The Tender For Law

Volume 10

Apr 27, 2015 6:07 PM

David-Paul Sip

McDougald also wants Queen�s Park to make it clear that while students have the RIGHT to opt out of lessons on sexuality...but they cannot be excused from lessons that talk about accepting different sexual lifestyles, because that is PROTECTED by the Ontario Human Rights Code...�You can�t opt out of human rights.� Anyone else think that this is FUNNY? :D

Educators battle false information as sex-ed opposition grows | Toronto Star

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Ontario educators are scrambling to combat confusion and false information being spread by critics of the province�s new sex-ed curriculum.

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David-Paul Sip

I thought �You can�t opt out of human rights" was funny given that the state opts out of it every day and how the state frowns upon those that view CHILD PORN. In light of Scott's valid points it seems they want to better prepare children for such employment.

Ceit Butler

The majority of these complaints appear to be coming from Muslims, and suspiciously, the anonymous bulletins full of misinformation are written in Arabic:

"Peel mother Firani Siddiqui will keep her two younger children home to protest the curriculum she said breaches her right to decide when her children learn sensitive sexual information.

�I don�t want teachers to tell my children that masturbation is a healthy thing � it�s a no no; maybe I don�t want her to think it�s a healthy practice,� said Siddiqui, who said she is not anti-gay, but simply believes the new curriculum gets too explicit too early. �I don�t want a stranger telling my kids about oral and anal sex.�

Schools in Toronto�s largely Muslim neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park also expect many parents to take part in the sex-ed boycott of school next week, and also try to opt out of the curriculum next fall, said Trustee Gerri Gershon."