[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Pages 31310-31311]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         OBAMA'S RISKY-SEX CZAR

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, the silence of the administration and, 
indeed, the House of Representatives on

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the subject of a senior presidential appointee to the Department of 
Education is astonishing. Kevin Jennings needs to be replaced. He needs 
to be replaced today. The so-called Safe Schools czar appointed by the 
Obama administration to the Department of Education is dangerous for 
our school children.
  An editorial in yesterday's Washington Times titled ``Obama's risky-
sex czar''--now, I don't know that I've ever seen an editorial in a 
major newspaper that came with a bolded warning, just like a new FDA 
drug: This editorial includes discussion of topics that are sexually 
graphic. Under usual circumstances, we would never entertain these 
subjects or the language involved. In this case, however, a very 
unusual exception must be made because the issues are central to the 
background of a senior presidential appointee in the United States 
Department of Education who is in a position to influence how and what 
our children are taught in our Nation's schools. Please do not read any 
further if you will be offended by the sexually graphic language.
                                    Congress of the United States,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                 Washington, DC, December 9, 2009.
     Re Kevin Jennings.

     President Barack Obama,
     The White House,
     Washington, DC.
     Secretary Arne Duncan,
     Department of Education,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear President Obama and Secretary Duncan: Enclosed for 
     your reference is an editorial written in today's The 
     Washington Times. The individual who is the subject of this 
     article is someone with whom you are familiar, as he is a 
     presidential appointee to the U.S. Department of Education.
       On at least one prior occasion, my fellow Members and I 
     have written to you regarding the type of behavior that Mr. 
     Jennings has been promoting to our school-age children; 
     however, the premise of the enclosed The Washington Times 
     editorial heightens the complete lack of regard this 
     Administration has followed regarding sexual relationships 
     between adults and children.
       Must I remind you that such behavior is never ``okay''--and 
     is illegal.
       The fact that this Administration stands by quietly while 
     Mr. Jennings goes out into the public, under the cloak of 
     protection of a presidential appointment, and informs our 
     schoolchildren on behavior which is not only unspeakable, it 
     is criminal.
       This letter is about a grown man. Kevin Jennings, teaching 
     school children as young as 14 years-of-age, that it is okay 
     for them to have sex with grown adults. Mr. President, this 
     is never okay. The callousness of this type of instruction is 
     further evidenced by his relationship, and subsequent 
     endorsement, of an individual who has an organization whose 
     sole purpose is to advocate sexual relationships between 
     grown men and adolescents. This activity is not one, and can 
     never be one, in which the U.S. Department of Education 
     promotes either by omission, through action or commission 
     through silence.
       The silence of this Administration with regards to Kevin 
     Jennings cannot stand. He must be fired and must be fired 
     today.
       There are plenty of knowledgeable, honorable, respected and 
     forceful advocates of your policies who could ably fill this 
     job. Kevin Jennings is not that person, has never been that 
     person and must not stay that person.
       I respectfully request you remove him today and then submit 
     an appropriate nomination to the U.S. Senate for his 
     replacement.
           With kinds regards,
                                               Michael C. Burgess.

               [From the Washington Times, Dec. 9, 2009]

                         Obama's Risky-Sex Czar

       Warning: This editorial includes discussion of topics that 
     are sexually graphic. Under usual circumstances, we would 
     never entertain these subjects or the rancid language 
     involved. In this case, however, a very unusual exception 
     must be made because the issues are central to the background 
     of a senior presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of 
     Education who is in a position to influence how and what our 
     children are taught in our nation's schools. Thus far, out of 
     fear or squeamishness, there has been public hesitance to 
     examine closely the beliefs of this individual because many 
     are afraid even to touch the risky content. Our scruples 
     cannot be used against us when traditional moral precepts 
     need to be defended. Simply, the deep level of depravity 
     involved in this subject cannot be portrayed without 
     providing a couple of examples to illustrate the 
     inappropriate content. Please do not read any further if you 
     will be offended by sexually graphic language.
       The Obama administration is stonewalling serious inquiries 
     about sexual filth propagated by a senior presidential 
     appointee who is responsible for promoting and implementing 
     federal education policy. Democrats clearly are terrified of 
     ruffling the feathers of their activist homosexual 
     supporters, who are an influential part of the Democratic 
     party's base. This scandal, however, is not merely about 
     homosexual behavior; it is about promoting sex between 
     children and adults--and it's time for President Obama to 
     make clear that abetting such illegal perversion has no place 
     in his administration.
       It is curious why White House officials and Education 
     Secretary Arne Duncan believe it's worth it politically to 
     continue taking arrows for defending Kevin Jennings, who is 
     Mr. Obama's controversial ``safe schools czar.'' The evidence 
     suggesting he is unfit to serve as a senior presidential 
     appointee is startling and plentiful. It was revealed this 
     week that Mr. Jennings was involved in promoting a reading 
     list for children 13 years old or older that made the most 
     explicit sex between children and adults seem normal and 
     acceptable. This brought up anew Mr. Jennings' past 
     controversies, such as his seeming encouragement of sex 
     between one of his high school students and a much older man 
     as well as his praise for Harry Hay, a notorious supporter of 
     the North American Man Boy Love Association.
       But there is more. There are shocking new revelations this 
     week of tape recordings from a youth conference involving 14-
     year-old students. The conference, billed as a forum to 
     encourage tolerance of homosexuality, was sponsored by Mr. 
     Jennings' organization and was held at Tufts University in 
     March 2000. Mr. Jennings was executive director of the Gay, 
     Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) from its 
     founding in 1995 until August 2008. The conference sessions 
     appear to have had less to do with promoting tolerance and 
     more to do with teaching children how to engage in sex.
       Andrew Breitbart's Biggovernment.com provides tapes of some 
     of the sessions. Describing the subject matter as smut would 
     be putting it lightly. The conference discussions were very 
     graphic and cannot be relayed in full detail in a family 
     newspaper. A few examples are sufficient to describe the 
     depravity of the subject matter. During one session about 
     oral sex, a presenter asked the 14-year-old students: ``Spit 
     or swallow? Is it rude?'' In another session, the 14-year-
     olds are taught about a gross practice called ``fisting,'' in 
     which ``the man leading the discussion position[ed] his hand 
     and show[ed] 14-year-olds how to insert their entire hand 
     into the rectum of their sex partner.''
       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. 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, Mr. 
     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.

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