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The '''Day of Silence''' is a day supported by many schools and students across the [[United States of America]] in an attempt to create acceptance of homosexual and other immoral lifestyles. It is sponsored by the Gay Lesbian Student Education Network and the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transvestite Student Empowerment Project of the United States Student Association.
The '''Day of Silence''' is a day of "awareness" which has been pushed into many schools across the [[United States of America]] by a minority of students and [[homosexual agenda|external forces]]. The Day of Silence is an attempt to create acceptance of [[homosexual]] and other immoral lifestyles. It is sponsored by the Gay Lesbian Student Education Network and the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transvestite Student Empowerment Project of the United States Student Association.
According to the manual on the official web site, the Day of Silence is:
According to the manual on the official web site, the Day of Silence is:
students can speak out against harassment and demand change for their schools and
students can speak out against harassment and demand change for their schools and
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==Criticism==
Objections have been raised against this day of "awareness" of homosexuals as a not-so covert attempt to paint homosexuals as unjustly persecuted and as helpless victims of the lifestyle that they did not [[Homosexuality and choice|choose]]. Having moments set aside in schools to observe this Day of Silence means that all students are effectively forced to accept the purpose of the day and to pay respects to lifestyles they may find immoral. It is a false distinction that students who object or whose parents object can simply "opt-out" by leaving the room during observances; by having their educational time allocated to something else, these students are effectively yielding the remembrance which the Day of Silence solicits. The Day of Silence is a prime example of the homosexual agenda forcing itself upon conservatives under the guise of "fairness and acceptance" in pubic schools.
== Reference ==
== Reference ==
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