A pro-family advocate is urging people to voice their concern over a resolution sitting before Congress.
Congressional Resolution 92 will receive an up-or-down vote on or before April 17, which is the National Day of Silence -- a day when students across America are encouraged to show their support for the homosexual community by refusing to speak. The resolution seeks to affirm congressional support for the event and encourage local education authorities to adopt policies that prevent bullying based on sexual orientation. Laurie Higgins is the director of the division of school advocacy with the Illinois Family Institute (IFI). "It requests that the president issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the National Day of Silence with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities," she explains. Higgins urges concerned citizens to contact their congressmen and strongly express their concern. The resolution, she argues, is an outrage, and adds that Congress has no right to take a position on this issue, which is being pushed by a group known as GLSEN, or the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network. "GLSEN has particular political goals," Higgins contends. "They go much farther beyond ending bullying to attempting to transform students' views on the nature and morality of homosexuality." The IFI is also encouraging parents to pull their kids out of school for the day if their school is participating in the Day of Silence on April 17.
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