USA Today Examines Gay Wars In Schools

There is an effort to find common ground between thinking people and fundamentalists in public school debates on homosexuality. While I applaud this noble effort, there is one problem that can't be so easily resolved: Our side stands for inclusion, and the right wing stands for exclusion. The two goals are not compatible.

In USA Today, an op-ed appeared by Charles C. Haynes, the co-author of Finding Common Ground: A Guide to Religious Liberty in Public Schools. It is worth reading to get a handle on what is going on.

I do think he misses the point that there is not a true culture war. You have one side that wants children to be respected and not bullied or discriminated against. And, on the other side, you have Neo-Puritans who have unilaterally declared war on these innocent, well-meaning people. Portraying both sides as morally equivalent is flat out wrong and does a disservice to the many brave young men and women who have stood up and demanded an education free of intimidation and violence.