What should Gov. Swift do about Fistgates I and II? 

April 13, 2001

Is there anything the Governor can do to satisfy those pesty, concerned parents who threatened Cellucci's appointment to Canada? 

It’s very simple. All she has to do is to stop the “indoctrination” of children and begin “teaching” them. We all know what the difference is. 

If the Governor believes that homosexuality is a subject that must be taught in every school in the state, she should be sure that all the different sides are being presented to the children. She could show her good faith by doing the following. 

• Hire medical doctors (probably on a part-time basis) to teach the risks of homosexuality to the students at every school. 

• Hire former homosexuals who are now heterosexual and who believe that homosexuals can and do change. The Governor may not agree with them, but how can she deny their existence? 

• Get the famous psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Spitzer, who spearheaded the fight in 1973 to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. Have him come from New York and talk to Massachusetts teachers about his new findings that homosexuals can change. 

• Require gay/straight alliances to teach all sides of the subject. 

Since most conservatives are also libertarians, one must wonder whether the Weld/Cellucci approach of making this a subject of state control is appropriate. The best answer is to give control back to the parents where it belongs. However, inasmuch as the state has taken control, the Governor is required to show good faith by making it a real learning experience. 

The lessons of Fistgates I and II appear to be that the homosexual activists who are in charge have betrayed our trust by not teaching about “safety” and “suicide” and have, instead, turned this into a graphic sexual introduction for vulnerable teenagers.

They may not be hurting your kid directly as far as you can see, but it is certainly damaging our society. If only our new Governor realizes that.