'Gay' safe-schools czar on way out? Deficit reduction proposal simply cancels $1.8 billion for office

By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

Now a recommendation from the Obama-appointed Fiscal Commission to address the nation's debt is proposing taxpayers save a lot of money by cutting Jennings' office entirely.

The No. 16 point in the draft document recommending cuts states: "Eliminate the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools. In the president's budget, funding for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools is more than double the allocation from 2008. This option eliminates the office, saving about $1.8 billion in 2015."

The analysis noted, "While school safety should be protected, violence and drug abuse are problems that occur far less on school grounds than elsewhere. As CBO points out in the Budget Options Volume 2 report, children are more likely to be victims of violence away from school, and while drug use is more common than violence, it still occurs infrequently on school property."

It continued with criticism that results haven't really been seen from Jennings' operations: "Further, the results hoped for in creation of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools have not been demonstrated."

The move would save an estimated $1.8 billion, a small part of the $200 billion-plus recommended in savings in the draft document.

Mass Resistance, a Massachusetts organization that works to counteract the advance of homosexual activism, has investigated Jennings' background and activities and has described how GLSEN has played a key role in plans to "transgenderize" schools in Maine.

Mass Resistance has launched a petition to have Jennings removed, as has GrassrootsNation.

At the Washington Times, a series of editorials addressed worries over Jennings' influence on children.

"Teaching children sexual techniques is simply not appropriate. Unfortunately, it is part of a consistent pattern by some homosexual activists to promote underage homosexuality while pretending that their mission is simply to promote tolerance for so-called alternative lifestyles," the newspaper said.

"It is outrageous that someone involved in this scandal is being paid by the taxpayers to serve in a high-powered position at the Education Department, of all places. At some point, [Education Secretary Arne] Duncan, Mr. Jennings, Obama administration spokesmen and the president himself are going to have to start answering questions about all this. Refusing to do so won't make the issue go away."