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The lesson plans, which have been funded by a £35,000 grant from the
Training And Development Agency For Schools, are to be
optional. The plans include asking pupils in geography lessons to consider why
homosexuals move from the countryside to cities and using homosexual and
lesbian characters in scenarios for maths problems. Maths lessons will also include references to statistics on
the number of homosexuals in the population.
Lessons in ‘Design and Technology’ will encourage children to make
symbols linked to the homosexual "rights" movement. Languages will
incorporate words such as “outing” and “pride” and will encourage the teaching
of an “LGBT vocabulary”.
According to
the new plans, the science curriculum should include studying animal species
where the male takes a leading role in raising young, such as emperor penguins
and sea horses, and staging class discussions on different family structures,
including same-sex parents.
The lesson plans are designed to "celebrate the gay
community" and to raise children’s awareness about homosexual, bisexual
and transsexual issues. Youngsters will be exposed to images of homosexual
couples and books such as And Tango Makes Three, which
tells the story of two male penguins raising a chick, which was inspired by
events at
The controversial plans, which will be launched in February
2011 at the start of LGBT History Month, were written by teachers and backed by
the Department for Education. They will be available for schools to download
from the ‘Schools Out’ website.
Critics have
blasted the initiative and called it “nonsense” and a waste of public money
which would distract from the teaching of "core" subjects.
Craig
Whittaker, Conservative MP for
John
O’Connell, of TaxPayers’
Commentator
Melanie Phillips called the plans “absurd” and said they are set “to brainwash
children with propaganda under the camouflage of education”.
“Alas, this
gay curriculum is no laughing matter. Absurd as it sounds, this is but the
latest attempt to brainwash children with propaganda under the camouflage of
education. It is an abuse of childhood. And it’s all part of the ruthless
campaign by the gay rights lobby to destroy the very concept of normal sexual behaviour,” she wrote in the Daily Mail.
“As the old
joke has it, what was once impermissible first becomes tolerated and then
becomes mandatory,” she added.
A Department
for Education spokesman said the plans aim at promoting “equality and tolerance”.
“These are
optional teaching materials. It is for the head and teacher to choose the most
appropriate teaching resources to help promote equality and tolerance.”
In January
2010 Nick Clegg stated in an interview with Attitude, a British magazine for
homosexuals, that all faith schools in the
In July 2009
David Cameron attended a homosexual joint fundraising event and issued an
apology on behalf of the Conservative Party for Section 28 of the Local
Government Act 1988 – legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government
in response to evidence of Left-wing councils and schools intentionally
promoting homosexuality to children.