Parents Urged to Keep Students Home on April 16th

Contact: Linda Harvey, 614-442-7998, lpharvey@missionamerica.com; Laurie Higgins, 847-948-7889, hlaurie@illinoisfamily.org

TINLEY PARK, Ill., April 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Friday, April 16, 2010 thousands of public schools around the country will permit students and teachers to refuse to speak during class during a political event sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) called the Day of Silence which is intended to increase society's affirmation of homosexuality and Gender Identity Disorder. A national coalition of pro-family organizations is asking parents to call their children out of school on the Day of Silence if their school permits students and/or teachers to remain silent during class.

Under the guise of anti-bullying, GLSEN's goal is to have all children come to believe that moral disapproval of homosexual acts constitutes bullying and hatred and to make it socially unacceptable to express their beliefs that homosexual acts are immoral and dangerous.

GLSEN is using publicly funded schools to promote their agenda.

For more information - www.doswalkout.net