Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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but why should teachers not teach what IS ??
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That's fine as long as they give the full range of facts such as...
- the law says Johnny has 2 daddies but biologically that's impossible. In reality he has a mommy somewhere but she either died or abandoned him.
- the percentages of people with the various family structures are...
- the percentages of people who think same sex partnerships represent deviant behavior are...
- my opinion (ie. the teacher's) is irrelevant to what yours (the student's) should be. Ask your parents if you want help in deciding what's good and bad on this issue
If there were laws about how the subject could be addressed to kids and care was taken to make it purely factual and non-opinionated then I suppose I could go along with it.
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