Today Is "Day of Silence" In Schools-- Focuses On LGBT Bullying

In schools across the country, today is "National Day of Silence"-- designed to call attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Christianity Today surveys three rather different recommendations on how Christian high schoolers should respond. A college psychology professor, Warren Throckmorton, suggests that Christians can participate to make schools safe without altering their views on sexuality. He wants them to carry cards in school today referencing the Golden Rule. The Illinois Family Institute disagrees, urging parents to take their children out of school for the day so they will not be "complicit in the exploitation of the classroom for partisan political purposes." Alliance Defense Fund wants Christian students to participate in a counter-event on April 20-- the "Day of Truth." Students will wear T-shirts and pass out cards urging gay students to explore changing their sexual orientation.