By Sarah
Harris
28th April 2009
If you want to see in the future as to what Liberals,
Atheists, Socialists, and Homosexuals have on their agenda for the US you need
not look any further than England and Europe.
The war of Liberals, Atheists, Socialists and Homosexuals
to break the back of the church and bible believing Christians can be no
plainer than this.
Pupils as young as 11
will be taught about homosexuality and civil partnerships in compulsory sex
education classes.
All secondary schools - including
faith schools (Read this as
Catholic Schools, Baptist schools, Pentecostal schools) - will have to teach children about
same-sex relationships (According to
the curriculum designated by the state that Homosexuality is normal and wholesome) as well
as traditional families. (And to refuse
to do so by a teacher or by a school is a criminal offense)
Previously, heads could decide to opt out of teaching the
controversial subject.
Personal, social and health education classes are due to
become part of the compulsory national curriculum in primary and secondary
schools from September 2011.
Family and faith groups yesterday
condemned the proposals.
From the first year in primary
school, four and five-year-old children will learn about different body parts,
with lessons about sex from the age of nine.
At Key Stage Three
(ages 11 to 14), pupils will learn about contraception, pregnancy, sexual
activity and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV.
Schools will also have to teach
about ' different types of relationships, including those within families and
between older and young people, boys and girls and people of the same sex,
including civil partnerships'.
At Key Stage Four
(ages 14-16), they will continue to learn about contraception, sexually
transmitted diseases and same-sex relationships.
Guidance, which is due to become
statutory, states: 'Students should address the role and benefits of marriage
and civil partnerships in stable relationships and family life.'
Schools will also have a new duty
to give pupils a financial education, teaching them about subjects such as the
credit crunch and how to handle their finances in later life.
In addition, they will have to
cover the dangers of alcohol and drugs.
Simon Calvert, of the Christian
Institute, said that 'pressing the virtues of homosexuality' could lead to more
experimentation, which could be 'harmful' to children.
He said: 'What we don't want to
see is vulnerable young people being exploited by
outside groups which want to normalise homosexuality.
'If this guidance purports to
force faith schools to teach things which go against their faith then it is
profoundly illiberal and must be resisted at all costs.'
Norman Wells, of the Family
Education Trust, said: 'Making PSHE a statutory part of the national curriculum
could be used as a vehicle to promote positive images of homosexual
relationships.
'It is difficult to see how
teaching children as young as 11 about same-sex relationships and civil
partnerships fits in with a study of personal wellbeing, and many parents will
be very concerned about the prospect of such lessons being imposed over their
heads.'
Under current rules,
schoolchildren must be taught the biological facts of reproduction, which
usually happens in science classes.
Every school must have a sex
education policy, but there is no statutory requirement for teaching about
relationships and the social and emotional side of sex.
The Government backed the move to
a statutory PSHE curriculum last October and asked Sir Alasdair Macdonald, head
of
His independent review yesterday
recommended allowing parents to retain the right to withdraw their children
from sex education classes.
Governing bodies will also be
able to tailor the statutory curriculum around their ethos, for example
Catholic faith schools could teach about contraception but say that its use
runs contrary to their religious beliefs.
Schools Secretary Ed Balls said
he would legislate to put the recommendations into effect, subject to a
four-month consultation. He would keep the right of parents to withdraw their
children under review.
He said: 'Compulsory PSHE will
mean consistency and quality, so all children can benefit.'