Thread: Children under 15 can be withdrawn from sex education

Quote: Originally Posted by AnglRdr FWIW, you are wrong, Broken Sword, about it being "over the line" for the British government to legislate what goes on in parochial schools there. Perhaps it would be helpful if you acknowledge your error regarding this? I've noted multiple times now that I was wrong about that. FoA seemed to be clear on that as far back as post #13. I don't think that's really the issue here. If...

Quote: Originally Posted by Broken Sword I see...when you make a mistake and misinterpret my post, it's my fault.. I don't know if I ever assigned blame, actually. Quote: I don't think that's really the issue here. For the record, I've tried as much as possible to stick to the subject at hand. The only person who's tried to make this into a wider debate about, say, my posting style (which is something, as you can...

My mistake; the waffling confused me.

From the Daily Mash Quote: PARENTS' rights to withdraw their children from sex education will stop once the youngsters are already experienced in Dutch steamboating and the reverse clambake, the Government said last night. However, sex education classes in faith schools will have to reflect religious teachings, with Catholic lessons comprising of a huge diagram of a vagina entitled 'The Devil’s Sin Cavern'. Other religious...

Quote: The only cases in which I see that appropriate are when the government is funding the teaching... So, in this case then.

Quote: Originally Posted by Broken Sword On these boards, I honestly don't think that being a nontaxpayer or a taxpayer has a bit to do with how much your opinion is worth. On these boards in general? No. In threads regarding tax policy? I think so. In most cases, the issue wouldn't come up, though. Quote: I have never, ever seen an American on snopes say that their opinion about American policy was worth more than the opinion of a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Roadie Yikes! I must admit that I was under the impression that church-run schools would not be funded by the government; it was interesting to learn that they are across the pond. Ontario's Catholic school boards are also government-funded. I don't think they have the same ability to reject based on religion, but I could be wrong about that.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dara bhur gCara You should probably investigate whether or not religious schools in the United Kingdom receive state funding before you make such sweeping judgements over whether or not a) the government is "way over the line" in legislating what they can and can't teach, or b) a UK taxpayer is "way over the line" in having an opinion about what they can teach. You wouldn't feel so...

Quote: Originally Posted by AnglRdr Is that a requirement for parochial schools in England? Or anywhere? AFAIK no. Around here, many non-Catholic kids go to Catholic schools. A former roommate of mine taught music in various Catholic schools in the area and I was surprised when she told me that not all of her students were Catholic.

Quote: Originally Posted by Friends of Alfred Guardian article here Or in other words, bigoted teachers will continue to be allowed to hide behind the veil of Religion. As long as they teach it as being "Against the tenets of our religion" I fail to see the problem. If you are attending a faith school I would hope you were a follower of that religion.