Gayby Baby

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Burwood Girls High School: Anger over gay parenting documentary ‘Gayby Baby’

PARENTS are angry that a prominent government high school had organised for its 1200 students to watch a documentary on gay parenting instead of normal classes.

Burwood Girls High School sent a flyer to parents last week saying all students would attend a special screening of the documentary Gayby Baby during periods two and three on Friday. Students were instructed to wear purple, with purple cupcakes served after the movie.

But after a backlash from parents, including outrage at the flyer which depicted a young, shirtless boy with a tattoo on his chest, principal Mia Kumar yesterday offered parents the option to exclude their daughters from the screening if they notified the school in writing.

NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has now directed the Department of Education to ensure the film is not shown in school hours, telling  2GB Radio on Wednesday while the schools accepted diversity, “schools are not places for political issues to be aired”.

“During school hours we expect them to be doing maths and English and curriculum matters.

This movie is not part of the curriculum and that’s why I’ve made that direction,” Mr Piccoli said.

He also admitted that he hadn’t seen the film, which follows the lives of several children with same-sex parents.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/burwood-girls-high-school-anger-over-gay-parenting-documen...

"principal Mia Kumar yesterday offered parents the option to exclude their daughters from the screening if they notified the school in writing." 

How dare they?

Who is pushing this relentless homosexual agenda, and why?

[lloydslights]

I have delved more into the background of this.

It appears that the subject is part of the curriculum of the NSW Board of Studies - Personal Health Development and Physical Education

There are groups that make a living providing goods and services for children's education.  Groups that benefit by being "partners" with government departments and other sponsors to provide educational material.

This group is very interesting  (you might note the sponsors and the background of those sponsors).

http://www.documentaryaustralia.com.au/page/76/working-with-grantmakers

Personally, I'm not worried about it being part of the curriculum.

But the wearing of purple to show we are proud of who we are?

At school functions, we had to wear the school uniform to show that we were proud of our school.

And elsewhere, stand tall with shoulders back with self-assurance and pride.

(Anyway, the whole discussion on here and in other forums has been a huge coup of free promotion.)

DEB

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[azureline**]

Schools have different days where students wear the colour designated to that day....... Harmony Day, they wear orange, Day for Daniel, they wear red... etc.

I have changed my mind about this film since looking more into it.

If no parents objected to it, I see no reason why the children were not allowed to watch it.

If a few objected, they can ask for their children to do something else during the screening... or keep them home.

[Anonymous]

Outrageous, the outrage over Wear It Purple Day

it is time to accept that there are those who

have different beliefs.  i would be very surprised

if a school in burwood did not have a multi-

faith community.   it is time to accept that all 

students' beliefs should be respected. 

this is just a small example of what i was

referring to on the same sex marriage thread -

the denial of having a conscious right.

Today NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli was forced to step into the debate and he directed the Sydney school to shift the showing of Gayby Baby to after-school hours – not during class time as had originally been planned.

One woman told ninemsn that her younger sister, a Year 12 student at Burwood Girls High School, has been bullied by teaching staff and students for choosing not to take part in the school's voluntary Wear it Purple day – a celebration of LGBT pride.

The film Gayby Baby, which follows the lives of four children being raised by same-sex couples, was scheduled as part of the school's Wear it Purple program.

"Last year [my sister] chose not to take part in these [Wear it Purple] festivities and teachers were questioning her and telling her it was something that she needed to do," said a woman who identified herself only as Josephine.

"I'm outraged, because my sister is being bullied for having her Christian ideals. She's not a very outspoken young lady and she still feels bullied when she doesn’t partake in this event.

"Everybody has the right for freedom of speech," said Josephine, who is also a teacher at a Sydney high school. "Students, such as my sister, who sit this out shouldn’t be discriminated against."

[Anonymous]

And we are proud of the leadership our school shows in supporting  all views and the right for all people to be accepted

obviously not everyone shares the

same experience 

[k0llectable5]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

Outrageous, the outrage over Wear It Purple Day

it is time to accept that there are those who

have different beliefs.  i would be very surprised

if a school in burwood did not have a multi-

faith community.   it is time to accept that all 

students' beliefs should be respected. 

this is just a small example of what i was

referring to on the same sex marriage thread -

the denial of having a conscious right.

Today NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli was forced to step into the debate and he directed the Sydney school to shift the showing of Gayby Baby to after-school hours – not during class time as had originally been planned.

One woman told ninemsn that her younger sister, a Year 12 student at Burwood Girls High School, has been bullied by teaching staff and students for choosing not to take part in the school's voluntary Wear it Purple day – a celebration of LGBT pride.

The film Gayby Baby, which follows the lives of four children being raised by same-sex couples, was scheduled as part of the school's Wear it Purple program.

"Last year [my sister] chose not to take part in these [Wear it Purple] festivities and teachers were questioning her and telling her it was something that she needed to do," said a woman who identified herself only as Josephine.

"I'm outraged, because my sister is being bullied for having her Christian ideals. She's not a very outspoken young lady and she still feels bullied when she doesn’t partake in this event.

"Everybody has the right for freedom of speech," said Josephine, who is also a teacher at a Sydney high school. "Students, such as my sister, who sit this out shouldn’t be discriminated against."

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I do agree with what what you say Julia, could you imagine how many people would turn up for a Christian pride celebration at a highschool? They could show the movie; Passion of the Christ and all eat the blood and body sacrement afterward underneath a big crucifix, lol 

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

Yes, I agree bluecat* and what is also outrageous are the comments re sex education.. do people here seriously think that sex ed is not taught in religious schools? 

Well, you might need to wake up, or take your rose coloured glasses off, or actually meet some young people..sex ed has been offered in schools for years, and its not just about contraception- (or as someone else mentioned, promiscuity) its a more holistic teaching of health and responsibility, within a peer framework. These discussions need to happen at ages where students are able to understand the information, and what better place than school? 

This generation has access to sex and all the implications of it readily- more than any previous generations, and they dont need to leave home to access it. Any connection to the internet either via phones or computers allow that. 

[azureline**]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

Outrageous, the outrage over Wear It Purple Day

it is time to accept that there are those who

have different beliefs.  i would be very surprised

if a school in burwood did not have a multi-

faith community.   it is time to accept that all 

students' beliefs should be respected. 

this is just a small example of what i was

referring to on the same sex marriage thread -

the denial of having a conscious right.

Today NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli was forced to step into the debate and he directed the Sydney school to shift the showing of Gayby Baby to after-school hours – not during class time as had originally been planned.

One woman told ninemsn that her younger sister, a Year 12 student at Burwood Girls High School, has been bullied by teaching staff and students for choosing not to take part in the school's voluntary Wear it Purple day – a celebration of LGBT pride.

The film Gayby Baby, which follows the lives of four children being raised by same-sex couples, was scheduled as part of the school's Wear it Purple program.

"Last year [my sister] chose not to take part in these [Wear it Purple] festivities and teachers were questioning her and telling her it was something that she needed to do," said a woman who identified herself only as Josephine.

"I'm outraged, because my sister is being bullied for having her Christian ideals. She's not a very outspoken young lady and she still feels bullied when she doesn’t partake in this event.

"Everybody has the right for freedom of speech," said Josephine, who is also a teacher at a Sydney high school. "Students, such as my sister, who sit this out shouldn’t be discriminated against."

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unless there is more to it, I wonder how that is bullying?

[Anonymous]

another example of how others' beliefs

were not taken into consideration:

A parent, who wished to be identified only as Daniel, said he was concerned the film was “pushing an alternative view and was pushing my view and my daughter’s view (of traditional heterosexual parents) into a minority”.

“The school definitely has gone too far — this is not in the curriculum and they have no right to teach my daughter this type of thing,” he said.

Islamic spiritual leaders also criticised the timing of the screening on Friday, a day when Muslims including high school students hold congregational prayers.

Imam Mohammad Trad said: “ This is an issue that should be a conversation ­between parents and their children.”

Some parents feared their children would be ostracised or criticised if they did not participate. The parents said that no opt-out opportunity had been offered at first and students were all expected to “wear purple in support”.

[bluecat*dancing]

Back when I was in high school, we rebelled until the wearing of a uniform was abandoned.