Kangaroo ANC
By Richard Urban

 An incredible cultural battle is going on in Washington DC and most of us are not even aware of it.  Homosexual advocates are profoundly affecting policies that impact the health and well being of youth and adults.  I attended my local Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6A meeting on Thursday, September 9 for the purpose of presenting comments regarding a grant application for $1875 for funding the ULTRA Teen Choice Service Club at Eastern Senior High School.  When I stood to offer comments at the beginning, I was told by Joseph Fengler, the chair, that comments would be accepted when the issue came up on the Agenda.

            Later, when the time came, a motion was offered to provide only $135 for photocopies.  However, even this was too much to give to an abstinence based peer counseling program.  He said quickly “There is no second for the motion, next item”.  I said, “That’s ridiculous, you told me to wait, and now there is no comment or discussion on this proposal”.  He babbled about Robert’s rules, and one commissioner asked for discussion.  I made a statement rebutting the objections stated by the review committee, and then, incredulously, there was not even one word of comment by any of the commissioners.  Later in the meeting, I asked the commissioners to go on record as to the reason for their opposition.  Again, not one comment.

            However, two commissioners, Cody Rice and Joseph Fengler told me that they opposed the grant because ULTRA Teen Choice promotes abstinence until marriage and homosexuals cannot get married.  Jessica Ward also said that she opposed it “because it is very exclusive”. 

Do these personal opinions take into account the welfare of the youth?  Do they represent the views of the majority of  the community these commissioners represent?  No.  I know as a fact that a number of constituents called the commissioners in support of this grant, and one of the program youth spoke at the meeting.

            The homosexual agenda, which seeks to legitimize unhealthy behavior, also seeks to foist this agenda on impressionable youth.  There is no scientific evidence that same sex attraction is hereditary. Many psychologists believe that same sex attraction is a learned behavior and that a person can change.  Yet city officials and policies ignore this viewpoint.  The announcement by the Mayor’s office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender affairs that homosexual adults will mentor foster care teens is an example of this. 

            Furthermore, HIV/AIDS and teen pregnancy prevention programs like ULTRA Teen Choice which emphasize abstinence until marriage are discriminated against by those who promote the homosexual agenda.  Those of us who value the institution of marriage between a man and a woman and who value the family need to wake up and get to work..