As children head back to school it is worth asking to whom does the school system belong?
Is it the unions, the Ministry of Education, the politicians, the education professionals?
No, it’s the beleaguered taxpaying, child-raising public who own the system, but you wouldn’t know that by how parents are treated by all of the above.
As many parents protest the Ontario government’s new sex-ed curriculum which starts being taught this month, the director of the Peel school board, Tony Pontes, said last week he won’t exempt kids from learning about gay families and gender issues.
He added the board is willing to lose students over its stance.
Pontes said on my NEWSTALK1010 radio show, “We respect parents and parents’ rights, however we have a moral obligation to ensure that all children learn about issues related to inclusion, particularly around issues of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning) family structures. (more...)
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