AwCrap...

You see, we smart folks said this would happen. The nay-sayers said it wouldn't but they were either lying or are exceptionally stupid.

Gay Couple, Via Human Rights Tribunal, Gains Control Of BC Education Curriculum!

Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver sun

Published: Friday, June 16, 2006

British Columbia is giving a same-sex couple an unprecedented role in a review of the provincial curriculum to ensure respectful teachings about sexual orientation from kindergarten to Grade 12.

A six-page contract, signed by the Education Ministry and obtained by The Vancouver Sun, guarantees Peter and Murray Corren a significant voice in the revision of classroom lessons to recognize gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people and the creation of a new social-justice course -- to include teachings about sexual orientation -- for Grade 12 students.

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This week, Murray Corren said the anticipated changes to the curriculum, along with tougher limits on parental rights to remove their children from classes teaching "sensitive content," are far more important than the new elective course.

He said the deal was a major victory after a lengthy human-rights battle to have gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people reflected in the everyday curriculum.

"It's very significant," Murray Corren, a Coquitlam literacy teacher, said of the agreement. "We wouldn't have worked for 10 years to sell out for something as minor as just a simple elective course. But when the ministry came to us with this proposal ... we were more than happy to reach a settlement with them."

The Correns, who were among the first same-sex couples to be wed in B.C., agreed as part of the deal to drop their human-rights complaint, which had been headed for a lengthy hearing this summer before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

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The Correns say the subjects that require urgent attention are social studies for K-7, health and career education for K-9 and -- to a lesser extent -- English-language arts for K-7.

Other members of the public, along with education stakeholders, will have opportunities to comment on the proposed changes but won't have the same guaranteed input.

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The harshest criticism of the contract came from Xtra West, a gay and lesbian newspaper in Vancouver that accused the Correns of settling too soon for too little. "I want the government to liberally sprinkle queer content throughout all the course material where we are now conspicuously absent," Robin Perelle said in an editorial.

jsteffenhagen@png.canwest.com

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WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

- The ministry will amend policy to ensure parents can choose alternative delivery for "sensitive" subject matter in three courses only: Health and Career K-7, Career 8-9 and Planning 10. The amended policy will be given to the Correns on July 15 and they will have until Aug. 1 to comment.

- The ministry will draft guidelines for the K-12 curriculum review and give the Correns a copy by Aug. 1. They will have 30 days to comment.

- The Correns will provide a list of groups with expertise in sexual orientation and homophobia and the ministry will solicit feedback directly from those organizations.

- The ministry will give the Correns a draft of Social Justice 12 before releasing it publicly and will "make revisions as appropriate" in light of their response.

- The deputy education minister will meet the Correns every six months until Sept. 1, 2007 to ensure timely and adequate implementation of the terms of the agreement.

(emphasis my own and h/t to Nealenews)

So, what they've done here is not only bring in curriculum changes, they've taken away your rights as a parent to remove your children from classes where the new curriculum is being taught. They are forcing your kids to learn this crap and they're forcing you as a parent to simply accept it.

Two words: Private Schools!