The Roman Catholic Church is escalating its opposition to a British Columbia government teacher guide that encourages diversity in the public school system.
This week the Catholic Civil Rights League, a lay group, urged parents to protest against the guide over its inclusion of gay issues including same-sex marriage.
The guide, which does not mandate diversity studies, is the result of a human rights complaint filed by a same-sex couple in 2005. The following year the education ministry reached a settlement with Murray and Peter Corren to make the curriculum gay-friendly.
Called Making Space, Giving Voice, the guide will help teachers in developing discussions of diversity from kindergarten to Grade 12.
The Catholic Civil Rights League in a statement said that the program will conflict with the religious beliefs of parents and take time away from core core curriculum subjects.
The League said it will work with other groups to mount a concerted effort to kill what it calls the government's attempt drive to introduce "non-heterosexual realities" in all classrooms.
The head of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association said the League's protest won't succeed because the courts have already ruled that public schools must be inclusive.
[Because, of course, there is nothing better for Catholics to be doing!]
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