By Charles McVety, President, Canada Christian College
Is supporting homosexuality “a value that transcends every faith and every tradition and every culture,”? According to Premier Dalton McGuinty it is and must be enforced with the power of legislation. On December 12th Mr. McGuinty visited Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School in Aurora. After meeting with the Gay Straight Alliance he held a press conference and answered a few questions from the media. In reply to an unrelated question he declared “I think we’re talking about something here by way of a value that transcends every faith and every tradition and every culture”.
Last year, parents voiced their concern over this same material. The Premier promised to withdraw the program. Instead the Ministry of Education transferred the teaching to another department, refaced the curriculum and belligerently continued to teach this special interest material. The Ministry admonishes teachers "to address controversial issues" even in the face of "negative parent response". Teachers are further warned if they omit any of the curriculum then they will be guilty of "foster(ing) a poisoned environment".
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Sexual orientation on the curriculum
Ontario elementary school children will learn more detailed sex education in earlier grades under a new province-wide curriculum that begins this September. The revised curriculum, to be taught in all school boards in Ontario, also means for the first time, children will learn about "invisible differences" such as sexual orientation and gender identity in Grade 3.