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Posted on 02/27/2007 3:48:31 PM PST by markomalley
OTTAWA, Ontario, February 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Ontario private schools are coming increasingly under the lens of homosexual activist groups for "homophobic" teaching stemming from the schools' primarily religious foundations, a report in Ottawa's homosexual news media indicated earlier this week.
In an article warning about the increasing trend toward private and religious schools in the province, Ottawa's Capital Xtra objected to religious schools that teach children "only their own values."
The article quotes Tony Lovink, a homosexual Christian teacher in the Ottawa public school system, as saying, "All private schools tend to be at least implicitly homophobic. And I would say all religiously formed independent schools are definitely homophobic."
The Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario said they were concerned the provincial ministry of education wasn't "exerting more control" over the curriculum used by private religious schools. Unless a school wants to grant students government-recognized Secondary School Diplomas, Ontario private schools are free to use their preferred curriculum. Even schools that do grant the government diplomas may teach any additional material they choose, so long as the required curriculum is covered.
As well, the CLGRO objected to provincial standards that permit private schools to hire teachers based on the school administration's own qualification requirements.
In October 2006 the Quebec government ordered private Christian schools in the province to begin teaching sex education and Darwinism in compliance with the provincial curriculum, threatening schools with closure if they failed to comply.
Dr. Janet Epp Buckingham, then-director of law and public policy with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, told LifeSiteNews at the time that parents’ right to educate their children in accordance with their religious beliefs is protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In 1986 the Supreme Court ruled that although an Alberta pastor who was running a school out of the basement of his church did have to license the school, the provincial government had to provide reasonable accommodation for religious belief.
The court ruled that the province must “‘delicately and sensitively weigh the competing interests so as to respect as much as possible the religious convictions as guaranteed by the Charter,’” Dr. Epp Buckingham quoted.
In an ongoing battle over homosexual content in BC public school curriculums, parents are struggling to gain assurance from the school board that they may withdraw their children from pro-homosexual content in the classroom.
Homosexual activists Murray Corren and Peter Corren were granted an unprecedented say over the development of new pro-homosexual content in the provincial curriculum, as part of settlement in a human rights lawsuit against the province's Liberal government in June 2006. The agreement also introduced a policy that would prevent parents from withdrawing their children from the classroom when the material was being taught.
The Catholic Civil Rights League is continuing efforts to ensure all 60 BC school boards acknowledge parents' rights to oversee the education of their children.
They did the same thing to Bush in 2000; I'd just hoped that people had grown up in 7 years.
Only if he agrees with the judge in Massachusetts; I doubt that.
Yah - like the words right out of his very own mouth.
That's tough to take, I know. Better to stop ones ears.... LALALALAALLALALALA
Hey, Rudy gets off on promoting this stuff himself. Who am I to deny the man's stated and demonstrated beliefs? He has no problem whatsoever with homosexualism. Do you? Are you homophobic all of a sudden or what!
Two daddies or two mommies are perfectly normal and a good thing for growing children.
Go Rudy!!
And I don't know who wants it started sooner, the socialist Democrats or the liberal Republicans.
You taunting beast. How dare you.
/limp wrist.
I'm sure the Washington Post reporters and others who read here are just enjoying the heck out of themselves reading your "Queer" statements and others.
You're playing right into every stereotype the media has ever used to portray Republicans.
Jim does not know how to add this </ Sarcasm><(•¿•)>
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Homophobia---is incorrect.
It's homonausea---or if you prefer homodisgusto.
Homo = species - mankind
Phobia = fear
Thank you very much for keeping the pings acoming! I might be back sooner than I though because I can't stand knowing about this (deleted noun) and not doing anything about it. I can't read any news if I can't alert others and say my piece.
When did he ever say he was for teaching it in the schools?
Actually, there is no such word as "homophobic". And BTW, there is no such word as "Islamaphobic". I won a bet at a party one night. Several dictionaries were brought out...no one found these words.
I'm hanging in there! :-)
Actually, there is no such word as "homophobic". And BTW, there is no such word as "Islamaphobic". I won a bet at a party one night. Several dictionaries were brought out...no one found these words.
Jim Rob, you're hitting the target. Thank you. And it's hard to believe that Julyanni is really polling that great.
Another example of persecution from the left.
And by-the-way, if I'm not allowed to say that they have a mental problem, why is it they're allowed to say I have a "phobia"?
So much for "tolerance".
You apparently do not have a sense of humor. And in my book, losing in order to win isn't winning.
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