Posted: Jun 28, 2011 9:26 am
There's certainly some merit to what she goes on to say about the benefits of the public system having as many kids in it as possible. Nobody benefits from groups retreating into isolation. There have to be limits, however, to what the public system will do to accomodate intolerance.
School should be neutral territory in that the curriculum and culture should not be against any group. It this case it shouldn't be anti-gay and nor should it be anti-faith. The problem is that Christian groups can have a pretty far reaching view of what is anti-Christian. Some think acknowledging that gay people should have equal rights is anti-Christian and an attack on them. In fact, acknowledging gay rights has nothing to do with Christianity one way or the other.
It's very difficult to accomodate a group which thinks it's under attack when other people don't agree with it. I think it needs to be accepted that people who can't respect the choices of others (when their own choices receive respect) will withdraw and there's only so much that can be done to dissuade them.
"Others say don't hate nothing at all except hatred." Bob Dylan
School should be neutral territory in that the curriculum and culture should not be against any group. It this case it shouldn't be anti-gay and nor should it be anti-faith. The problem is that Christian groups can have a pretty far reaching view of what is anti-Christian. Some think acknowledging that gay people should have equal rights is anti-Christian and an attack on them. In fact, acknowledging gay rights has nothing to do with Christianity one way or the other.
It's very difficult to accomodate a group which thinks it's under attack when other people don't agree with it. I think it needs to be accepted that people who can't respect the choices of others (when their own choices receive respect) will withdraw and there's only so much that can be done to dissuade them.
"Others say don't hate nothing at all except hatred." Bob Dylan