From Colorado Springs, a report the local school board has drawn up one of those seemingly bland "feel-good" initiatives that actually contains a much more disturbing agenda:

From ABC7 News - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The debate over gay marriage has reached the Colorado Springs school board, which will discuss whether one of its goals should be promoting "stable, heterosexual, two-parent families."

Board member Willie Breazell got the resolution on Wednesday's agenda despite the skepticism of at least one other board member. "How does this relate to our goal of student achievement?" board member Karen Teja asked. "I think it's part of the problem we have in this district," Breazell replied.

Two other school trustees agreed to put the resolution on the agenda, giving Breazell the three informal votes needed. The proposed resolution asks Colorado Springs' delegation to the Legislature to promote state policy "which defines, defends, maintains and nourishes stable, heterosexual, two-parent families." Breazell said Thursday he believes families are better off if parents stay together. "The single-parent household is at a tremendous disadvantage in our society," he said. "You need someone available for PTA meetings and all."

Teja said the school district is responsible for the learning environment, not the family environment.

"My guess is that the majority of our students do not live in what this resolution is calling a 'traditional' family," she said. Teja questioned whether the resolution would run afoul of state and federal bans on discrimination.

Yes, two-parent households are preferable to single parent households, for many reasons other than having "someone available for PTA meetings and all," but I fail to see how the school board plans to "promote heterosexual families" without discriminating against gay families.

Will this initiative involve parent-school meetings where people are told, "...you know, it would be a really good idea if you found yourself a real husband/wife," or, "the reason little Johnny's having trouble in school is because you're gay"? Will partners of the "wrong sex" be discouraged or shunned from the aforementioned PTA meetings? And for that matter, single or divorced parents have enough to worry about without having school administrators meddling in their personal romantic lives. Does the school board plan on getting involved in matchmaking and divorce mediation?

In fact, I fail to see how parental marriages and relationships are any of the school board's business whatsoever. Colorado Springs school board, you need to put your money, your efforts and concerns into your classrooms, not parents' bedrooms.

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