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these attacks against "ideas" are almost always (really, it is hard if not impossible to separate things to bring about the change some seek) tied to the institution or people leading the institution.
Ideas mostly live in people's minds, yes
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You fight against ideas by supporting legislation preventing discrimination on account of sexuality (for example), by speaking out against them generally, etc. You don't attack ideas by personally attacking people and institutions holding these ideas, by trying to shame the institutions into submission.
Shame the ideas into submission
These are terrible and nonsensical ideas that are upended, for most people, with the simplest of logic.
I am not religious, and I do support the right of gay people to marry, but what did the parents expect? The school will be teaching the child that his/her own family is a sin, an abomination. What would it be like for a child to have their teachers and school opposed to their own parents? It's not like the child was already a student, who had a relationship with the teacher and their classmates, and was suddenly yanked from the classroom. They have the option of public school so it's not like a child is being denied an education. I don't know why any gay person would support that church anyway.
I attended Catholic School in the 80s and 90s, and not once did we talk about gay people.
It was actually an incredibly secular curriculum outside of a weekly mass attendance and religion class every few days.
I attended Catholic School in the 80s and 90s, and not once did we talk about gay people.
It was actually an incredibly secular curriculum outside of a weekly mass attendance and religion class every few days.
Gay marriage/adoption wasn't the law of the land in the 80s and 90s like it is now. Maybe your school didn't feel the need to address it because the gay community was still marginalized and undercover. Obviously this school feels differently.
Gay marriage/adoption wasn't the law of the land in the 80s and 90s like it is now. Maybe your school didn't feel the need to address it because the gay community was still marginalized and undercover. Obviously this school feels differently.
Certainly true to some extent. But I don't think the school I attended changed their curriculum, which was pretty much the same as other non-religious schools.
I wouldn't send my child to a religious school either way, though. I see no reason to even deal with those possibilities.
Gay marriage/adoption wasn't the law of the land in the 80s and 90s like it is now. Maybe your school didn't feel the need to address it because the gay community was still marginalized and undercover. Obviously this school feels differently.
I was in a catholic school a couple years ago for my job. As I was walking down the hall, I passed a classroom where the teacher was talking about gay marriage. I can't remember exactly what he said but I remember stopping in my tracks & thinking "they really are teaching anti gay marriage to the students". I got out of there as fast as I could.
Very fair points. Surround yourself with people that have similar views and beliefs as you. Don't try to force or shame others to change as it will rarely work. And, in many cases, it will backfire. Note, its one thing to fight to government to treat people with dignity, equality, etc., but this is a private organization.
So what? It's about free choice and those kids will run up against different culture soon enough once they enter the work force. Once a person gets their foundation down he secular world has little influence but some secularists can't have that now can they? Bottom line is we are still a free country so we don't have a one size fits all like the communist countries.
I was in a catholic school a couple years ago for my job. As I was walking down the hall, I passed a classroom where the teacher was talking about gay marriage. I can't remember exactly what he said but I remember stopping in my tracks & thinking "they really are teaching anti gay marriage to the students". I got out of there as fast as I could.
Where as if you were in a public school you would hear the teacher supporting gay marriage, abortion, how to put on a condemn, how sex outside of marriage is good, etc, etc, etc.
Where as if you were in a public school you would hear the teacher supporting gay marriage, abortion, how to put on a condemn, how sex outside of marriage is good, etc, etc, etc.
The fact that you don’t know how to spell condom speaks volumes.
Where as if you were in a public school you would hear the teacher supporting gay marriage, abortion, how to put on a condemn, how sex outside of marriage is good, etc, etc, etc.
Not things we teach in public school. Sorry. You will find us supporting tolerance, though.
The fact that you don’t know how to spell condom speaks volumes.
The fact that you do speaks volumes lol.
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