Gender Re-Assignment and Our Children
I know we live in a world twisted by sin. There are hurting people around us who are so lost and are trying to suppress God in such tremendous ways. They want to smother Him completely out of their lives but it cannot be done. A reading of Romans 1:18-32 will speak to this issue. Click Here to read it.
I know I shouldn't be surprised by what I read in the news but it is so very sad. I am sad for this man, for that is what he is. A man who has had surgery that mutilated his natural body and who dresses like a woman, but still a man. I am also sad that the children in an elementary school have to be faced with the knowledge of such perversion and distortion of humanity. The parents will have to try and explain to their 5-12 year olds what this man has done and then try to deal with the *Why would he do that, Mommy?* questions. They will see the school board agreeing with allowing this man back into the school to teach our children. They have condoned and supported it....Romans 1:32b "...they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." I am thankful that we have chosen to homeschool our children. I pray that we can protect them from this degradation for a little longer.
Teacher to return after having sex change
Lily McBeth, 71, in her home in Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, is seeking to return to substitute teaching at Eagleswood Elementary School in Eagleswood Township, N.J., after undergoing a sex change. School officials have accepted her application, but some in the southern Ocean County community are against the idea of a transgender teacher teaching their children. AP Photo/MARY GODLESKI
Teacher to return after having sex change
By JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer
Last Updated: February 28, 2006, 01:21:09 AM PST
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - To students at Eagleswood Elementary School, she used to be Mr. McBeth. Now, after undergoing a sex change, 71-year-old Lily McBeth is ready to return to teaching as Miss McBeth.
Despite criticism from parents, the school board on Monday stood by its decision to allow McBeth to resume working as a substitute teacher.
After two hours of public debate and a private meeting with McBeth and her lawyer, the board took no action on calls by several parents to bar McBeth from returning to the school where she taught for five years before becoming a woman.
"It was magnificent," McBeth said afterward. "You saw democracy in action."
McBeth, a retired sales executive who was married for 33 years and had three children, underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and re-applied for her job under her new name.
McBeth on Monday told the school board and the crowd that she loves teaching and children, and looks forward to returning to the classroom.
"This is not something I got into just as a whim," she said.
Several parents said children in the school - which consists of kindergarten through sixth grade - were not old enough to understand the concept of changing one's gender.
"I, as a parent, am appalled to have this issue brought into my child's psychology," Steve Bond said.
Vincent Mustacchio predicted "chaos" at the school when the students learned of McBeth's surgery.
Young children will be confused by the conflicting appearance of McBeth, who has a deep voice and masculine features but otherwise looks like a woman, other parents said.
"I will not allow you to put my kids in a petri dish and hope it all turns out fine," said Mark Schnepp, who had taken out an ad in a local newspaper urging parents to turn out for the meeting.
Several people spoke in support of McBeth, including three transgender people, two former students of McBeth's and a handful of others, saying that the fact that she is a good teacher was more important than whether she appears as a man or a woman in class.
"There's really nothing to fear because a person is transgender," said Karina Mari, a mother of three school-age children who said she has transgender relatives.
School board attorney Paul Carr said McBeth was a good teacher who had received favorable reviews during her tenure as a substitute.
Earlier this month, the board voted 4-1 to accept her application to return to the classroom.
It's unclear how soon McBeth will resume teaching, Carr said. That depends on the need for substitutes and the availability of certified teachers who get priority when a spot opens up, he said.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, a gay rights advocacy group supporting McBeth's bid to resume teaching, called the school board's action historic.
Edited to add a link to yet another instance... Here to read it.
And yet another one....we are having a run of these transgender stories..
Click Here to read it.
I know I shouldn't be surprised by what I read in the news but it is so very sad. I am sad for this man, for that is what he is. A man who has had surgery that mutilated his natural body and who dresses like a woman, but still a man. I am also sad that the children in an elementary school have to be faced with the knowledge of such perversion and distortion of humanity. The parents will have to try and explain to their 5-12 year olds what this man has done and then try to deal with the *Why would he do that, Mommy?* questions. They will see the school board agreeing with allowing this man back into the school to teach our children. They have condoned and supported it....Romans 1:32b "...they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." I am thankful that we have chosen to homeschool our children. I pray that we can protect them from this degradation for a little longer.
Teacher to return after having sex change
Lily McBeth, 71, in her home in Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, is seeking to return to substitute teaching at Eagleswood Elementary School in Eagleswood Township, N.J., after undergoing a sex change. School officials have accepted her application, but some in the southern Ocean County community are against the idea of a transgender teacher teaching their children. AP Photo/MARY GODLESKI
Teacher to return after having sex change
By JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer
Last Updated: February 28, 2006, 01:21:09 AM PST
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - To students at Eagleswood Elementary School, she used to be Mr. McBeth. Now, after undergoing a sex change, 71-year-old Lily McBeth is ready to return to teaching as Miss McBeth.
Despite criticism from parents, the school board on Monday stood by its decision to allow McBeth to resume working as a substitute teacher.
After two hours of public debate and a private meeting with McBeth and her lawyer, the board took no action on calls by several parents to bar McBeth from returning to the school where she taught for five years before becoming a woman.
"It was magnificent," McBeth said afterward. "You saw democracy in action."
McBeth, a retired sales executive who was married for 33 years and had three children, underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and re-applied for her job under her new name.
McBeth on Monday told the school board and the crowd that she loves teaching and children, and looks forward to returning to the classroom.
"This is not something I got into just as a whim," she said.
Several parents said children in the school - which consists of kindergarten through sixth grade - were not old enough to understand the concept of changing one's gender.
"I, as a parent, am appalled to have this issue brought into my child's psychology," Steve Bond said.
Vincent Mustacchio predicted "chaos" at the school when the students learned of McBeth's surgery.
Young children will be confused by the conflicting appearance of McBeth, who has a deep voice and masculine features but otherwise looks like a woman, other parents said.
"I will not allow you to put my kids in a petri dish and hope it all turns out fine," said Mark Schnepp, who had taken out an ad in a local newspaper urging parents to turn out for the meeting.
Several people spoke in support of McBeth, including three transgender people, two former students of McBeth's and a handful of others, saying that the fact that she is a good teacher was more important than whether she appears as a man or a woman in class.
"There's really nothing to fear because a person is transgender," said Karina Mari, a mother of three school-age children who said she has transgender relatives.
School board attorney Paul Carr said McBeth was a good teacher who had received favorable reviews during her tenure as a substitute.
Earlier this month, the board voted 4-1 to accept her application to return to the classroom.
It's unclear how soon McBeth will resume teaching, Carr said. That depends on the need for substitutes and the availability of certified teachers who get priority when a spot opens up, he said.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, a gay rights advocacy group supporting McBeth's bid to resume teaching, called the school board's action historic.
Edited to add a link to yet another instance... Here to read it.
And yet another one....we are having a run of these transgender stories..
Click Here to read it.
posted by the bishop's wife at 4:48 p.m.
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