UK Catholic Schools Targeted For Refusing to Implement School “anti-homophobic” Bullying Policies

LifeSiteNews ^ | 5/31/07 | Hilary White

[wagglebee]

Catholic schools in Britain are under attack by the government at the urging of homosexual lobbyists for refusing to bow to pressure to implement “anti-homophobic” bullying policies in schools. A report by a Commons Select Committee to the Department for Education and Skills singles out Catholic schools for refusing to implement regulations.
 
Education Secretary Alan Johnson told gay activists that the government is preparing guidelines for schools to address what was identified in the report as “faith-based” homophobic bullying. At a meeting with Stonewall, the gay lobby group that brought about the notorious Sexual Orientation Regulations passed earlier this year, Johnson told activists that he hopes to make a presentation at the group’s upcoming conference in July.
 
The report, published March 27, recommends that the Department “introduces a requirement for schools to record all incidents of bullying along with information about the type of bullying incident.”
 
The British government is explicitly collaborating with the homosexual movement in aiming at the Catholic Church’s stand against sexual immorality. In preparation for the report that will inform the guidelines, the Department of Skills and Education commissioned research from Stonewall into “faith-based” bullying in schools.
 
In a committee hearing, Jim Knight, Minister of State for Schools accused the Catholic Church of “faith-based bullying”. “Whatever the setting,” Knight said, “whatever the ethos, whoever the external partner to a school might be, school might be, if they have got one, be it the Catholic Church or anybody else. We should not tolerate bullying in any from, we should not tolerate people not respecting the difference that people have and I think that applies to homophobic bullying.”
 
The bullying issue is being used openly as a wedge issue to attack Catholic and other faith-based institutions. Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) says, “Such is the level of homophobia in the Catholic Church that its schools should be taken from it and returned to the community sector.”
 
GALHA's secretary George Broadhead said, “We've seen homophobia in Catholic circles rising at a terrifying rate over the past few months. The Pope is almost hysterical on the topic and the British Catholic hierarchy is constantly agitating to retard gay rights. What chance have gay pupils got in schools which are run by an organisation that hates them?”

“For the sake of these children and for the community at large which should be protected from the promotion of bigotry in schools, the Catholic Church should be stripped of its educational establishments.”
 
Stonewall is the UK’s most successful homosexual lobby group, having hosted Prime Minister Tony Blair at its victory banquet after the passage of the SOR’s.
 
Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
UK Secularists and Gays Demand Marginalization of Christians
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/apr/07040408.html
 
British PM Blair Celebrates Passage of Sexual Orientation Regulations at Homosexual Activist Banquet
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032609.html

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GALHA's secretary George Broadhead said, “We've seen homophobia in Catholic circles rising at a terrifying rate over the past few months. The Pope is almost hysterical on the topic and the British Catholic hierarchy is constantly agitating to retard gay rights. What chance have gay pupils got in schools which are run by an organisation that hates them?”

No, the Pope is merely reiterating six thousand years of Judeo-Christian teaching.

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[Tabi Katz]

Do these schools get government money? If not, they should tell these control-freaks to go stick it - up Stonewall’s hind quarters.

[kinoxi]

Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) says, “Such is the level of homophobia in the Catholic Church that its schools should be taken from it and returned to the community sector.”

How about, "I'm not homophobic, you just f****d up. That's all".

[netmilsmom]

I haven’t seen the Pope hysterical about anything.

[gidget7]

“we should not tolerate people not respecting the difference that people have and I think that applies to homophobic bullying.”

So no respecting perversion, even though it is Church doctrine, makes it apply to bullying?? Guess what homo’s you cannot force respect, respect is earned, and you people have not earned it. NO Church has to follow your beliefs as their own.

[Alouette]

we should not tolerate people not respecting the difference that people have

[CAWats]

Catholic schools in Britain are under attack by the government at the urging of homosexual lobbyists for refusing to bow bend over to pressure to implement “anti-homophobic” bullying policies in schools.

[HoosierHawk]

we should not tolerate people not respecting the difference that people have

A bizarre statement. One that can only be muttered by one of the "diversity" crowd.

"Diversity for me but not for thee," or "Tolerance of me but not of thee."

[devolve]

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Ask a physician if a homosexual infected with AIDS who also has TB is safe to get in an elevator with -

If they would shake hands or kiss them or sit next to them on a plane flight or wish to treat or examine or operate on them

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I am not a Catholic - but this is the homosexual dictatorship of Hillary Clinton attempting to indoctrinate your kids and grandkids under government orders

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One thing Fidel Castro did was correct

He put AIDS infected homosexuals in guarded quarantined facilities
One prominent doctor in New York state said this is the only way to stop the spread of AIDS

TB can kill

Resistent TB will kill

AIDS cost the American taxpayer well over $600,000 each for every AIDS infected homosexual

And now President George W. Bush is sending more billions of your tax dollars to Africa to “fight AIDS”

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What a legacy builder with Mexamnesty Welfare For All

No Tax Dollar “Left Behind”

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[basil]

Coming to a private school near you very soon! Especially if they take any gummit money—and very many of them do.

[weegee]

Refusing to implement anti-anti-gay bullying measure (anti-anti-anti-anti-xxx policy refused)? My head is spinning.

[I still care]

“What chance have gay pupils got in schools which are run by an organisation that hates them?”

What are gay students doing going to Catholic schools?

[potlatch]

Good comments.

Great Britan is going Muslim like the rest of Europe. It probably won’t be long till they make the Catholic schools do what they want.

[petenmi]

I’m sure that the peace loving Islamic schools in the UK have signed up to this anti homophobic policy.

[potlatch]

Lol, I’ll bet! /S

[wintertime]

Ask a physician if a homosexual infected with AIDS who also has TB is safe to get in an elevator with -
If they would shake hands or kiss them or sit next to them on a plane flight or wish to treat or examine or operate on them
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Bingo! Immune compromised homosexuals are walking petri dishes!

Their lifestyle, if immune compromised, puts them at great risk of contracting communicable disease that the rest of can and DO get. TB is merely one of many of these diseases.

Not only do homosexuals spread AIDS around, they spread **lots** of other diseases as well.

[devolve]

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AIDS infected people with TB can cough on you in an elevator

Airborne mix inhaled -

Wanna force a politician to have them cough on them?

The MSM will never talk of this

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[SuziQ]

I can’t wait until the Stonewall folks try this in Saudi Arabia or in Egypt.