The truth has been decried by a local pro-life
and pro-family group as evidence that the spectre of "totalitarianism" has reappeared
in Britain.
A recent
statement from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), made in response to protests from homosexualist
groups against the government amendment, said, “[Christian] schools cannot opt out of statutory [sex and relationships
education] lessons when it comes into effect in September 2011.”
“All maintained
schools and academies will be required to teach the full programmes of study in line with the principles outlined in the
Bill including promoting equality and encouraging acceptance of diversity. Schools with a religious character will be free,
as they are now, to express the views of their faith and reflect the ethos of their school, but what they cannot do is suggest
that their views are the only ones.”
The statement quotes Minister Ed Balls telling the
Daily Telegraph that religious schools should indeed be “forced” to teach pupils that homosexuality is “normal
and harmless.”
Balls said, “If their faith has a view in scripture, they can inform
pupils of that. What they must not do is teach discrimination. They must be absolutely clear about the importance of civil
partnerships [and that] bullying of homosexuals is wrong.” This is in line with previous statements from Labour ministers
that religious schools will not be allowed to teach their religious tenets “as if they are true.”
On Tuesday, Balls told BBC Radio 4's Today program that in addition to promoting homosexuality, religious
schools will also be required to promote abortion [breaking God's Ten commandments] as a solution to unplanned pregnancy.
Until the passage of this bill, religious schools had the option to teach children that homosexual
activity, abortion and contraception are wrong. But that situation, he said, “changes radically with this bill.”
UPDATE
The House of Commons voted 68 to 177 afterwards to pass third
reading of the government’s sex-education bill in a vote that pro-life and pro-family advocates have called “deplorable.”
Under the bill, schools, both religious and secular, will be required to give children information
on homosexual relationships as well as artificial contraception and abortion. The government has confirmed that these programs
will specifically include information for children on how to obtain abortions and contraceptives.
Under
current rules, parents have the right to withdraw their child from sex and relationship education (SRE) classes up until
the age of 19. But the bill will lower that to 15, ensuring that students receive at least one year of sex-education.
To contact the Department of Catholic Education and Formation
Catholic Bishops' Conference of England
& Wales:
39 Eccleston Square
LONDON SW1V 1BX
Tel: 020 7901 4829
Fax: 020 7901 4821
Email:
grace.applewaithe@cbcew.org.uk
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Obama Lies About FaithSome of Obama's lies to Christians in one January 2008 Christianity Today interview alone include, Obama:
- Said "I am a devout Christian", but devout Christians love God with all their heart, all their soul and all
their mind. Instead, Obama knowingly breaks God's Ten Commandments (abortion) and is trying to change God's ordinance on marriage.
(Mark 12:30)
- Said "I don't know anyone who is pro-abortion", but Obama said he
would leave a living baby who survived an abortion to die, and he and Hillary Clinton have given hundreds of million of US
money to fund abortions in foreign countries, including China, through the UN.
-
Said "I have never practiced Islam... it's not my own", but he says he is a Muslim in other videos and his Indonesian
school records list Obama as a Muslim, where he was taught Islam.
- Said "we don't lie about religion as a way to score political points", but this interview was used to
lie to Christians.
"I am upset with Obama lying to the USA about faith - he deceived
so many", said one dissatisfied voter.
The Fruit Shows
Obama is a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"You will know them by their fruit", Jesus
said speaking of wolves in sheep's clothing. Jesus also says, "He who has My commands
and obeys them, it is he who loves Me" (John 14:21). But Obama disobeys Jesus' commands, such as lying, trying to overturn
God's command of man-woman marriage, removing abstinence teaching from schools, breaking the Ten Commandments which say not
kill the unborn, covering up Jesus at Georgetown, removing the daily Bible verse at the Pentagon, trying to remove Jesus at Christmas...
Christians are commanded to be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove. With 82%
of the USA believing Jesus Christ and the majority pro-life, Americans should be outraged. (Polls from Rasmussen Reports.)
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