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Even Alberta hillbillies should have the right to make choices about their children’s education

December 27, 2014 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 08:46 AM

I always get into trouble with my handlers when I tackle topics like gay rights - so let me begin by stating right up front that I am a very tolerant person. How tolerant am I? I am so tolerant that not only am I tolerant of people who support gay lesbian queer & transgender lifestyles, but also I am tolerant of people who don't support gay lesbian queer & transgender lifestyles.

And, while I am tolerant of Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi (in fact, a big fan), I am not tolerant of his stance on those who oppose the imposition of Gay-Straight Alliances on Alberta schools. Apparently, Mayor Nenshi believes that these people are hate-filled hillbillies who embarrass Alberta on the international stage. 

In this op-ed piece in the National Post, John Carpay agrees with me, pointing out that "freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, and freedom of association are worth little if the government can impose its ideology on every child through a one-size-fits-all public education system". 

I agree with John, and I would also add a more practical reason for opposing the imposition of Gay-Straight Alliances on all schools. Schools are far more likely to be effective if everyone concerned - administrators, parents, teachers, and students - is working together as a team towards the achievement of shared goals. But institutions which have goals imposed on them by external forces, especially when those goals are bitterly opposed by some of the participants, are almost certain to lose direction and effectiveness. H/T CT

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LGBT issues are not choices. They are as much a part of the person as skin colour or gender. Therefore ‘tolerating’ those who do not support gay rights is the same as toleration of racism and sexism.

There is no difference.

Posted by Doug Little on 12/27 at 02:08 PM

Homosexuality has always been a choice that about 2% of the population make and is a whole different issue than racism.
Unfortunately 98% of the population have, so far, tolerated the bullies in the education system who are forcing their life choice on young minds in schools.

Posted by Ken on 12/29 at 06:30 PM

Ken,

Homosexuality is far higher depends on how you define t-10%.

It is not a choice any more than race or gender. People do not CHOOSE to be gay. They are or are not gay.

Posted by Doug Little on 12/29 at 06:39 PM

You’re living in the world of propaganda past Doug.
Census research from around the world puts homosexuality, on average, at 2%.

There is no solid, unbiased science to humor the rumor that ‘gays’ are born that way.

Black people are insulted when people compare their fight for rights with people’s choice to commit sodomy.

All this needs to be settled by unbiased adults before there is any talk of putting it in the classrooms.

Posted by Ken on 12/30 at 12:04 PM

It behooves people to do their homework - check the facts, the medical statistics, and the outcomes.  They all point to one fact that homosexual behavior is risky and unhealthy.  It is the last thing that should be “taught”  to children.

Ken, you are right, there is no gay gene or research to prove that homosexual persons are “born that way”. 

For those wanting the truth, check out the Family Research Council, NARTH and CDC sites.

While the truth could hurt, it could also save lives.  Wouldn’t that be the compassionate way to go?

Posted by Deanna on 01/02 at 08:58 PM

If there were a homosexual gene, wouldn’t the researcher who discovered this have been awarded a Nobel prize by now? Nada. The vested interest and rights of parents must be #1 re their children. Good for Alberta’s common sense.

Posted by Talitha on 01/02 at 11:10 PM

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation#Canada

Studies swing wildly depending the question asked.

Get used to homosexuality being treated as normal because it is normal.

Posted by Doug Little on 01/02 at 11:50 PM

I guess psychosis is normal.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/psychiatry-expert-scientifically-there-is-no-such-thing-as-transgender

Prominent Toronto psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Berger argues, however, that from a medical and scientific perspective there is no such thing as a “transgendered” person. He stated in 2013:

From a scientific perspective, let me clarify what ‘transgendered’ actually means. I am speaking now about the scientific perspective – and not any political lobbying position that may be proposed by any group, medical or non-medical.

‘Transgendered’ are people who claim that they really are or wish to be people of the sex opposite to which they were born as, or to which their chromosomal configuration attests to.

Some times, some of these people have claimed that they are ‘a woman trapped in a man’s body’ or alternatively ‘a man trapped in a woman’s body’.

Scientifically, there is no such a thing.

Therefore anyone who actually truly believes that notion, is by definition deluded, psychotic.

The medical treatment of delusions or psychosis is not by surgery.

On the other hand, if these people are asked to clarify exactly what they believe, that is to say do they truly believe whichever of those above propositions applies to them and they say ‘no’, they know that such a proposition is not true, but that they ‘feel’ it, then what we are talking about scientifically, is just unhappiness, and that unhappiness is being accompanied by a wish – that leads some people into taking hormones that predominate in the other sex, and even having cosmetic surgery designed to make them ‘appear’ as if they are a person of the opposite sex.

Posted by Ken on 01/03 at 11:56 AM

http://www.apa.org/research/action/gay.aspx

APA on sexual orientation.

Posted by Doug Little on 01/03 at 02:11 PM

Doug,

It would be good for homosexual persons to sit at the table of discussion and rationally discuss aspects of their lifestyle. 

Why do activists always resort to name calling, intimidation and junk science, like Alfred Kinsey’s.  This man hired pedophiles to do his “research” on young children, but today he is considered a celebrity in the homosexual community, and his “junk science” is used by Planned Parenthood and sex educators - what good can come from a pervert like Kinsey?

Check out Alfred Kinsey’s Table 34.  The truth needs to be told for the protection of young children.

Posted by Deanna on 01/04 at 02:45 AM

This is a website devoted to honest confessions from ex homosexuals. What’s interesting about it is the number of young people who were brainwashed when they were young. We really need to keep the gay agenda out of our schools and you will read why in here.


Ex-Homosexuals website:

    http://pfox.org/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=5

Posted by Ken on 01/04 at 06:22 PM

Some important health statistics for homosexual persons and educators to be aware of:

Gay Men 44 Times More Likely To Get HIV
http://www.gmhc.org/news-and-events/press-releases/gay-men-44-times-more-likely-to-get-hiv

CDC warns gay men of ‘epidemic’ HIV rates

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/epidemic-1-2-of-gay-men-will-have-hiv-by-age-50-if-current-rates-continue-w

Health Risks of the Homosexual Lifestyle

http://factsaboutyouth.com/posts/health-risks-of-the-homosexual-lifestyle/

Physical health

http://factsaboutyouth.com/posts/physical-health/

It is unconscionable for educators to teach young children that anal sex is normal and healthy.

Posted by Deanna on 01/08 at 04:24 AM

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/code_grounds/sexual_orientation

Sexual orientation is a protected group on the OHRC.

As such it is considered normal. Time for some homophobic folks to get with the program.

Posted by Doug Little on 01/08 at 12:52 PM

HRCs don’t base information on fact, but on ideology.

Are you saying that all the health experts and CDC are wrong?

Check these links out :

http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/11/deafening-silence-obama-buddy-hrc-founder-charged-rape-15-year-old-boy/

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/10/former-ontario-deputy-education-minister-facing-additional-child-porn-charges/

And this is only the tip of the iceberg!

People can ignore the truth or deny it, but in the end truth will always win. 

In the meantime, many will suffer needlessly.

Posted by Deanna on 01/08 at 07:12 PM

I wondered when we would get someone tossing the non-word ‘homophobic’ in to attack anyone who disagrees with them.

There is enough contrary information out now about the issue that we should be demanding a full debate in our school boards.

Sex education and homosexuality belong in the home, not paraded in the streets and certainly not experimented in our schools.

Posted by Ken on 01/08 at 11:47 PM

Has anyone seen the Ontario sex ed program of Kathleen Wynn?

Guess it must have been written up by Ben Levin who has been caught with his hand in the “cookie jar”!

Posted by Deanna on 01/17 at 04:49 AM

Premier Kathleen Wynn’s deputy Education Minister, Ben Levin is in the news again!

Hope that all connections to his child porn collection including his association with Kathleen Wynn and her kinky sex ed program, will be exposed.

Man who oversaw Ontario’s new sex curriculum will plead guilty to child sex charges

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/man-who-oversaw-ontarios-new-sex-curriculu

High time for parents and taxpayers to hold school boards and the Education Ministries accountable.

Posted by Deanna on 01/20 at 04:19 AM

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