Militant Kindergarten Agenda
Sometimes the silliness just is too much and one wouldn't be able to breathe because one couldn't stop laughing if only it were actually funny.
It seems that the [Montana Congressional] House Education Committee was having hearings on the idea of extending kindergarten to full-day sessions. Apparently things got a wee bit out of hand when various members of the public who wished to testify insisted on making anti-abortion and anti-gay statements instead of talking about day-long kindergarten.
This is how events were related by The Montana Standard in Kindergarten debate sparks gay-rights fight:
Rep. Dan Villa, D-Anaconda, ignited the fight when he asked everyone to limit their testimony to the topic at hand — full-day kindergarten — after two members of the Montana Family Coalition spoke against "alternative lifestyles" and the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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After a brief debate among the lawmakers over what the scope of the hearing should be, retired Helena physician William Wise was ruled out of order when he began his testimony with a reference to abortion. Wise sat down, but popped up again before the hearing closed.
The reason Mr. Wise was so upset — and, it turns out, his justification for how his anti-abortion and anti-gay remarks could have anything at all to do with day-long kindergarten:
After Wise left the hearing, he said he wanted to tell the committee not to support full-day kindergarten, or any other proposal that has the backing of the National Education Association. Wise said he's opposed to the NEA's acceptance of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered.
There you go: now that's what I call a good reason!