In the battle for righteousness in the public schools, some courageous Christians are fighting back.  On April 18 of this year, hundreds of thousands of students wore duct tape over their mouths celebrating a "day of silence." They handed out cards explaining that they were participating in "a national youth movement protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies."

This has become an annual event at thousands of high schools and colleges for several years.  It is organized and promoted by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) that has organized thousands of homosexual clubs on school campuses nationwide.

In 2005, some Christian students decided to counter the homosexual message with a "Day of Truth" campaign.  They found legal support from the Alliance Defense Fund, a network of over 600 attorneys nationwide who are on call to educate school officials on students` free speech rights.

ADF set up a web site and supplied T-shirts and other promotional material for students who wished to participate in the "Day of Truth." This year, over 7000 Christian students in schools across the country participated on April 19, the day after the "Day of Silence."  Some school authorities demanded that the Christians turn their T-shirts inside out to hide the Day of Truth message.  Others suspended the Christians outright. 

ADF immediately went to bat for the Christians, pointing out to the school officials that they had allowed the homosexuals to promote their viewpoint and, legally, they must permit the Christians to express their biblical view. David French, senior counsel for ADF, said, "If the school is going to allow one side unfettered free speech on the issue of homosexuality, it has to let the other side speak, too."

The "Day of Silence" and "Day of Truth" are only annual events.  But the pressure is on our students daily to accept and approve the sodomite lifestyle. It is promoted in the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs in the schools and in curriculum, such as "Heather Has Two Mommies" and "Emma and Meesha My Boy," books that promote "lesbian family life" to kindergartners. Although GSA clubs have been mostly in high schools and colleges, a push is on now to establish them in middle schools.

The power of the gospel is the only solution to the wave of perversion washing over our education systems.  Chick tracts such as Sin City explain the error of homosexuality.  For those who fear the reaction to such a confrontive approach, any of the basic gospel tracts can be used.  After all, sodomy is just another sin in God`s eyes. 

Homosexuals claim to have been born that way.  One soul winner replied to that claim: "Yes. I understand.  I was also born a sinner, but I worked out my sin in drugs and alcohol.  But Jesus redeemed me and cleansed me and He can do the same for you."

Tracts like This Was Your Life, The Choice, Li'l Susy, and Somebody Goofed, all present the power of the gospel to deliver from any sin.  If these are sowed liberally into any school, they will be a powerful deterrent to the perverted message of the sodomites.