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Teachers Told Not To Say "Mum" Or "Dad"
Guidance materials have been sent out to all teachers, instructing them to avoid assumptions that pupils will have a conventional family background.
It says primary students as young as four should be familiarized with the idea of same-sex couples to help combat homophobic attitudes.
It also states that children who call classmates "gay" should be treated the same as racists as part of a "zero-tolerance" crackdown on the use of the word as an insult.
The instruction includes telling teachers to avoid telling boys to "be a man" or accuse them of "behaving like a bunch of women."
This guidance was produced for the Government in the UK by the gay rights advocacy group, Stonewall, and was launched day before yesterday.
The DAILY MAIL reports that the new material tells teachers that they should, "Not assume that their pupils have a "mum and dad." And should avoid using those words in favor of "parents."
It also instructs teachers, when discussing marriage with secondary students, to educate pupils about civil partnerships and gay adoption rights.
It is suggested that English lessons for teenagers could focus on the emotions of the gay Italian soldier, Carlo, in Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
What is concerning about this, and the reason I bring it to you, is because five years ago, gay lobbyists and lawmakers were having much the same dialog that we are having in Washington State.
The gay lobbyists assured the lawmakers that they only wanted to be protected and would never use the repeal of SECTION 28 as a vehicle to teach homosexuality. SECTION 28 banned the promotion of homosexuality in schools. The lawmakers conceded and repealed the law.
Now, five years later, under the guise of an anti-bullying campaign, they are indoctrinating using information.
Every one would agree that children, under no circumstances, should be allowed to bully other kids.
I think many would also agree with a growing number of concerned citizens in the UK that this appears to be a near reverse bullying tactic, force feeding kids certain information, then having schools, "Encourage gay role models among staff, parents and governors."
The material further states that, "Homosexual staff should be able to discuss their private lives after consultation with the head teacher."
People are now becoming aware that the gay lobby has grown significantly in influence and are expressing concern.
Take a mental picture and make a note to yourself. Unless the gay lobbyists and activist lawmakers are restrained in Washington State, you are looking at the future.
It is not about benefits, bullying, rights or even "marriage," it is about affirming a lifestyle that has been rejected by every major religion in the history of the human race.
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Gary Randall
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10 Comments:
"It is not about benefits, bullying, rights or even "marriage," it is about affirming a lifestyle that has been rejected by every major religion in the history of the human race."
No, Gary it is about benefits, bullying and rights. It's just that since you oppose the first and the last and implicitly endorse the middle one, you are willing to go through great acrobatics to try and make this discussion about ANYTHING but what it is really about; namely benefits, bullying and rights!
Jeff in Bellevue
Great! These activities are all steps in the right direction.
I'm also pleased that the nation seems to be moving in a great direction. The extreme religous right is marginalized. Right wing hate radio has lost their influence over the electorate. Christians seem to be moving back to true Christian fundamentals.
We're on the verge of some great things in this country: national health care, limiting corporate power, helping the poor and bringing back the middle class, a sane foreign policy, etc.
It might be that 8 years of W made things so bad that the corrective U-Turn will be massive. Maybe he was just what we needed.
My oh my, the lord does work in mysterious ways!
Mark in Tigard
The UK's Daily Mail is a sensationalistic tabloid that caters to the right - think rolling The Enquirer together with Fox News Meaning this is some glimmer of truth buried under a refuse pile of demagoguery. A bit of pure intentionally malicious media manipulation that Gary swallowed hook. line, and sinker and repeated it with his own spin.
Am I shocked? Not at all...
One giant point Gary seems to be missing is that in order to be tolerant of others' lives and beliefs, we do not need to accept those lives or beliefs as appropriate choices for our own lives.
Showing respect for others does not first require an indoctrination of their beliefs. It only requires an understanding of our differences and a willingness to make room in society for everyone.
For example, a teacher would be wrong to assume that every child in her class is Muslim. Christians would be up in arms over such a scenario. In order for her to become tolerant of Christians in her class, does she first need to accept Christianity of the “one true faith” or appropriate for her life. I think not.
Similarly, she should not assume that every child has a mother and father. Some have only a single mother or father. Or live with their grandparents. Or, yes, have gay parents.
Unfortunately, gay people are often ostracized by our families and communities, ridiculed by politicians and religious leaders as morally deficient, and in extreme cases murdered, fired, and evicted from our homes because of who we are. Gay kids are especially called out for ridicule in their classes and amongst their peers, and face some of the highest suicide rates among youngsters. Children of gay parents also face ridicule and laughter. That’s why hate crimes and anti-bullying laws are necessary.
Unfortunately, Christians have faced similar discrimination in society. That is why we protect “religious beliefs” in our hate crime and anti-discrimination laws. Does that mean that each of us is required to accept Christianity as valid? Are we being indoctrinated? No, of course not.
We are only admitting that Christians face discriminatory hardships and should be specially called out for protections. We are, in effect, setting aside our own personal choices for a moment, and accepting that others may make different personal choices for themselves. If I expect them to be respectful of my life and choices, I need to do the same for them. You can’t get any more American than that.
Same goes for race, marital status, disability status, veteran status, etc. These are all choices and conditions for which people have faced discrimination and now are protected in law.
Gary says that children under no circumstances should bully other children. That’s a good first step. But stopping the bullying while feeding the underlying intolerance will not help anyone. It only sweeps the problem under the rug. One does not need to accept others’ choices or lives as valid for their own lives in order to be tolerant of them. Gary, you can still be a good Christian and realize that it is not only Christians who should be tolerated and free to live their lives free of ridicule and condemnation.
Tony
And for those interested I have been able to research the actual situation:
This is part of a total package anti-bullying initiative for the UK school systems. You can read about the full Safe to Learn program here.
As for as the program's documentation about homophobic bullying you can download the actual PDF included in advisory package here.
As you can see it is all about considerations and methods, not mandates, designed to protect children. But don't think Gary was the only one deceived - I found in my research a Catholic advocacy site that was declaring it was mandatory not to refer to 'mums or dads'.
Wasn't it Mother Theresa that said she didn't judge others because it 'brought out the little Hitler inside'? Look how quickly those with an agenda morph anti-bullying advice into some sort of 'attack on heterosexuality'. It really is so very easy to fall into unreasoning hatred isn't it?
Deceived? No YOU are deceived! You are allowing the gay community to 'get into your face' and saying--"hey--accept me--no choice--accept us as we are, even though it's not accepted by God's principles!" "We demand to change the laws, so we can have the same rights as 'authentic marriages". "We demand allowing our agenda be taught in schools to young children, even head start programs." (recently a teacher shared this with me, and she quit teaching in this program) NO--you are the one being deceived, you are the one being brained washed, you are the one making US look like the 'bad guys' for standing up for God's principles. It's NOT the people, it's the laws that are our concern. Our concern also is for those who are caught up in this 'movement', and pray for them, and have 'unconditional' love for them. However, as with our children, we can't 'allow' misbehaviours that affect our very important instituion--authentic marriages--one man/one women only! Live in peace (live and let live)--but leave out LAWS alone!
::sigh:: this is a secular nation founded on a foundation of religious freedom with a government that exists to serve the people, all the people.
Saying you want the laws to only support your religion, to only kowtow to your sect's precepts is about as unAmerican as you can get.
You don't want to be married to someone of the same gender, then don't be! Its really quite simple. But you this article is about acknowledging the fact that some kids don't have 'a mum and a dad' as their parents. Pretending every child does hurts them and their parents
Practice your religion as you please but don't say the government has to pretend yours is right.
anon 9:42am...
You might want to rethink your request to leave the laws alone. For example, in Oregon, the law didn't stipulate opposite sexes for marriage, hence a change in the law was enacted via Measure 36.
So, in reality, it is your side not leaving the laws alone....
"As you can see it is all about considerations and methods"
Oshtur your link showed links to advocacy for groups with basically one perspective . Gay Lesbian month is something we should be teaching in public schools ?
Since when is bullying been a homosexual only problem ? Just having a Christian Bullying program sponsored by the same people advocating for an a Christian Study Month would send up a flag to me .
Are you this brainwashed in thinking this is not an agenda , or are you promoting it and think your actually fooling anyone ?
"Sigh"
Thanks For quoting Mother Thersea , but is she also narrow like Gary for supporting life , being against state supported suicide .
To repect a person , you need to be able to not want them to be bullied regardless who they are .
This organization seems to think certain perspectives , beliefs out weigh others at times .
So do you.
But they believe their views are better , you come on as though your just innocent as all heck and just being some kind of crusader to stop false hoods .
This time you proved yourself wrong with the very information you shared .
Mick did you even bother to ready the sites? I submitted these links because they are the REAL story, not the one crafted by Gary and 'The Daily Mail'.
As you should know from reading the site The Safe to Learn program covers all types of bullying with special materials on religious, racial, homophobic and others.
The Daily Mail and Gary have misrepresented a situation to you but you can't be bothered to even look at what the real situation is even when the links are hand fed to you. The situation isn't even close to what Gary or The Daily Mail said and you don't even seem to care! You haven't just proven yourself wrong, you've proven yourself willfully ignorant and so in the grip of demagogues there's not much hope for you at all.
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