Gayby Baby

[icyfroth]

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?

[Anonymous]

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@fustermcluster wrote:

Was it compulsory for BGHS students to attend the Julie Bishop event during class time, recently?

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do you mean the 'women in leadership' forum?

it doesn't appear to have been compulsory.

the school hosted the event with participants

from other schools.  not sure how the school

representatives were chosen but obviously

not all students from burwood high school and

other schools attended.  there were about 500

in the school hall. 

thanks for bringing that up though.  this is what

julie bishop had to say on gayby baby:

“I think (marriage equality) is a fundamental issue that confronts Australia at the moment ... so I think it is great that the girls will have an opportunity to debate it,” Ms Bishop said during a media interview after the forum.

“Anybody who doesn’t believe in it, or it’s not their values, shouldn’t be made to feel isolated because of their view.”

[Anonymous]

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@azureline** wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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

oh do you?

it is bullying because she was being questioned

about  her choice which she was entitled to make.

the choice of opting out should have  been 

respected.  

what is your definition of bullying?  

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Questioned= asked.

Bullying is not being asked about it ....... not enough details there to make a judgement that she was bullied.

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you're right, asking does not literally

mean bullying.

questioning the motives for not participating

when the participation was optional in the first

place, is bullying.  it can easily be seen as 

coercing. 

context!

[fustermcluster]

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@punch*drunk wrote:

We had a gay teacher at school, he was a favorite teacher for a lot of kids. Students and parents were all completely accepting of him and he was well respected. Strange to think we've backslid so far since I was at school.

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We watched a play performed by a group of men from the UK about life in prison which included a sex act between 2 men. 

We also went to Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.

[icyfroth]

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@fustermcluster wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

We had a gay teacher at school, he was a favorite teacher for a lot of kids. Students and parents were all completely accepting of him and he was well respected. Strange to think we've backslid so far since I was at school.

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We watched a play performed by a group of men from the UK about life in prison which included a sex act between 2 men. 

We also went to Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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was it compulsory? did you have to get a note from a parent to say you couldn't attend?

[kilroy_is_here]

something that is forced appon someone will never be excepted

and something that is exceptable will never need to be forced appon someone

[eeebatt]

I am amazed at the number of people who are so fond of seafood.

The number of red herrings that have been thrown into the conversation is staggering, only to be exceeded by the number of people swallowing them  whole

[Anonymous]

omega-3 

[fustermcluster]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@fustermcluster wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

We had a gay teacher at school, he was a favorite teacher for a lot of kids. Students and parents were all completely accepting of him and he was well respected. Strange to think we've backslid so far since I was at school.

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We watched a play performed by a group of men from the UK about life in prison which included a sex act between 2 men. 

We also went to Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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was it compulsory? did you have to get a note from a parent to say you couldn't attend?

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The play was just another event at school. Hair required permission, after which my mother said "if I had known about the nude scene you would nat have gone"  :D:D 

[fustermcluster]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@fustermcluster wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

We had a gay teacher at school, he was a favorite teacher for a lot of kids. Students and parents were all completely accepting of him and he was well respected. Strange to think we've backslid so far since I was at school.

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We watched a play performed by a group of men from the UK about life in prison which included a sex act between 2 men. 

We also went to Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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was it compulsory? did you have to get a note from a parent to say you couldn't attend?

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The play was just another event at school. Hair required permission, after which my mother said "if I had known about the nude scene you would not have gone"  :D:D 

[eeebatt]

Same side effect, only more potent 🙂

AND addictive the more you swallow the more you are likely to swallow.