Re: Gayby Baby

iapetus_rocks · ‎27-08-2015

Education is all about challenging people to consider facts, concepts and ideas.

and moreover, to facilitate the children's ability to formulate their own ideas

it's a fact that some children live with same sex parents.

it's a concept which people who don't live in that situation, might find strange

and therein lies the value of exposing people to consider this situation, and to listening to other people who have lived in it.

lloydslights · ‎27-08-2015

@*julia*2010 wrote:
Who is pushing this relentless homosexual agenda, and why?

good question.

it wasn't going to be just a screening -
it was going to be a celebration with cup
cakes and fashion parade....seriously..

1. I find this picture on the poster disturbing - why a naked child? Why a tattoo?

2. Purple cupcakes and fashion parade under the rainbow flag.

If a former student was a murderer in gaol, would they have a documentary with a child describing what it was like going to visit Mummy behind bars? Followed with a fashion parade and cupcakes under the "Inmates Rights Association" flag?'

Look, I don't mind anyone attending a documentary about different aspects of Life as told by anyone. But to make it a celebration? During school hours?

DEB

nevynreally · ‎27-08-2015

@iapetus_rocks wrote:
Education is all about challenging people to consider facts, concepts and ideas.

and moreover, to facilitate the children's ability to formulate their own ideas

it's a fact that some children live with same sex parents.

it's a concept which people who don't live in that situation, might find strange

and therein lies the value of exposing people to consider this situation, and to listening to other people who have lived in it.

Government education in Australia has a responsibility to educate all. Not just fringe groups. If we, as a community accept these changes then all schools should show it.

para-slights · ‎27-08-2015

At school we watched a few docos on civil rights and the effects of British colonialism we talked about how 50 years earlier showing us this documentary would have brought some heated ire upon the school. Little did we suspect this scenario would actually play out a few dacades later with others vying for rights and equality

punch*drunk · ‎27-08-2015

@lyndal1838 wrote:
@iapetus_rocks wrote:

My feelings are that I would have no problems allowing my children to watch the docco but I'd also instruct them about the political implications of the requirement to wear something purple while attending.

The teachers missed the point . . . in my opinion.

What are the political implications of wearing purple while watching a documentary about children being raised by same sex parents?
The school has apparently been highlighting Purple Day for some time.

I have far more problems with the documentary than with the worldwide promotion of Epilepsy Awareness Day on Friday, the day they are wearing purple.

Nothing to do with epilepsy.

Wear it Purple has a simple message:
“You have the right to be proud of who you are.”

Who you love and how you define your...self does not change that.

Wear it Purple is a student run, not-for-profit organisation that exists to support young people who identify as sexuality and/or gender diverse (i.e. rainbow).

Wear it Purple seeks to raise awareness about the issues faced by these young people and the need to eradicate bullying based on sexuality and gender diversity. We aim to help create a world that is safe for all young people, within which they are free to learn, grow and belong. Wear it Purple believes that everyone has the right to be proud of who they are, and we aim to empower these young people to be able to.

k0llectable5 · ‎27-08-2015

@iapetus_rocks wrote:
I didn't know that wearing purple was an indication of support for people suffering from epilepsy.
I didn't either, but I thnk here they are wearing it to support The concept "It's not OK to say "thats so Gay" https://www.propellerproject.com.au/Project/Details/36

It was not clarified that viewing the docco and wearing of purple while doing so were totally unrelated.
I believe it was totally related.

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Anonymous · ‎27-08-2015

@lyndal1838 wrote:
I think the Purple Day is a great innovation but not to push other agendas like the film.

but the wear it purple day does have

a specific agenda. the film is related

to their cause.

http://www.wearitpurple.org/

moonflyte · ‎27-08-2015

There is a political agenda behind this. To make it that you have to "opt out".

This is a thing that is taking advantage of vulnerable minds but it should not be automatically compulsory and you have to opt out.

The letter the principle sent out was "all students will attend" making it compulsory.

Schools are not there to peddle political views and ideologies. The other thing is if a student does not agree then that student or students are open to bullying.

bluecat*dancing · ‎27-08-2015

The banning of the film sends a terrible message to kids who have same sex parents and those who are themselves gay. Funny how the school had received no complaints about the screening of the film. Scary the power that a second rate tabloid has over politicians.

Outrageous, the outrage over Wear It Purple Day, a day that two students started [ Yes, two teens. How outrageous!]. How outrageous that for the past 5 years, students celebrate the individuality of every young person. How outrageous that the message is " You have the riight to be proud of who you are". How outrageous that support is being shown to rainbow young people. Outrageous!

What is outrageous is the intolerance and ignorance of adults. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

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bluecat*dancing · ‎27-08-2015

http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2015/08/26/outrage-school-informs-students-gay-people-exist

Parents have been left fuming at the screening of a documentary at a Sydney school that have controversially informed students that gay people exist and live normal lives. Students at Burwood Girls High School in Sydney were expected to attend a screening of a controversial documentary in which same-sex couples are openly shown to exist in this world.

“This is filling our kid’s heads with propaganda,” an outraged parent claimed. “If we start teaching our kids that it’s okay to be gay then next thing you know they won’t be vilifying gay people.

“It could lead to absolutely horrendous outbreaks of tolerance in the school yard which is pretty much the prime bullying years. Without proper trauma being inflicted in their development years anyone in the school starting to identify as a member of the queer community might not feel the shame we’re desperately trying to instil in them.

“The absolute last thing we want our children exposed to is differing views from various perspectives to show them the complexity of the world. We must not let education become a tool for teaching people things they don’t know.”

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