My MOM wants to go.

The Broward Christian Coalition has convinced the Diversity Committee for Broward schools to reject a video that teaches tolerance.

The reason? Their animosity toward the gay community is so great that they are willing to attack the very notion of tolerance out of a fear that our community will be also be respected.

Unless we act now, the “We are Family” music video that features Barney, Big Bird and SpongeBob singing a message of mutual respect and togetherness will not be distributed in Broward County schools.

According the the Anti-defamation League which produced and distributed the video to over 61,000 school districts, Broward joins a list of just five districts in the country to reject the video.

There is still time to act! The Broward School board can override the misguided decision of the diversity committee and accept the video. Click here to let the school board know you support teaching tolerance to our students.

This attack is part of a carefully orchestrated and well-documented campaign by the far right to impose their religious agenda and make our families invisible.

Their goal is to eliminate every resource for LGBT youth. The same extremists speaking out against this simple video are the ones who oppose any anti-bullying laws that include LGBT students.

The diversity committee refusing to use a video that teaches diversity is like the fire department refusing to use water to put out fires.

This video teaches children to be kind toward everyone. The far right believes some of us do not deserve kindness or respect. That’s what they would teach our children.

The far right may be using the gay community today to attack the idea of diversity – but look how far they are willing to go. They won’t allow any discussion of respect, kindness, tolerance, fairness or diversity in our schools, not even a happy song by Big Bird and Barney.

Please take a moment and and send a letter to the Broward School Board now.

Thank you.

Nadine Smith,
Executive Director
Equality Florida

When: Wednesday, July 20, 7:00
Where: Sunserve, 1480 SW 9th Avenue
(Directions: From Davie Boulevard, between I-95 and Federal Highway, turn South on Southwest 9th. The Sunshine Cathedral campus is on your left and our meeting is upstairs behind the pink door*.)

Miami Herald article

Editorial from the Sun Sentinal

Watch the video online here

* keren says: hahahaha piiink!