Kameron Slade is a 10-year-old boy from Queens who wrote a speech for a competition two months ago at school. The school's principal would not allow Slade to give his speech, deeming it too controversial. The reason? Kameron Slade wrote a speech supporting marriage equality.
But the boy has now been given quite an impressive audience, the New York City Council, to share his words. The New York Times has the story:
Wearing a pressed gray suit, black shoes and a purple shirt and tie, Kameron Slade, 10, fidgeted slightly before his name was called in the City Council chambers on Wednesday. He approached the microphone set before the room full of politicians, lowered his head to the papers he clutched in his hands and began to speak.
The Times also reports that Slade was eventually allowed to give his speech at school at a separate assembly. But that was only after the Department of Education stepped in.
The boy's mother helped him brainstorm and pick the topic of marriage equality for his speech. She told The Times, "Sometimes we’ll be walking down the street and we’ll see two men or two women holding hands; and he gets that. I want my children to be accepting."
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I wonder if this Mom who wants her children to be accepting will want her son to be queer? A 10 year old child who isn't going to enter puberty for another two or three years is not exactly an authority to be listened to, but this is what our education systems with its "Johnny has two Mommies" and "Debbie has two Daddies" sexual diversity curriculum produces, indoctrinated children who don't have a clue that the sexual issues involved are an aberration of nature, and meant as a practice of hedonistic pleasure only with no social worth.
This boy isn't talking about sex, hes speaking of the love that two people can have for each other no matter if it's between two males, two females or a male and a female. It blows my mind that a ten year old can have a mind so open and accepting of things that he is unfamiliar with. This world is full of ignorant people who feel the need to keep others for being happy because they are not happy with themselves. I hope this little boy can inspire many.
I don't think he will make it in the largest youth group in the World, The Boy Scouts, Clayton.
Uh, Keith (I suspect this might be a waste of breath)... did you even listen to what Kameron had to say or did the condemnation just come automatically, given your closed mind and homophobia?
It's past time you accepted the fact that people are not 'indoctrinated' to one sexual orientation or another... we are the way we're born.
The youth group you mention is a whole different subject. I don't believe in their bigotry. I applaud the Eagle Scouts who have returned their awards with letters stating why, and wish more would follow suit. The BSA has a shameful, disgusting leadership who just may have a bit of homophobia.
You should take some time to read the book to which your huge, run-on second sentence refers instead of believing the propaganda you've been fed.