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Old 02-25-2012, 03:18 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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Homeschooling families can't teach homosexuality a sin in class, says Alberta govt:

"Under Alberta’s new Education Act, homeschoolers and faith-based schools will not be permitted to teach that homosexual acts are sinful as part of their academic program, says the spokesperson for Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk. 'Whatever the nature of schooling – homeschool, private school, Catholic school – we do not tolerate disrespect for differences,' Donna McColl, Lukaszuk’s assistant director of communications, told LifeSiteNews on Wednesday evening."

Is this where we're headed in the United States?
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:28 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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ROFL..and just how are they going to enforce that ?
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:31 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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ROFL..and just how are they going to enforce that ?
Curriculum inspections? Interviews with students?
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:33 PM
 
Location: Maryland
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If being gay were considered a sin by the religion of the school then saying 'homosexuality is a sin' is a statement of fact. Seems odd not to be allowed to teach facts.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:38 PM
 
Location: #
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If being gay were considered a sin by the religion of the school then saying 'homosexuality is a sin' is a statement of fact. Seems odd not to be allowed to teach facts.
Until you can prove Jesus rose from the dead and/or walked on water, such things are opinions to many.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:41 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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If being gay were considered a sin by the religion of the school then saying 'homosexuality is a sin' is a statement of fact. Seems odd not to be allowed to teach facts.
But that would be a fact that disrespects differences. And those kinds of facts just can't be tolerated.

On the other hand, disrespecting differences in beliefs about homosexuality is not only tolerable, but obligatory.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:42 PM
 
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Is this where we're headed in the United States?
One can but hope.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:47 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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So, it's not "live and let live" but more like "my way or the highway".
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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They will enforce it by turning little Johnny and Janie into snitches against their own parents. It's been done with the war on drugs and various other nanny state initiatives.

While liberals scream about the prospect of the religious right imposing their beliefs on the rest of us, it rarely works that way. It's the other way around--it's liberals who seek to impose their beliefs on others. This is just one more example.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:48 PM
 
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Their country. Their business how they run their schools.
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