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I think your cynicism is well-placed Fridge - here's the link to the article on the Kent Conservatives website refered to in the Guardian article. I think it's pretty clear where Sir Sandy is coming from:-
There is a world of difference between tolerance and understanding of individual circumstances an teaching young people that relationships are ordinary and just as good as marriage,' said Mr Bruce-Lockhart.
He said the county wanted to put its money and efforts into improving school standards through projects like after-school clubs, holiday homework classes and sports programmes rather than the kind of homosexual youth groups and teaching material favoured in other areas.
We do not think it right to spend public money furthering the interests of fashionable modernisers, apologists and particular minority groups,' he said. . Our schools are excellent but our children are growing up in a complex confusing world. We need to re-emphasise family, Christian, religious and traditional values.'
As for the legality of things, I assume that local education authorities have the power to set elements of their own curricula, and from a human rights perspective there is not much challenge to it as long as the information included in the curriculum is conveyed in an "objective, critical and pluralistic manner."
Still, it appears that Kent is currently the only LEA in the UK planning on introducing their own mini-Section 28 and I think they look rather ridiculous making their lone stand.
Anyway, thanks for linking to this Fridge; I will get onto my publishers and suggest that they don't bother trying to market my Adventures of Johnny Horsecock series to schools in Kent. |
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