Brokeback Curriculum

Substitute Teacher shows Brokeback Mountain to 8th grade class. Parents are mocked for objecting.

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News & Politics

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• brokeback
• mountain
• movie
• children

[Clemburke1111]

I agree BrokeBack Moutain is too much for any child, but I think any love story straight, or gay that shows sex is too much. I am a 48 yr old firefighter and served in the AF and I have raised my Adopted Daughter who is fully blind, and I am a gay man. I do not hink Homosexuality has any thing to do with this .

[ahermitt]

I agree with you 100%.... I don't think kids should be exposed to any kind of sexuality at a young age.

[ahermitt]

Mmmmm my kids are 12, and 10, and neither they nor us are interested in seeing that movie. We prefer comedy and cartoons.

My kids are very aware of the movie however, and the fact that it exists does not bother them. It is just not our genre.

[Solfaun]

Congratulations for your excellent analysis and opinion. The world needs more people like you.

[cheshirelizzy]

Thank you so much for being a light in this world!  I really enjoy your videos and they are a great challenge to me. May God bless and keep you and your children!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[sTERCZELA2000]

You are such a well spoken, intelligent person. Thank you for highlighting these problems and making them known. I agree 110%!

[miazagora]

The sub teacher had no right to show those children a movie that they could not get in to see at the theater. What subject was she teaching? Why were they seeing a movie in the first place instead of learning something? Sounds like the sub needs to go back to school.

I couldn't agree more with the statement about kids being made wards of the state in government schools. If they would care so much about teaching academics rather than social engineering, things might get better.

[Puffette]

You are so very clear on things! Thanks for voicing this and being a speaker for parental rights. People in the US have forgotten that their rights end where other's rights begin, and no one, but no one should usurp parental rights.

[Dark417]

I totally agree that a teacher (especially a substitute teacher who knows nothing of the children she will be watching for a day) has no right to show a R-rated movie to 8th graders. That child's parents have all the right to be upset about this. Brokeback Mountain is a very difficult movie to watch, not because of graphic content but because of the emotions the viewer experiences throughout the film. Although it is a powerful and beautiful movie, it is definitely not a film for children.

[QueenJuliana]

4.) In your opinion, at what age would you allow your children to see that film? 5.) Thanks for this vid. QJ