Children are born into this world completely innocent with no concept of good or evil or any kind of a notion that someone might do something bad to them. Those who violate this innocents are the worst most vile types of human beings that exists. There is a dangerous trend taking place today where children are being sexualized at a very young age and they are also being encouraged to “change their gender” if that’s something they feel they might want to do! - Dan Dicks
SEX-ED CURRICULUM GOES ON TRIAL
Civil liberties group and teachers union launch charter rights challenges over rollback
StarMetro Toronto10 Jan 2019Isabel Teotonio EDUCATION REPORTER
After months of heated debate, the province’s controversial rollback of the modernized sex-ed curriculum was challenged in a Toronto courtroom Wednesday.
The two-day hearing, before three judges in Divisional Court, comes after two separate applications by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario ( ETFO). Both groups want the court to quash the government’s repeal of the 2015 Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum.
The province, however, says those requests should be dismissed.
“The official curriculum in Ontario has been changed — it used to be diverse and now it’s heterosexual only,” Michael Bryant, executive director of the CCLA, said before court proceedings.
“Obviously, this is about homophobia. If the government is going to be homophobic with its curriculum, you can bet the Constitution will have something to say about that.”
Sam Hammond, president of ETFO, told reporters outside court that they were acting on behalf of students “who have the right to be taught a current curriculum that stresses safety and inclusivity.”
“Our legal case contends that the government’s mishandling of the (HPE) curriculum has had a chilling effect on teachers’ abilities to teach the curriculum in an equitable, diverse and inclusive way,” Hammond said.
The legal challenges were launched after Premier Doug Ford scrapped the 2015 HPE curriculum for elementary grades, which included topics such as same-sex relationships, consent and gender identity.
That curriculum was introduced by the previous Liberal government after extensive con- Michael Bryant, executive
director of the CCLA
sultation with health experts, teachers, students and some parents.
But socially conservative parents said it was too explicit and not age-appropriate, prompting some to pull their children out of public schools.
The 2015 HPE curriculum was replaced with one issued in 2010, containing sex-ed material from 1998 lesson plans.
ETFO argues the government violated the constitutional rights of teachers, by limiting their freedom of expression, and the rights of students.
The CCLA argues the interim curriculum violates a person’s right to security, a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
“OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA.”
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