Ban Groups with Anti-Gay Agendas From Iowa Schools
School officials in Dunkerton, Iowa, have found themselves in the midst of a controversy after anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean performed at the town's high school on March 8, 2012.
After Dean's Junkyard Prophet band, a Christian heavy metal/rap group, performed they broke the students up into a number of groups, boys, girls and teachers. Administrators had been expecting a presentation on anti-violence, anti-drug and anti-bullying themes, but instead the girls were reportedly told that they would have mud on their wedding dresses unless they were virgins and that they should take a submissive roll in their marriages.
Students also said that they were shown images of aborted fetuses and of AIDS patients who were said to be "suffering the effects of the disease." Students and also teachers reported that those who tried to leave were "shouted down, mocked and intimidated."
Groups with an anti-gay agenda of hate like Junkyard Prophet should be banned from Iowa public schools.
We, the undersigned, request that groups with an anti-gay message of hate not be invited -- be banned -- from performing at schools in Iowa. School officials in Dunkerton, Iowa, have found themselves in the midst of a controversy after anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean performed at the town's high school on March 8, 2012. After Dean's Junkyard Prophet band, a Christian heavy metal/rap group, performed they broke the students up into a number of groups, boys, girls and teachers. Administrators had been expecting a presentation on anti-violence, anti-drug and anti-bullying themes, but instead the girls were reportedly told that they would have mud on their wedding dresses unless they were virgins and that they should take a submissive roll in their marriages. Students also said that they were shown images of aborted fetuses and of AIDS patients who were said to be "suffering the effects of the disease." Students and also teachers reported that those who tried to leave were "shouted down, mocked and intimidated."Groups with an anti-gay agenda of hate like Junkyard Prophet should be banned from Iowa public schools. Their message is not educational but ideological and promoting misinformation and a message of hate.
