Nettelhorst Elementary School parent Amy Goodman prepares a wagon for the 40th annual Pride Parade with daughter Sadie Blade, 3, while son Ben Blade, 6, plays in their home. (Tribune photo by Phil Velasquez / June 24, 2009)

While Nettlehorst administrators deny official endorsement of the parade participation, students and parents from Nettlehorst Elementary School were the first contingent to march in the parade, carrying a large banner with the school’s name on it.

“A few Nettelhorst parents balked at the parade and the fence project (school fence decorated in rainbow colors), and a group not affiliated with the school posted a hateful blog item. But the vast majority of Nettelhorst parents have embraced this effort. Straight parents helped with the fence project, signed up for the parade, volunteered for the diversity committee or simply offered an encouraging word. For the same-sex parents, this has been the most meaningful part.”

I’m sure we’ll see more of this now that we have a president in office who recently held a Gay Pride Month celebration at the White House. Obama said he hopes to persuade all Americans to accept homosexuality. “”There are good and decent people in this country who don’t yet fully embrace their gay brothers and sisters — not yet,” said the president. “That’s why I’ve spoken about these issues — not just in front of you — but in front of unlikely audiences, in front of African-American church members.”

Obama acknowledged that many Americans still disapprove of homosexuality. “There are still fellow citizens, perhaps neighbors or even family members and loved ones, who still hold fast to worn arguments and old attitudes,” he stated.

Would that be the Bible that he’s referring to as “worn arguments and old attitudes?”

Read the following descriptions of what goes on at “gay” pride parades and see whether you think it’s anything children should be participating in. Is this what Obama is calling us to “fully embrace?”

http://www.illinoisfamily.org
http://americansfortruth.com