Combating libraries' pro-homosexual stance (OneNewsNow.com)

Combating libraries' pro-homosexual stance

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 10/28/2008 11:10:00 AM

library books small Focus on the Family is conducting a project in Virginia, using students to try to get the Christian perspective on homosexuality into school libraries.

Candi Cushman, the program's educational analyst, heads the project and explains that the Christian view of homosexuality is not being represented in any of the school's libraries that have been contacted thus far by the students. "What we're seeing is [that] homosexuality is being promoted more and more in public schools, and we're noticing a direct, correlating trend that, as that happens, the Christian or faith-based viewpoint is increasingly being belittled and even openly ridiculed," she explains.

Christian students are objecting to books that depict, in a how-to fashion, homosexual acts and promote acceptance of homosexuality as the "fair" thing to do. "This project is to sort of help them draw a line in the sand and set a precedent that if the school is going to address these topics and talk about faith-based worldviews, then they must provide equal access for the students to give a balanced perspective," Cushman adds.

The students are trying to give the libraries Christian-oriented books on homosexuality, donated by Focus on the Family. One of the students is Elizabeth Bognano of Springfield, Virginia, who says it has been a remarkable experience. "We still have to see if they've been, from my school at least, if they've been accepted, but I know in other schools they've been immediately rejected, just shot down," she explains. (listen to audio report)

Bognano was asked what kind of reception the students have received. "Well, kind of scary and mean, and [the libraries] feel like they have to defend themselves really fast and they're really not open to this whole idea of donating books," she adds. "A lot of them are very sharp and they don't want to talk to you."

The topic of separation of church and state also came up, according to Bognano. "What they tell us is that the books are very biased and they're one-sided, and they don't want to hurt any other students, they don't want to single some out; but really the books [already] on the shelf do that," she contends.

The books currently housed by the libraries, according to Cushman, are mostly one-sided in favor of homosexuality and homosexual "marriage." She says the students are asking for more balance and fairness in the library system.