Lessons about gays will be compulsory from age of 11 in UK

[briann]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173919/Lessons-gays-compulsory-age-11.html

Pupils as young as 11 will be taught about homosexuality and civil partnerships in compulsory sex education classes.

All secondary schools  -  including faith schools  -  will have to teach children about same-sex relationships as well as traditional families.

Previously, heads could decide to opt out of teaching the controversial subject.
Pupils as young as 11 are to learn about different types of relationships, including those between people of the same sex, in compulsory sex education classes

Pupils as young as 11 are to learn about different types of relationships, including those between people of the same sex, in compulsory sex education classes

Personal, social and health education classes are due to become part of the compulsory national curriculum in primary and secondary schools from September 2011.

Family and faith groups yesterday condemned the proposals.

From the first year in primary school, four and five-year-old children will learn about different body parts, with lessons about sex from the age of nine.

At Key Stage Three (ages 11 to 14), pupils will learn about contraception, pregnancy, sexual activity and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV.

Schools will also have to teach about ' different types of relationships, including those within families and between older and young people, boys and girls and people of the same sex, including civil partnerships'.

At Key Stage Four (ages 14-16), they will continue to learn about contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and same-sex relationships.
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Guidance, which is due to become statutory, states: 'Students should address the role and benefits of marriage and civil partnerships in stable relationships and family life.'

Schools will also have a new duty to give pupils a financial education, teaching them about subjects such as the credit crunch and how to handle their finances in later life.

In addition, they will have to cover the dangers of alcohol and drugs.

Simon Calvert, of the Christian Institute, said that 'pressing the virtues of homosexuality' could lead to more experimentation, which could be 'harmful' to children.

He said: 'What we don't want to see is vulnerable young people being exploited by outside groups which want to normalise homosexuality.

'If this guidance purports to force faith schools to teach things which go against their faith then it is profoundly illiberal and must be resisted at all costs.'

Norman Wells, of the Family Education Trust, said: 'Making PSHE a statutory part of the national curriculum could be used as a vehicle to promote positive images of homosexual relationships.

'It is difficult to see how teaching children as young as 11 about same-sex relationships and civil partnerships fits in with a study of personal wellbeing, and many parents will be very concerned about the prospect of such lessons being imposed over their heads.'

Under current rules, schoolchildren must be taught the biological facts of reproduction, which usually happens in science classes.

Every school must have a sex education policy, but there is no statutory requirement for teaching about relationships and the social and emotional side of sex.

The Government backed the move to a statutory PSHE curriculum last October and asked Sir Alasdair Macdonald, head of Morpeth School, in Tower Hamlets, East London, to report on its implementation.

His independent review yesterday recommended allowing parents to retain the right to withdraw their children from sex education classes.

Governing bodies will also be able to tailor the statutory curriculum around their ethos, for example Catholic faith schools could teach about contraception but say that its use runs contrary to their religious beliefs.

Schools Secretary Ed Balls said he would legislate to put the recommendations into effect, subject to a four-month consultation. He would keep the right of parents to withdraw their children under review.

He said: 'Compulsory PSHE will mean consistency and quality, so all children can benefit.'

[drlmg]

Why are schools teaching about families, contraceptives, sex, and relationships? Those are subjective topics that are taught by parents at their discretion and according to their values. These are not subjects that are part of a formal education. I am in the process of adoption so as of now I do not have children, when I do they will not be going to the public school system. It is appalling that as the quality of education steadily falls, more and more time is made for this kind of thing when it should be more time made for actual educational courses.

[Cato]

Unfortunately, if you send a boy to a private school in the UK, his acquaintance with homosexuality will be through practice as well as theory.

Hopefully, part of the course should be on "Queer Bashing". Link this to "Paki bashing" and you have a full curriculum item.

Seriously, this is just what is wrong with liberal attitudes towards homosexuality. It is an abberation which should never be taught to children as an alternative life style choice.

[ag337]

Why are schools teaching about families, contraceptives, sex, and relationships? Those are subjective topics that are taught by parents at their discretion and according to their values. These are not subjects that are part of a formal education. I am in the process of adoption so as of now I do not have children, when I do they will not be going to the public school system. It is appalling that as the quality of education steadily falls, more and more time is made for this kind of thing when it should be more time made for actual educational courses.

   

drlmg,

I agree with your above posted reply to this thread.
I feel that these are topics that are taught by parents at their discretion and guidance.

[briann]

UK is a prime example of leftism gone wrong....   allowing Islam and homosexual extremism to be part of a CHILDREN's curriculum is just wrong.