Militant homosexual agenda in schools

'Militant' gay agenda seen in new sex course
Plans On Hold; Conservative Christians call for student boycott

Charles Lewis, National Post; With Files From Canwest News Service

Getty Images Files
The social conservative leaders who led the charge against Ontario's now-postponed overhaul of the province's sex-education curriculum were among many who had complaints about the explicit nature of some of the subject matter, and the young age of some of the children who would be taught it.

But the leaders went a lot further with their concerns, charging the reforms were part of a larger political agenda to make homosexuality more acceptable to society and to influence young children to "practise" homosexuality.

Charles McVety and Brian Rushfeldt, both representing conservative Christian groups, raised warnings this week about Ontario's new Health and Physical Education Curriculum for Grades 1-8, saying it would corrupt children and society. They were calling for a one-day boycott of students and a massive demonstration at Queen's Park.

But yesterday, Dalton Mc-Gunity, the Ontario Premier, said he was putting the plan on hold for further study.

The new plan, which would have come into effect in September, would have introduced discussions about gender identity and same-sex relationships in Grade 3, masturbation in Grade 6 and the dangers of oral, vaginal and anal sex in Grade 7, as well as descriptions of safe-sex practices.

Mr. McVety, president of Canada Christian College in Toronto, said the curriculum must be seen in the larger context of liberal social engineering. "It's not about this curriculum, it's about changing the culture in our schools, Mr. McVety said. "We warned the country about this when same-sex marriage came in. We changed the laws in this country, redefined marriage, the end result now this is coming into our classrooms.

"This is part of a militant homosexual agenda to normalize homosexuality in everyone's mind and thereby promote homosexuality. If we teach our children these things ... guess what? That's what they'll practice."

A number of religious groups -- from Catholics to evangelical Christians -- have also raised concerns about the new curriculum, though few have been as vocal as Mr. Mc-Vety and Mr. Rushfeldt in suggesting it would bring social corruption.

"This was an attempt to shape society and young minds," said Mr. Rushfeldt, of the Calgary-based Canada Family Action Coalition. "And to shift society away from the concept of male-female and husband-wife. They want to make society believe that two men and two women having sex is normal."

Mr. Rushfeldt and others also pointed out that introducing "gender identity" -- the idea that someone look like one sex on the outside but feel like the opposite sex -- would create confusion and anxiety in young children. But Mr. Rushfeldt believed there was an additional agenda of indoctrination.

"They're trying to ingrain in children a concept that society has never accepted before and that's why they're looking to children. Clearly they are trying to teach children so they can shape them at a young age."

However, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education said this week that the subject of gender identity was simply a way to help students understand the world around them.

"This is not a how-to," Michelle Despault said. "This is not teaching kids a way of being. This is teaching kids information they need to know for their health and well-being. So the expectation is to understand differences and what makes different people unique.

"Some of those differences in our society are around sexual orientation."

Questions about the teaching of homosexuality in classroomsareparticularly sensitive in Catholic schools, and there was controversy this week over whether they would have had to follow the new plan.

Mr. McGuinty said that Catholic schools in Ontario would have had to follow the new curriculum as written. However, the Ontario Association of Catholic Bishops stated that Catholic schools have the constitutional right to rewrite any policy that goes against Catholic teaching. That idea was also confirmed by a spokesman for the Ministry of Education earlier in the week.

Sister Joan Cronin, of the Institute for Catholic Education, which helps shape Catholic teaching across the province, said Catholic schools already have a teaching on homosexuality, which is taught in Grade 8.

The Catholic Catechism does teach that homosexual behaviour is "objectively disordered" but she said that concept is too complex to be introduced to students.

"What we say is that every person, gay or straight, is created in the image of God and deserves respect. But while the Church supports gay people it does not support homosexual acts or lifestyles."

She did not believe that the province had an agenda or ulterior motives for presenting the new curriculum.

"I have great regard for the educators at the Ministry of Education. I would say from their point of view they would have widely researched the topics and received vast research before they would design that program. The would have done it with the best research available."

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Give us a break Sr.Cronin. They knew exactly what they were doing with the best homosexual propaganda available.
We need to take a good hard look at the Inst. for Catholic Education and the liberal board that serves it.

School Boards Could Face Large Lawsuits

Boards must be accountable for normalizing behaviour

Published on Apr 17, 2009
While the guilty verdict of the HIV/AIDS infected Johnson Aziga makes headlines around the world, Hamiltonians should consider that other parties may very well become complicit in the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus and the resulting infection and death of sexual partners.

Unbeknownst to many Hamiltonians, the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board continues to move ahead aggressively with their sexual orientation "equity" policy which will require the inclusion and encourage the celebration of numerous sexual behaviour choices in all subject areas while offering little or no medical evidence of the specific associated health risks.

In fact, the board has rejected requests from concerned parents to include official Ministry of Health information which establishes that those who practice MSM (males who have sex with males) have HIV rates as high as 25 per cent or one in four men (Region of Toronto).

This rate is 250 times higher than males from non-endemic countries who contact HIV via heterosexual contact.

Given the above, should school boards not be held accountable for their indoctrinative approach to normalizing high-risk behaviour and what penalty should they face?

Harold Schulz, Ancaster


Do you know what your child's school is teaching?

Ontario Minister of Education Forces Homosexuality On Our Children.
Time to remove our kids from public and Catholic school system.


April 17,2008

To: Mr. Ken O'Day

Chairman

Renfiew County Family Action Council

rure@nrtco.net

Dear Mr. O'Day,

Thank you for your email about the teaching of sexual diversity in schools.

Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to

services, goods, and facilities, and without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of

origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family

status or handicap. Our government is strongly committed to upholding this code, and has ensured

these principles are affirmed in curriculum programs and policies for schools.

Publicly funded education strives to teach students to appreciate diversity and respect differences.

Our civil values include respect for sexual orientation. The curriculum is designed to reflect the

diversity of Canada, and teachers are expected to implement the curriculum in such a way that

students can see the variety of their own backgrounds, interests, and experiences reflected in it.

A curriculum review process initiated in February 2003 has been designed to build on the

strengths of the current curriculum and identify areas for improvement. This continuous cycle of

review is not a development of a completely new curriculum, but is intended to ensure it remains

current, relevant, and age-appropriate from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

The revised documents released as part of the curriculum review process now contain a section on

antidiscrimination education that stresses the need for students to respect the diversity of students'

various backgrounds, interests, and experiences. A number of courses in our curriculum policy

documents contain references to sexual orientation, homophobia, and gay rights. The review of the

Social Sciences and Humanities, and the Health and Physical Education curriculum policy

documents is now underway. There is an opportunity as part of these reviews to ensure that the

documents are more inclusive in nature and reflect the diversity of Ontario society.

Providing all students with an opportunity to learn and develop in a safe and respectful

environment is a responsibility in which school boards and schools play an important role. A

positive school climate exists when all members of the school community feel safe, comfortable,

and accepted. Should a component of any course conflict with a religious belief held by a parent or

a student aged eighteen or older, the right to withdraw from that component of the course shall be

granted on the written request of the parent or student.

The Provincial Code of Conduct states that all members of the school community must respect and

treat others fairly, regardless of factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

Further, the revised Code also states that members of the school community must not engage in

hate propaganda and other forms of behaviour motivated by hate or bias.

In conclusion, as a government we are committed to helping every student reach his or her full

potential in schools that are safe, caring, and inclusive.

Sincerely,

Kathleen Wynne

Minister of Education

Kathleen Wynne, MPP,
Ontario Minister of Education.