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The Toronto District School Board has outraged Toronto conservatives with
their latest day planner which was handed out to kids from grade one through
five.
The second issue is what the conservatives see as more sinister:
The first one that jumped out at him, under a headline that said “equitable
and inclusive,” was Nov. 19’s Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Then came Dec. 1’s World AIDS Day, followed by Dec. 17’s International Day
to End Violence Against Sex Workers. There was also Feb. 7’s International
Day of Zero-Tolerance on Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation and Feb. 12’s
International Sexual and Reproductive Health Day.
“It’s just bizarre,” said the outraged dad. “He’s six. I want him to
enjoy being six.”
Perhaps another point to be made is why is there so much politically
correct recognition of so many obscure celebrations that have nothing
directly to do with what should be going on in the classroom?
It’s another conspiracy from those damned ‘politically correct’ types.
Most of the comments on the story at the Toronto Sun’s site come back to
the argument that the kids are too young, and shouldn’t hear about this
stuff. But I’m not that impressed with the ‘virtue of ignorance’
argument.
Conservatives have long pinned their hopes on ignorance as a means of
curbing immoral activity. America has a long past of fighting against sex
education and promoting ‘abstinence only’ lessons, which have always
backfired, leading to higher teen pregnancy rates.
And ignorance is impossible anyways. With the internet and several hundred
TV channels, kids are going to hear about these things anyways.
The other thing to remember is that there are kids in these classes that ARE
faced with these issues, perhaps not themselves, but in their families
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