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Maybe you should read the news on the other side of the fence. In the UK, LGBT training is a compulsory class for children. Many Muslim families are pulling the

by s0q 5y ago

Maybe you should read the news on the other side of the fence. In the UK, LGBT training is a compulsory class for children. Many Muslim families are pulling their children out of school because they're not being given the choice to withdraw their children from classes where opinions about sexuality are being presented as fact in contrary to the principles they want to raise their child with. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48294017 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48294017

bgeeek 5y ago
Many? You sure about that? Also, "opinions about sexuality are being presented as fact in contrary to the principles they want to raise their child with". How do you think things like that help? We want a tolerant and inclusive society, thank-you. I know gay Muslims in the UK. Can you imagine what life is like for them?
wizzwizz4 5y ago
> In the UK, LGBT training is a compulsory class for children. This is way overhyped. It's barely more than “gay people exist, don't bully them” most places. One lesson in PSHE class – maybe two or three, if you get lucky and your teachers decide to teach you about binary trans people too, or if sexuality is mentioned in the Equality Act lesson (which mostly focuses on disability and maternity leave). > opinions about sexuality are being presented as fact By this logic, we should ban other children from talking about their religions in schools; they're likely to say things like “Jesus is God” or “God isn't real”. It's unlikely a religious child would get particularly confused with a teacher exposing them to different views on morality, given how much they're already exposed to that.
ptato 5y ago
What does "LGBT training" mean? What I gather is that what they are teaching kids is, in essence, "be kind to each other". Do these families that are protesting not have the same biases against gay people that the person I originally responded to has?

by s0q 5y ago

bgeeek 5y ago

Many? You sure about that? Also, "opinions about sexuality are being presented as fact in contrary to the principles they want to raise their child with". How do you think things like that help? We want a tolerant and inclusive society, thank-you. I know gay Muslims in the UK. Can you imagine what life is like for them?

wizzwizz4 5y ago

> In the UK, LGBT training is a compulsory class for children. This is way overhyped. It's barely more than “gay people exist, don't bully them” most places. One lesson in PSHE class – maybe two or three, if you get lucky and your teachers decide to teach you about binary trans people too, or if sexuality is mentioned in the Equality Act lesson (which mostly focuses on disability and maternity leave). > opinions about sexuality are being presented as fact By this logic, we should ban other children from talking about their religions in schools; they're likely to say things like “Jesus is God” or “God isn't real”. It's unlikely a religious child would get particularly confused with a teacher exposing them to different views on morality, given how much they're already exposed to that.

ptato 5y ago

What does "LGBT training" mean? What I gather is that what they are teaching kids is, in essence, "be kind to each other". Do these families that are protesting not have the same biases against gay people that the person I originally responded to has?