Last time I was in SF, there was NAKED biking group parading down the road. Now THAT was educational

• Field trip to see lesbian wedding - educational or not?
  • My child would not be attending...sm - blondie_1147
  • Let's look at it this way - Old part-timer
    • Wrong. And why do you think a same-sex marriage - is going to be any different than -sm
      • OMG - Old P-T was NOT stating the ceremonies were different - get a grip
        • She claims a wedding "isn't educational material". - For a 1st-grader, everything is educational!
          • Well, this is one educational moment they - don't need for their future... MSMT
          • "open-mindedness will not get them a job - later in life
            • Bet me! - SF
  • Oh please. I live in SF, and the kids are going to see their - TEACHER get married... -sm
    • The question was not are you for/against gay marriages - -sm
      • In a city with a large gay/lesbian population, gay -sm - SF
        • For example, I have a lot of opinions and beliefs....do you want to send your child (or another chil - MeMT
          • This is just a simple wedding. Nothing more, - nothing less.
            • Then why did you just say it would teach tolerance? Apparently there was a goal. sm - MeMT
              • Today's children are tomorrow's leaders and - lawmakers. Would you rather - sm
                • Of course I would want to be equally valued. Why can't that be taught at home? nm - MeMT
                  • It can't because most parents (read this board!) are NOT - tolerant nor open-minded. - nm
        • I still think it should be the parents who teach the child these things, not the school's place. - MeMT
          • In too many cases, that would just perpetuate - the myths, fears, and hatred.
            • But this is not a school-wide accepted teaching practice, it is individual (nm) - MeMT
              • Maybe not in the midwest, but in San Francisco, - tolerance is taught in our schools.
                • Last time I was in SF, there was NAKED biking group parading down the road. Now THAT was educational - MeMT
                  • So what? It's a minor blip in everyday city life. - .
                    • Do you have kids? Do you want them seeing some stranger's penis or vagina? nm - MeMT - last post - aren't you glad?
                      • haha - I've seen a penis or two in town, but golly - - never taking the time to see a vagina!
                • No, in the MW our kids go to school to get an acutal - education - how silly of us nm
                  • If intolerance is part of the MW curriculum, then - I'm glad my kid lives in SF.
                    • Everyone belongs somewhere; it sounds like you are in the right place....see msg - nm
                      • That's it exactly. And you're welcome to come - visit this beautiful city any time!
  • And this is why our country is going to h@ll in a - a handbasket........nm
  • I'd be all over that school with an attorney for it. - Ridiculous
  • So did they do this on school time? - -sm
    • It's not on school time. - nm
  • If this was MY child??? sm - MT and worn out
    • If it were MY child, I'd buy her a pretty dress to wear - and tell her to have a good time.
      • If wanting to teach my son our own family values makes me a bigot..then so be it. sm - MT and worn out
        • Pretty sad to stunt a child's intellectual growth. - .
        • What a bunch of kooks - NM
    • Unfortunately, the schools stick their nose in many things that should be the parents job (sm) - MeMT
      • Any parent who choses to has the option of - keeping their kid home.
  • Not educational. This is something that should be the parents job to teach, not the school. sm - MeMT
    • Chances are, this is an outdoor, nondominational - wedding. There are likely school district -

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TROUTDALE, Ore. -- A naked man fled the home he broke into Tuesday morning after the woman who lives there attacked his genitals, police said.

Officers arrested Michael D!ck, 46, of Gresham, on charges of burglary, harassment and private indecency.

Officials with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said D!ck, who was completely naked, entered the house through an unlocked sliding door at about 6:30 a.m. and pushed the 88-year-old woman face-first into a chair.

The victim was definitely shaken up, but luckily she is OK and unharmed. She said an old news story she saw years ago helped her defend herself.

She said she was picking up some logs for her wood stove, when all of a sudden a completely naked stranger walked in through her sliding glass door.

“I thought it was somebody I knew, but then seeing him without clothing, you know, it’s nobody I knew,” Jennifer said.

Jennifer said the man didn’t say a word. He just followed her around the room and kept pushing himself against her.

Police said he shoved her face-first into a chair, but before he could make another move, she fought back.

“I kept saying, 'No, no, no!' And then I said, 'Holy mother!' And then I said, 'God.' And then he stopped and that’s when I reached around and grabbed him,” Jennifer said.

In that moment, she said she flashed back to an old news story about a woman facing a similar intruder. She remembered that woman survived by grabbing the man’s testicles.

The man tore free, ran out the door, jumped in his car and drove away, deputies said.

I'm just a tad southwest of Bangor, maybe 3 exits south off 95.  I love Acadia but not during tourist season!  I think Orono is nice--college townish if you're into that scene.  I feel old and crusty when I go there, so I don't.  I just spent the day in Bangor because we've been without power for 24 hours and just got it back on mere minutes ago.  Crazy T-storms here yesterday! 

Welcome to Maine and sorry your vacation is turning out to be so crappy.  Mine always do to, which I why I haven't taken one in...oh....5 years now! 

yesterday i took my son to ball practice to see if he wanted to join.  the friend i talked about in this post, his mom was there.  (i knew the boy played ball, that's why my son wanted to play ball too).  so i told my son that we'd go watch and see if that's what he wants to do.  so i'm sitting there talking with the mom and i told her that i was a little scared of my son playing football because of getting hurt, etc.  that he had already had two broken bones.  she said that her husband (the dad that kicked the dog), has had several broken bones, from wrecks and she said when he was younger, he used to fight (like street fighting type stuff, not boxing).  but she said that he doesn't do that any more, we grow up as we get older.  i thought to myself, i guess he just beats up dogs now.  i'm going to check into what rescue groups are around here.  it's very obvious these dogs don't go to the vet for checkups.  even if there is no child abuse going on, the kids are going to think it's ok to hurt animals.

thanks for your opinions

You can pick a charity by clicking on the "Add a Charity" button at the bottom of the page.  On the next page, on the left side, is a box for the not-for-profits groups.  If you click that you will see all the groups listed.

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Can you imagine how much MTs can help with all the searching we do!  We have the power you guys!  Don't forget to shop through this site also!  You can shop for Target, ebay and many others.  Just click on the shop through GoodSearch and shop as usual.  It really helps!  You can make GoodSearch your home page too and see just how much you can help!

Thanks for all the great responses!  May God bless you with many, many lines, easy reports and no ESLs this week!

Pat

My DH is a youth pastor, our Youth Group at the beach was called WAVES, which stood for Worship Active Voices Exclaiming Salvation.  We moved up to the mtns of our state, and he had coined the name for our Youth Group as EXCITE, which stands for Exalting Christ in Today's Environment!!.  We are still looking for a home church since we moved in Jan 2007.  My DH is getting very disheartened...  Good luck to your Youth Group.  Oh, by the way, if you live anywhere close to Myrtle Beach, SC then consider taking your youth next year to the Big God Conference on New Year's eve/day.  It is AWESOME!!

You can start an MTStars group most likely.  It will advertise MTStars as an MT forum and then if people use monikers, they can say who they are, or they can just be a part of the Facebook MTStars group.  I am not sure if MTStars would mind or not, so maybe we should ask the admin, but I would think the would want posters to draw their friends here.  JMO.  I don't want to step on any toes though.  It is networking and I learn a lot from Stars. 

So, Yeah, Thanks for being here MTStars...   

They are an extremely disturbed church group who protest at the funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq, but get this, not against the war, but against gay people.  Nutty right?  They protest and yell that the soldiers are dying because God is punishing America for being too accepting of gay people.  Very sick.  They do this at soldiers' funerals throughout the nation, regardless of if the dead soldier is straight or gay. 

I get a knot in my throat whenever I think about those poor grieving families, but Harley Davidson riders around the country have come together to form a solid line of riders between the families and the protestors.