http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/silence.asp I refer here to the *reaction* to the idea that kids choosing a quiet, nonviolent form of political expression is:
a. bad
b. inappropriate
c. "promoting the homosexual agenda" -- as though you'll catch gay by being handed a card (by someone who might not even BE gay, but merely supportive) that contains nothing but truth.
And I don't mean "biblical" truth, but honest, verifiable everyday truth. Kids are kept silent by harassment, ostracized, and frankly, oppressed -- purely because their peers (and occasionally their teachers) SUSPECT they might possibly be a bit different. And in some horrid places, it's sanctioned by teachers and the hate is buttressed by supposed "men of god".
Grrr.