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Scooter wrote:Just shows that how things work on the board are not the same as how things work in your house.


(ducks)

Jasmine has [...] also learned to write – presumably on a computer, pioneered by a homosexual (Alan Turing) and created with the aid of science-y stuff like evolution that she doesn’t believe in.

Scooter wrote:I saw that piece reprinted in one of the gay rags I read online. It surely shows off the benefits of homeschooling - no other students have to deal with having this evolutionary throwback in their class.

rubato wrote: The writing is too sophisticated for a 14-year old, and the total piece is obviously a send-up.

A controversial letter to the editor written by North Canterbury teenager Jasmin Harrison has attracted international attention.

Jasmin Harrison, 14, wrote to the Northern Outlook in a letter published on Oct 3, stating her views on homosexuality and the damage she claimed it would do to human evolution.

''If you believe in evolution, you can't be in favour of homosexuality,'' she said. ''It could threaten the human position on the evolutionary ladder.''

If humans allow same sex marriage, species such as ducks could surpass humans in evolution, she said.

Her letter was published on Kiwiblog and by New Zealand blogger Christopher Banks, who shared her letter on his gay men's support blog, Bi-polar Bear, commenting: "If anything, this letter is proof that precociousness is not something to be universally encouraged. This letter sets the gold standard for why children should be seen and not heard, and preferably not seen."

The letter attracted hundreds of comments to online sites and yesterday the attention of the well-known American online news site, the Huffington Post.

The Huffington Post, known for its publication of internet phenomenon and popular culture, described her letter as a "bizarre anti-gay rant" which had attracted a fiery response.

In the wake of widespread criticism, Jasmin's mother, Lennie Harrison, told the Northern Outlook she was amused her daughter's homeschooling project had attracted so much attention.

''We started out talking about how letters to the editor used to be very stiff and formal,'' she said.

''Nowadays, you can express all kinds of opinions in them and it's been very interesting to see the reactions in the paper.''

She said her daughter was well spoken, but not outspoken, and was a committed Christian, seeing things from that perspective where possible.

''Jasmin would probably say that this kind of response is in God's hands now and just carry on.''

Many of you thought it was a hoax, and fair enough – the Internet is full of rubbish. But this morning I received the following email from Geoff Mein, editor of the Northern Outlook, in response to some questions I sent him about how the letter came to be published and if it was kosher:


Hi Christopher…

The letter is real.

It was submitted by Jasmin, and because of her age we checked with her mother before publishing it.

Regards

Geoff Mein, Editor

Jason P.
New Mexico
October 13, 2012

She had to choose ducks, in particular… That’s great. Ducks are SO gay, and I mean that literally. Both male and female ducks have been spotted engaging in homosexual behavior. They court each other, have sex, engage in pair-bonding activities, and even parent together. Their level of gayness (on a scale of incidental to moderate to primary is ranked as “moderate” and it’s been seen happening in the wild, semi-wild, and in captivity. Up to 19% of all mate pairs are homosexual. Furthermore, some are bi, and some even form “trio-bonds,” while lasting male-female pairings are rare.. (Source: Biological Exuberance, by Bruce Bagemihl, PhD. It’s the encyclopedia of animal gayness.) Further-furthermore, at least one duck has engaged in homosexual necrophilia (article here: http://www.nmr.nl/nmr/binary/retrieveFi ... le=default) Take that, Jasmin! I hope she repents and changes her silly ways.

House MD
October 14, 2012

Heterosexuality has been practiced for millions of years. It is time we learned from history and not be stuck with copying ancient behavior.

If not, then the … lesbian lizards who reproduce parthenogenetically will take over world.

Jasmine H’s father.
Neverschooled, Scargil

Scooter wrote:I saw that piece reprinted in one of the gay rags I read online. It surely shows off the benefits of homeschooling - no other students have to deal with having this evolutionary throwback in their class.