SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Participating Christian students at more than 700 high schools across the nation will have the opportunity Thursday to take part in the Day of Truth, designed to allow students to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda in their schools by peacefully expressing an opposing viewpoint. The number of registered student participants has doubled over last year’s event.
“The Day of Truth provides an opportunity for participating students to express a different perspective than the Day of Silence,” said ADF President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears. “Allowing the communication of one viewpoint and claiming it’s the only viewpoint is advocating, not educating.”
The Day of Truth is held on the day after the Day of Silence, an event promoted by the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, which asks students to remain silent throughout an entire day to express their support for the homosexual agenda.
Participating students in the non-disruptive Day of Truth, which is sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund, will wear “Day of Truth” T-shirts and hand out cards during school hours, but outside of class time, with the following message:
I am speaking the Truth to break the silence. Silence isn’t freedom. It’s a constraint. Truth tolerates open discussion, because the Truth emerges when healthy discourse is allowed. By proclaiming the Truth in love, hurts will be halted, hearts will be healed, and lives will be saved.
“The Day of Silence seems more concerned about silencing other viewpoints than providing complete information to students,” said Sears. “Silence doesn’t teach anything. However, an open, honest, and respectful discussion allows Truth to rise to the surface.”
Last year, ADF launched the Day of Truth as a nationwide, peaceful, student-led event. For more information on the Day of Truth, visit
www.dayoftruth.org.
ADF is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation.
www.telladf.org www.dayoftruth.org
Related information
ADF Media Clip: Alliance Defense Fund attorney Delia Van Loenen says that students have a constitutional right to participate in the Day of Truth. (15 seconds)