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Some experts are saying there is a trend in public education toward pro-homosexual programs and curricula that may pose a serious danger to children.

"Radical gender and homosexual advocacy groups influence teacher-training programs dealing with 'sexual orientation' and 'diversity,' creating school environments that are heavily biased against Christian moral teachings," stated Peter LaBarbera, founder of Americans for Truth and executive director of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI).

According to Agape Press (AP), LaBarbera has monitored the homosexual movement for 15 years, with special focus on its “campaign to penetrate schools."

He said groups like GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) and PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) work with pro-homosexual student groups to promote the notion of “inherent homosexual, bisexual, or transgender identity” that may confuse students with sexuality and causing younger and younger students to "come out.”

He added that even grade-school students are being approached with programs and lesson plans about bullying and homosexual parenting.

Christian families are often completely unaware of what is already happening in their community's schools, according to the IFI spokesman. "Most parents, especially those living near big cities, simply have no clue as to the many ways that the 'sexual orientation' agenda works its way into their children's education," he said.

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Psychology professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton, who specializes in sexual orientation, noted that most parents are clueless on this is matter and or that “public school officials collaborate with political activists to attempt to alter the beliefs of school children."

Voddie Baucham, a Christian evangelist from Texas, has recently submitted a new resolution on homosexuality in public schools to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) that calls the Southern Baptists to examine whether there is such pro-homosexual agenda in their local school districts.

He hopes the resolution, co-submitted by author Bruce Shortt, will help to raise awareness among Christian parents and others about what he considers “a crisis in public education.” The proposal encourages every SBC church to investigate whether the local school distric has either a homosexual club or pro-homosexual program and if it does, it further urges the church to inform parents and remove their children immediately.

The Baucham-Shortt resolution, however, does not discourage adult Christians from serving in public schools, but actually commends it, stated AP. However, it urges them to make a greater effort to provide and support Christian educational alternatives to government schools, especially for low-income and single-parent families.

"One of the complaints that is sort of levied against us because of this resolution is that we are somehow insensitive to poor families who cannot afford to send their children to private schools," Baucham said. “One of the things we call for in the resolution is for our churches to provide affordable alternatives to government education. It is not hard to do."