Posted on 11/18/2012 10:27:16 AM PST by Steelfish
Primary School Teachers 'Could Face Sack' For Refusing To Promote Gay Marriage
By John Bingham 18 Nov 2012 Liz Truss, an education minister, refused to rule out the possibility that teachers, even in faith schools, could face disciplinary action for objecting on grounds of conscience.
Miss Truss said simply that it was impossible to know what the impact of the legislation would be at this stage.
Her admission came in a letter to a fellow Conservative MP, David Burrowes, last month.
Mr Burrowes, a practising Christian, originally wrote to Maria Miller, the equalities minister, raising concerns about the impact on schools of the Coalitions plans to change the marriage laws.
It followed the publication of a legal opinion by Aidan ONeill QC, a barrister in the same London chambers as Cherie Blair, commissioned by the Coalition for Marriage, which campaigns against same-sex unions.
Mr ONeill, an expert on human rights, was asked to advise on the impact redefining marriage to include same-sex couples could have on schools, churches, hospitals, foster carers and public buildings. Among his conclusions was that schools could be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff who wilfully fail to use stories or textbooks promoting same-sex weddings.
Parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children would also have no right to withdraw their child from lessons, he argued. And, in theory, the fact that a school was a faith school would make no difference, he added.
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My sentiments exactly.
Truer words never spoken.
There's the problem in a nut shell (no pun intended).
5.56mm
Don't flaunt and they probably won't.
I looked up the many definitions of DUN; it was the sonnet that escaped me. Although I enjoyed several of Shakespeare’s plays, I found the writings of Hamilton and Madison the better study.
Camilla, was that you?
That certainly makes more sense in our current predicament.
That’s one hell of a headline.
[Applause!] Hi, Sarge!
I’m hellbent to do my best, Mr. Civilizations.
Campus bans Ann Coulter, invites professor who calls sex with animals potentially satisfying
Spoke too soon, you did.
Cheers!
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