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Brits: Hey, let’s not say “mother” and “father” in school, m’kay?

Euros have decided it’s both presumptuous and offensive to attribute two heterosexual parents to a schoolchild…even if 99% of them do indeed have a mother and father.  From the UK:

Teachers should not assume that their pupils have a “mum and dad” under guidance aimed at tackling anti-gay bullying in schools.

It says primary pupils as young as four should be familiarised with the idea of same-sex couples to help combat homophobic attitudes.

Teachers should attempt to avoid assumptions that pupils will have a conventional family background, it urges.

It goes on to suggest the word “parents” may be more appropriate than “mum and dad”, particularly in letters and emails to the child’s home.  

Well, we’d certainly hate for Little Nigel’s fathers to get their #ssless chaps in a bunch, now wouldn’t we?  Why, if Little Jane’s mommies get word that “parents” was used in school, they’d have her out of there lickety split!

Thanks to PabloD for the tip.

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January 31, 2008 - Posted by | Euros, gay, political correctness

12 Comments »

  1. lickety split isnt that lickety SLIT?

    Comment by WMD_Maker | January 31, 2008

  2. “Po-TAY-to, Po-TAH-to”, WMD! :-D

    Comment by crushliberalism | January 31, 2008

  3. And here I thought the politically correct term was PARENTAL UNITS.

    Comment by jsingood | January 31, 2008

  4. You do know they have passed that here in California as well right.

    Comment by Jenn | January 31, 2008

  5. CA = SB777 = nuts. What happened to the terminator?

    Comment by A.C. McCloud | January 31, 2008

  6. ac·tiv·ism (āk’tə-vĭz’əm) noun: A policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal.

    It’s not about the agenda, it’s about the activism. This same policy could very easily have been presented and implemented in the same way, only by suggesting that it is presumptuous to assume that a child has two parents. The parents could be divorced, or perhaps one or both are deceased. With the latter, the policy makes sense as to not invoke feelings of remorse.

    But it’s not about the children. It’s about mainstreaming homosexuality. I don’t have a problem with homosexuals at all, but I do have a problem with using them as pawns to advance a social agenda. Personally, I don’t think sexual orientation is an appropriate topic for any school children. Shouldn’t this be a topic for the family to discuss?

    Comment by TheBad | February 1, 2008

  7. I understand TheBad’s perspective, but disagree. Europe has steadily been lowering its “age of consent” – in Spain, it’s 13; 15 in Sweden; 16 in the UK*. It’s about sexualizing children as early as possible, because sexual indulgence is what the left (whether gay/straight/whatever) has enshrined as its ultimate value. We saw this with the “Sexual Revolution” of the 1960′s; since then, the parameters have merely been expanded.

    I’m not a father, but the idea of some dude in his 20s/30s/40s/etc. having full legal authority to have sex with my 13 year old child would NOT make me happy. But, who knows, we may be looking at the future of America if the moonbats have their way.

    *I am loathe to cite Wikipedia as a source, but I think the summary data is correct.

    Comment by PabloD | February 1, 2008

  8. PabloD
    The US has had age of consent as low as 12 in the early 1900s. Fla had theirs at 14 into the 80s. Same states still have 16 as theirs. Age of consent has nothing to do with sexuallizing children its the morals parents do or more acurately DO NOT instill in their children. Raising the age of consent doesnt do any more good than raising the drinking or smoking age at insuring to maturity or common sense level.

    Comment by WMD_Maker | February 3, 2008

  9. WMD: Yes, the US had very low ages of consent in the past (as did Europe). The difference, I think, is that the law used to prohibit premarital sex – in other words, you could have a fairly young sexual partner, as long as s/he was your spouse. The west has decriminalized premarital sex AND lowered the consent age; in short, you can play, but you don’t have to pay. I’m not advocating trying to put the genie back in the bottle; just pointing out that there was something of a “check and balance” between the two laws.
    And while I agree that the influence (or lack thereof) of the parents is more important than what the law is, the law still has a powerful ability to move society. Your teenage daughter might not have the brains to exercise good judgment all the time; perhaps the thought of spending a little time in jail with a sex offender rap would keep an older man from taking advantage of that. I know it doesn’t dissuade everybody (I’ve worked in criminal law for years), but it still has an effect on some people.
    Thanks.

    Comment by PabloD | February 3, 2008

  10. While your points are valid, I still find myself pondering what our public school system is doing teaching sex, and specifically about sexual orientation. In our modern age, there is no good reason high school graduates should know more about sexual positions for both hetero and homosexual partners than they do about grammer and math.

    Comment by TheBad | February 4, 2008

  11. Slick! Of course, I would spell grammar wrong!

    Comment by TheBad | February 4, 2008

  12. I agree with you on that point – little Johnny can’t add or subtract, but at least he will be sensitive towards any transsexuals to whom he serves up bags of fries and burgers.

    Comment by PabloD | February 4, 2008


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