FARMINGTON -- There has been a lot of reaction to a story we ran Tuesday night at 10 regarding a video shown at Farmington's Eagle Bay Elementary.
The video features various celebrities pledging to serve their country by doing things like ending hunger, being good parents and helping their neighbors. The conservative group, Eagle Forum, says the video went too far in promoting the liberal agenda when celebrities pledged to further stem cell research and serve Barack Obama.
Gayle Ruzicka, with the Utah Eagle Forum, said, "I'm very concerned when they show a leftist, liberal political video to elementary-aged children without their parents being notified ahead of time."
The story has gotten a lot of attention. As of noon, KSL.com has logged 673 comments on the story.
Al writes, "That last line about being a servant to our president made me almost throw up! Our president is supposed to be a servant of the people..."
D.H. says, "It's not appropriate to show it to school kids. It's that simple."
On the other side, Wilco 64256 writes, "I'm first in line when it comes to disagreeing with Obama, but I didn't find anything in this video to be particularly upsetting."
And Idealist says, "This was one small instrument used to help motivate children to serve others. The video was not emphasized, helping others was."
So should the school have shown the video without notifying parents? There were 3,617 votes cast online. Thirty-eight percent of responders say yes; 62 percent of them say no.
The principal has apologized for running the video.
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