BC Parents Will Have to Lie to Keep Kids out of Gay Advocacy

BC Parents Will Have to Lie to Keep Kids out of Gay Advocacy Curriculum

by Hilary White

VANCOUVER, September 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – BC’s Province newspaper, reports that parents in BC may not be allowed to opt their children out of school programmes promoting the homosexual lifestyle under the rubric of “respecting diversity”.

Surrey School Board Trustee, Heather Stillwell, predicted that the result of the legislation, denounced as coercive by activists, will be parents coming up with creative ways to keep their children out of the classes.

“Every year,” Stillwell told the Province, “there are lots of personal arrangements made between teachers and parents to let kids opt out of certain parts of classes that might not be helpful to those students," Stilwell said.

“This ... is going to take away that freedom. Parents are going to be forced to make a lot of daytime dental appointments to free their kids.”

“What it will force them to do is lie,” Stilwell told reporters. “There’ll be a loss of confidence in the community.”

As a result of a Human Rights Commission case brought by two homosexual men, a “married” gay couple called Murray and Peter Corren, the two men have been granted an extraordinary say in all school curricula from kindergarten to grade 12 in British Columbia schools. Their role is to ensure that all courses are inclusive and gay-friendly.

Although even government spokesmen were unable to say clearly what role the men will play, they two activists are likely to be in an exclusive position to decide what material and whose “experts” are consulted in the government’s curriculum review process.

The Education Ministry has ordered schools to comply with the Alternative Delivery Policy that outlines the reasons parents may withdraw children from school lessons. The restriction of those reasons to exclude any homosexual advocacy was part of the deal worked out between the government and the two men.

Stillwell is warning government that the requirements will put parents into an untenable conflict over their duty to protect their children.

“A strict application would say the teacher can’t (allow children to opt out), and we know that’s not right,” Stilwell said. “All of this time, we have made accommodations for parents and students. (The ministry’s) not looking at the wider ramifications.”

Murray Corren called for the new K-12 curriculum to include, “Queer history and historical figures, the presence of positive queer role models -- past and present -- the contributions made by queers to various epochs, societies and civilizations and legal issues relating to (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) people, same-sex marriage and adoption.”

The development imposes yet another extraordinary exception from normal rules because it has been insisted upon by gay activists. Homosexual activists have won special exceptions from laws regarding public nudity, sexual solicitation, public sex acts, group sex in their so-called "bath houses", normal medical safeguards to contain the transmission of dangerous communicable diseases, the posting of sexually explicit billboards and much more. B.C. children are certain to be gradually desensitized by the across the board school curricula changes to become accepting of these practices and other aspects of the highly sexualized gay culture.
Corren objected that allowing parents to remove their children from the classes will defeat the whole object of the exercise.

"There's no point in us making the curriculum more queer-positive if people can take their kids out," Peter Corren told the Province yesterday. “This is the public education system. The School Act is quite clear ... religion does not play a role in what is taught. We just want the policy to be followed.”

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Ah Canada where we have the 3R's

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Oh no. God forbid that kids learn that it's not Ok to hate homosexuals as the writers of this article would prefer.

Yeah that's what schools are for; first thing I look for when hiring people is that.

I'm a liberal kind of guy and pretty gay-friendly, but I think giving the entire school cirriculum to a couple of activists to see what they think is a little ludicrous. I have no problem teaching about people that have fought for gay rights, or for teaching about the oppressionof gay people in our culture. But "outing" historical figures who's acomplishments had nothing to do with their sexuality doesn't sit well with me.

When I'm written about in history books for my colossal contributions to internet chat forums, I'd like to be remembered for my amazingly powerful and insightful posts, not for some aspect of my sexuality, such as, for example, my unnatural attraction to goats.

This is outrageous. Two non-elected persons dictated a PUBLIC school curriculum. Last I checked and I could be wrong, but a public school was not supposed to be a forum for niche interests. If the gays want to teach kids that their lifestyle is acceptable, have them open their own schools. But I'll be damned if individuals with no culpability to the electorate can dictate school policy in the public system. It's public for all, not for a few.

What does that have to do with school? If people want to learn about that can learn it outside of school. I don't think homosexual views should be forced on society or their lifestyle choices. I do not approve of homosexuality and probably never will and would never want to have to learn about it or have children be forced to learn about it.

I agree with you themasta. It appears that the Gay Community upon receiving Equal Rights regarding marrage now want Preferential Treatment. Forcing their Sexual Agenda on non-gays in the School, holy hanna does this smell like Political Correctness gone amok or what. Sex should be taught in Health Class, and no where else should the plucking Gay Community have a say on what is taught in the Class Room. This defies belief.

The Gay Lobbiest have won most of their battles, now they have nothing to fight for so they are now devising ways to force joe public to extend their Gay Rights into Preferential Treat. The media circus on the Gay Olympics was just stupid, stupid and dumb. Elietism to the extreme me thinks.

Here's the problem, if you say one word about this you're labeled a homophobe before you blink once. Then if you smear the fags for calling you a homophobe you get charged with a hate crime. You think they are getting it up the butt, all of Canada is. Thanks Liberals you really know how to screw a country.

There is no reason to have this in school. If you’re born with this problem (like they say) no schooling is needed.

I'd like to see the schools teach a few things in addition to traditional subjects. First and foremost, lots of critical thinking skills. But that's off-topic.

I don't think there's anything wrong with teaching toleration of those who are different, I think that's an extremely positive thing. I feel that it's counterproductive, though, to single out any group for such treatment. Any time you do something for a particular sort of person, you're neglecting the others, and there are way too many sorts of people in the world to cover them all.

So just encourage kids to put aside bigotry against those who are different in whatever way. If you want people to be treated equally and fairly, a logical starting point is to treat them equally and fairly yourself -- no singling anyone out.

I certainly cant see why two gay guys are allowed to say what can and cannot be taught in classrooms myself. And I suppose parents should have the right to disallow certain things be taught to thier kids....but at the same time they shouldnt. I dont hear about parents raving about thier kids learning about math or social studies or about certain subjects in history. I dunno I suppose parents have a say if kids learn about sex ed.... this shouldnt be much different?

To me a simple compromise is not focus on homosexuality but dont NOT teach it either. If its relevant in some manner to the subject at hand then teach it. Teach kids what its about but there is no need to go into detail. Show children that it is an acceptable way of life, and that homosexuals should be treated as equally as hetero.

To me homosexuality should not be kept out of schools. It should not be looked upon as a bad thing. Nor should it be put above other subjects or other groups. I dont really understand why people have to push things and then push them to far. Equality in society is all one can ask for and all one should really need in an accepting society.

All that being said, I dont think to much should be taken from that "unbiased" site...

"LifeSite emphasizes the social worth of traditional Judeo-Christian principles but is also respectful of all authentic religions and cultures that esteem life, family and universal norms of morality. "

Im pretty sure theres another side to the story. One MUCH different than the one portrayed there.