[GeronL]

So they are mandated to pressure kids to accept homosexuality as normal...

[hout8475]

My question is: Does “faith schools” include Muslim schools as well? That would be interesting to see.

[mrsmel]

Americans had better not take the right to homeschool their own children for granted, bcause we have the proof right before our eyes, of governments in “civilised” European countries taking that right away from parents.

[Armaggedon]

It’s a madhouse!

[Cowboy Bob]

Who will make the decision to sack anybody who refuses? It seems that everyone is saying “I don’t agree, but its the law.” Who proposed the law, and who will enforce it if the people reject it.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I think Pink Floyd was on to something.....

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ)

[A_perfect_lady]

Okay, in the real world (I am a public school teacher) they can tell you that you are going to do this or that, but they rarely actually CHECK and see that you are doing this or that. An Administrator from the District may pop in a couple times a year with a clipboard, but be aware, these are people with a very short attention span and a massive sense of self-importance, so sitting quietly and observing is actually anathema to their restless little minds. They sit in your classroom for 10-15 minutes and then leave. Later your principal gets an email asking why your standards or objectives weren't written on the board, or if you've considered doing more groupwork. You tell the principal you'll be sure to put those standards up, and of course they do groupwork, they just weren't on that day. End of discussion.

In other words, they don't know if you comply unless you loudly announce that you will not comply. If they told me tomorrow that I had to teach using a short story on a wonderfully happy gay couple, depending on my view of the story, I could take it, nod gratefully, and ask if they have any quizzes or vocabulary lesson plans to go with it... and then stack it neatly in a cabinet, never to be seen again. Or I could use it and we'll use it as an opportunity to talk about propaganda and bias... or I could use it as they'd like me to, but as a teacher you have a lot of leeway. You just have to be tactful and discreet.

[M Kehoe]

...the equalities minister...

There's the problem in a nut shell (no pun intended).

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