Backing off from his original plan, Mr. McGuinty has promised to be more "thoughtful, responsible" the next time his government comes up with such a proposal. They will still give your kids sex education, but using the older, 12-year-old curriculum, for now.
No one expects the sex-ed proposers to go away quietly. According to the Star, "Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne, who was education minister until January and oversaw the new curriculum development," was "visibly angry" at McGuinty's rethink. “You’re aligning yourselves with homophobes.” But it's not only the former education minister who has been pushing this proposal. For a year, it had been discussed among "public and Catholic school boards, university faculties of education, and health and parent groups. ... After an initial draft, it was then was sent back for public feedback and the education ministry received 3,000 responses before it was fact-checked and finalized in late 2009." If the reports are true, it appears that the whole Ontario education system or its leaders have a very different idea about what to teach your children about sex than many of the schoolchildren's parents. And those educators will be back, for sure.
What do you think of the Ontario Government's public emphasis on sex and sexual display? What do you think of your school board's open celebration of different sexual orientations? Do you know a search on "lesbian" turns up 130 results on the TDSB website while "gay" turns up 218 times (compared to 91 times for "obey")? What do you think they should teach your children?
Feel free to speak your mind in your own blogs!
Or, directly send Mr. McGuinty a message through his website!
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