[NotOurKids.com, is a website designed for fundie parents to have resources to 'combat' the national Day of Silence, a student organized day of silence to reflect the violence committed against GBLT youth. Below is the 'sample letter' parents are encouraged to use to keep their kids out of school on that day:]

[Date]

Dear [_______________________________],

Due to the administration’s decision to allow the politicization of the learning environment through GLSEN’s (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) Day of Silence, we feel compelled to keep our child/children out of school on Wednesday, April 18, 2007.

The administration errs when it allows the learning environment to be disrupted and politicized by granting students permission to remain silent throughout an entire day. The homosexual Day of Silence’s protesters have a captive audience, many of whom disagree with and are made uncomfortable by the politicization of their classroom. How many political protests will the school allow, and who decides which political issue will be allowed to disrupt the educational process?

The Day of Silence participants have a First Amendment right to wear t-shirts, put up posters, and set up tables on which they provide their information. However, the Day of Silence participants go even further by usurping the classroom of every student in every class for an entire day in the service of their controversial philosophical and political purposes. Their silence, and in some cases, the silence of their teachers, transforms the activities and the learning environment of the entire school day.

Administrations must allow for appropriate ways for students to express their views while protecting the classroom from intrusive, political and morally controversial exploitation.

Allowing this disruptive Day of Silence protest to take place is completely unacceptable.

Respectfully,

[Your Name]