B.C. teacher’s union resources push socially liberal agenda

The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation provides a variety of resources undermining traditional pro-life and pro-family values.

The BCTF authored a Reproductive Rights Lesson Plan, which includes a timeline with historical information about birth control and abortion. The lesson plan incorrectly attributes adolescent “reproductive rights” such as access to contraceptives and abortion to Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The source for these “rights” was actually the 33rd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, a body that oversees implementation of the convention.

Much of the unions’ actions, however, are devoted to advancing the homosexual cause. The union has a Committee for Action on Social Justice, which contains smaller action groups focusing on particular issues, including an action group on “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ).” The LGBTQ action group’s web site lists a variety of “anti-homophobia” actions teachers can engage in, such as helping students make a presentation about homophobia to school trustees, use “LGBTQ references” in lesson plans and resources, and lobby for the school board code of conduct to protect against harassment specifically under grounds of “real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.”  (more...)

B.C. teacher’s union resources push socially liberal agenda