and Politics | October 28, 2008 | 16 comments

Will gay marriage be taught in the classroom?

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Recent ads from both sides of the Proposition 8 measure have focused on a debate about whether gay marriage will be taught in public schools.

The "Yes On 8" campaign said in a recent ad that if their initiative doesn't pass, children will be forced to learn about gay marriage in schools.

But opponents of the measure responded with their own ad saying that isn't true.

Educators that spoke with KCRA 3 had different opinions on whether gay marriage will play a role in their classroom curriculum.

Sue Witt, a first-grade teacher, said she thinks gay marriage will eventually be taught in schools if it remains legal.

Witt showed KCRA 3 a widely-used text book she will be using in her Folsom classroom next week.

"Marriage is definitely implied ... through the pictures, through family stories," Witt said.

Butt Witt's opinion isn't shared by all educators.

The California Teacher's Association is urging people to vote "no" on Proposition 8.

Also, some school districts contacted by KCRA 3 -- including the Sacramento City Unified, Roseville Unified and Modesto City School districts -- said they are not teaching marriage at all.

Meanwhile, San Juan, Davis and Stockton school districts said they mention "family life" in class, but it's often part of sex education and students are allowed to opt out.

Ema Gluckmann, who helped write the curriculum being used at West Campus High said that sex education is as close as her students get to hearing about marriage.

"It's not even anywhere in the curriculum now," Gluckmann said. "I'm amused why it's such a big deal."
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16 comments // Will gay marriage be taught in the classroom?

  • Jayant
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      Jayant  

    • I don't really understand what "teaching" gay marriage is. Saying that it exists? Saying it's okay? Telling kids to "gay marry"?
      I don't know.

    • 3 years ago
  • unimatrix0
  • dustan_e
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      dustan_e  
    • unimatrix0:

      please explain to me and the world how a choice between two men is a fact? Better yet, I'll just educate you. A fact is something that is true backed up by some type of evidence of it being true. A choice is something a person willingly (sometimes not) accepts or selects. ffs the internet is full of morons.

    • 3 years ago
  • cantucwearebrothers
  • cantucwearebrothers
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      cantucwearebrothers  

    • I don't understand why people get their panties in such a bunch.

      Talking to your children is vital. If they're not learning it from you they're gonna learn it somewhere else. At least this gives you a jumping off point if you're struggling with getting the conversation started.

      It's a fact of life...there is no denying that.

    • 3 years ago
  • dustan_e
  • cantucwearebrothers
  • tokomoe
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      tokomoe  

    • Radical conservatives are kidding themselves if they think the next generation to take over won't legalize gay marriage.

    • 3 years ago
  • RainbowMan
  • dustan_e
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      dustan_e  
    • RainbowMan:

      please explain to me and the world how a choice between two men is a fact? Better yet, I'll just educate you. A fact is something that is true backed up by some type of evidence of it being true. A choice is something a person willingly (sometimes not) accepts or selects. ffs the internet is full of morons.

    • 3 years ago
  • readytolive
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      readytolive  
    • RainbowMan:

      dustan, you said "please explain to me and the world how a choice between two men is a fact?"
      well, its not really a choice, do you honestly believe that people choose to live a lifestyle that people look down upon, call unnatural, and try and strip of basic human rights? you said it, "willingly (or not)" so let me educate you on a few things, since it looks like you can't decide what your trying to say...have you heard of any schools teaching about straight marriage? no didn't think so..why would they all of sudden start teaching kids about gay marriage? and even though i agree with you all the way when you said "A teacher needs to teach things besides all the bs" there are some things that teachers shouldnt get involved with (religion, MARRIAGE, single morality, etc.,)...i'd be pissed if my son came home and told me his teacher told him who to marry, or what is wrong what is right, for obviously, what is wrong for someone else could be right for me

    • 3 years ago
  • dustan_e
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      dustan_e  
    • RainbowMan:

      There are lots of groups who select a lifestyle that have those problems. Blacks, Christians (to name a few) The gay community just wants attention and they get so worked up about little things. Also, yes it is in fact a choice. You decide your own fate. No one else can. You chose to do the things you do. No one makes you.

    • 3 years ago
  • cantucwearebrothers
  • dustan_e
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      dustan_e  

    • A teacher needs to teach things besides all the bs. The child can learn this stuff from his parents. If my son told me his teacher was tell him about gay marriage, im afraid I'd have to kick his ass.

    • 3 years ago
  • donkeyfly69
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