Do you think homosexuality should be taught in schools? Not acts, but general knowledge? ?
At what age, what grade, how far should it go?
I think tolerance should be taught, not just about gays, but other races, cultures, religions, and maybe gay could be included in that lesson.
Minimally, the history of the Stonewall Riots, the story of Harvey Milk, and the Supreme Court of the United States cases of Bowers v. Hardwick and Lawrence v. Texas should be taught.
In 1969, for the first time on record, homosexual people fought back against their oppressors when the Stonewall Inn was raided one hot summer night by New York City policemen who came hoping to arrest gay individuals for engaging in then illegal acts such as dancing with the same sex.
The "first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history of the planet" was Harvey Milk, who became a San Francisco City Supervisor in 1978. He was assassinated later that year.
In 1986 a man was arrested in Georgia for engaging in a private consensual sexual act with another man in his own home, and the Supreme Court agreed that it was against the law. In 2003, the Supreme Court reversed that decision and said that their 1986 ruling "was not correct when it was decided, is not correct today, and is hereby overruled."
This Is My Support For Teaching GLBT Tolerance In Schools
