Canadian Group Blasts BC Govt.'s Pro-Homosexual Education Settlement
by Jim Brown
September 11, 2006
(AgapePress) - - Thousands of families in British Columbia are protesting the terms of a controversial settlement reached between a same-sex couple and the provincial government.
The agreement between the BC government and Peter and Murray Corren allows the two homosexuals to help revise all K-12 school curricula to ensure that courses promote homosexuality and "queer history." According to this agreement, the new curriculum revisions are set to be implemented before the end of this month.
However, Canadian pro-family groups oppose the settlement, saying it places limitations on parents' rights to withdraw their children from classes that teach sensitive subjects, including homosexuality. K. John Cheung is with the Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and Family Values Association. His group has collected 17,000 petitions protesting the BC government's secret deal with the Correns, which Alliance members feel is not in the best interests of school children.
"If you want to talk about a particular sexual orientation or lifestyle," Cheung says, "you must put in pros and cons. You cannot be one-sided, because one-sided is not academic knowledge. It is propaganda." However, he notes, British Columbia's Attorney General Wally Oppal has repeatedly broken his promise to meet with the Alliance regarding the settlement.
The pro-family group's spokesman says there was no reason for Oppal and the provincial government to settle with the Correns. It came about, he explains, when the homosexual couple launched a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal in 1999, alleging that BC public schools' curricula systematically discriminate against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgender individuals.
Cheung says even if the British Columbian government had lost the case before the Human Rights Tribunal, the provincial government officials could have appealed to the Supreme Court of BC. And from there, he notes, they could have appealed to the British Columbian Court of Appeals.
Even losing there, the pro-family activist points out, the BC officials could have appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. And if that happened, he asserts, "I could assure you it would take another six or seven years."
The Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and Family Values Association recently held a rally in front of Premier Gordon Campbell's office, protesting the Corren settlement. The pro-family activists say the settlement allows the Correns to revise educational curricula to not only recognize "queer" contributions to society, but also to promote same-sex "marriage" and homosexual adoption rights.
Jim Brown, a regular contributors to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
