Oh May--Month of flowers, couples holding hands to make you feel bad about yourself, and of course the usual craziness on campus.

Campaign unmasks ‘comprehensive’ Sex Ed
The National Abstinence Education Association has launched a campaign to “educate” parents about the dangers of comprehensive sex-ed classes (classes that teach anything except abstinence).

4-30
Republican Group Asks for Protest Permit
Berkeley College Republicans have applied for the permit that Code Pink has to protest outside the local Marine recruiting center. The council will vote on the application on May 20.

5-5
Phyllis Schlafly shelled by college flak
Activists are protesting Washington University’s decision to give an honorary degree to Phyllys Schlafly, who gives such glowing pearls of wisdom as “[Feminists] want preferential treatment for women in jobs that most women don’t want and are really more suitable for men.” Classy!

5-6
Friends or Foes
The Liberty Counsel launched the completely unpolemically named “Friend or Foes” Graduation Prayer Campaign, which hands out red bracelets that say “I will pray” to remind the wearers to pray during graduation.

School Board Approves Bible Class for high school
Students will be able to study the Bible at Craig County High School. Former school board member Fay Powers pointed out, “Satan is here in Craig County High School. We fight Satan every day.”

5-14
Schlafly: University apologizes to community, but says will give Schlafly degree as promised.

Schlafly calls protestors “a bunch of bitter women” and says, "It was 25 years ago that we buried the Equal Rights Amendment and they are still whining about it."

Students protest outside of Wash U's Chancellor Mark Wrighton’s house

5-17
Hundreds turn their back on Schlafly at ceremony.
Hundreds(!) of faculty and students wearing white armbands turned their back from Phyllis Schlafly as she got an honorary degree at Washington University. I guess she felt bad that “housewife” wasn’t listed as one of the career paths that graduates would be embarking on.

5-19
Many high school biology teachers still teach creationism.
One in eight United States high school teachers presents creationism as a valid alternative to evolution, says a poll published in the Public Library of Science Biology.

5-20
University sued for teaching science. Galileo rolls eyes, over in grave.
“Two professors at the University of California, Berkeley, are being sued over a government funded website that promotes evolution.”

5-21
Principal quits job over ‘gay’ alliance
A poor downtrodden man fighting against the odds finally quits as high school principal after being required to allow a Gay-Straight Alliance to form. Oh the humanity!

5-22
Families sue Catholic school over English Only Policy
Four Hispanic families are suing St. Anne’s Catholic School in Wichita, Kansas, over a policy that requires students to speak English at all times while at school. What do they do during french class?

5-23

Hogwarts is totally in California.

The Southern Baptist Convention has called on parents to “rescue” their children from “pagan schools” (public schools) in California as long as there’s any pro-homosexual legislation in the state. But how will they explain to their kids why Dumbledore isn't married?

Mamas, don’t let your daughters grow up to be Smithies
Conservative writes an attack on Smith College after they successfully block an antigay academic from speaking.

5-26
The new face of judicial tyranny
“The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a threat that longtime homeschoolers know well. If ratified by the United States Senate, it would ban spanking in our country. Homeschooling would no longer be governed by state law, but by a 10-member committee of child welfare ‘experts’ in Geneva.”

5-27
Horowitz comes to UC Santa Cruz
David Horowitz spoke at UCSC on the 27th and had to deal with dozens of protestors as well as a counter-event teach-in. The below article was written (surprise!) for frontpagemag, the online news service that is published and edited by Horowitz. The article is about as balanced and impartial as you might expect.

5-28
Liberals Dominate Commencement Ceremonies at Top Universities (Again)
Jason Mattera of the Young Americans Foundation has just posted a “study” of political leanings of commencement speakers.