[Active-seattle-l] [Active-l] (ACTION ITEM) (BRITISH COLUMBIA) Focus on the Family lobbies against GBLT inclusiveness in school curricula

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	Focus on the Family has sent out a Take Action to its Canadian  
subsidiary against BC's planned inclusiveness of GBLT people in school  
curricula. Interested parties may wish to counteract the Focus on the  
Family letter campaign with notes of their own. Their primary targets  
are the Minister of Education and the Atty. General, along with your  
local MLA.
						- Dara

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BC GOVERNMENT AGREES TO ADD HOMOSEXUALITY INTO SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Today’s Family News
Focus on the Family Canada
June 2, 2006

http://www.fotf.ca/tfn/education/stories/060206.html

[Ed. Note: The Take Action was included only in the email edition]

British Columbia continues to lead the way in the assault on family  
values with the provincial government’s decision on Thursday to include  
more gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered issues in the school  
curriculum. The government also plans to make it more difficult for  
parents or students to choose to opt out of classes that address these  
topics.

The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of the Attorney-General made  
this decision as part of a settlement to a complaint filed in 1999 with  
the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. In the complaint, Murray and Peter  
Corren argued that homosexuals were being discriminated against because  
of a "lack of positive portrayals of gay, lesbian and transgendered  
people."

A bulletin from the provincial government stated that the settlement  
includes the development of a “social justice” course for Grade 12  
students with content that “will include issues such as race,  
ethnicity, gender, family structure and sexual orientation.”

However, changes are not limited to this one course. The bulletin also  
states that the province “will also establish a process and schedule to  
review the B.C. educational curriculum to ensure that it reflects  
inclusion and respect for the diverse groups that today make up B.C.’s  
population.”

According to Thursday’s Vancouver Sun, homosexual activist Peter Corren  
revealed that “the settlement will also make it more difficult for  
students and parents to opt out of course lessons that address topics  
pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity.”

Last summer, TFN readers were informed that Peter and Murray Corren  
wanted independent schools to be included in the complaint to the  
government. However, a spokesperson from the office of the  
Attorney-General told TFN on Thursday that independent schools are not  
being included in this decision to introduce more sexual diversity into  
the curriculum.

It is expected that this decision will increase the already growing  
percentage of families that are choosing alternatives to public  
education such as private faith-based schools and home schooling.

Take Action> As more of the details are being worked out regarding how  
this settlement will affect the education system, now is the time to  
express your concerns to the B.C. government. Contact Minister of  
Education <a  
href="http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/content.do? 
brwId=%402Ido2%7C0YQtuW&navId=NAV_ID_ 
-8382&levelFlag=1&crumb=B.C.+Home**Education&crumburl=%2Fhome.do*%2Fchan 
nel.do%3Faction%3DgovOrg%26channelID%3D*%2Fchannel.do%3Faction%3Dministr 
y%26channelID%3D-8382">Shirley Bond</a>, Attorney-General <a  
href="http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/content.do? 
brwId=%4020YSB%7C0YQtuW&navId=NAV_ID_ 
-8378&levelFlag=1&crumb=B.C.+Home**Attorney+General&crumburl=%2Fhome.do* 
%2Fchannel.do%3Faction%3DgovOrg%26channelID%3D*%2Fchannel.do%3Faction%3D 
ministry%26channelID%3D-8378">Wally Oppal</a> or your <a  
href="http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm">local MLAs</a>. Remind  
them that parents have ultimate responsibility for the education of  
their children and there should be no restrictions on parents who wish  
to exempt their children from any teaching on sexual orientation.


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