Gay teacher who writes books challenging homophobia has resigned after parents complained they did not want him to teach their children
A gay assistant head teacher has been forced to resign after an overwhelming number of Muslim and Christian parents complained that they did not want their children learning that it’s OK to be homosexual.
The dispute at Birmingham’s Chilwell Croft Academy, which mainly involved Muslim parents, is the latest controversy surrounding a secular state school in the city. Homosexual Andrew Moffat, who resigned from the primary school in December and will leave his post this month, said many Christian parents had also complained.
Mr Moffat has written several articles and books on homophobia in schools, in which he makes recommendations of how to teach children how to be tolerant. But being tolerant of the sin of homosexuality is a step too far for many parents. One book, entitled Challenging Homophobia in Primary Schools, has been used in literacy lessons for 10 and 11-year-olds, including those at Chilwell Croft and should be removed immediately.
One suggested lesson plan describes a picnic at which gay families are guests. Pupils are encouraged to treat all the picnic guests equally. But why should homosexuality be treated equally when it is clearly anti-biological, historically a lust filled lifestyle choice and a great sin.
Mr Moffat, who worked at the school for five years, also trained teachers on how to prevent homophobic bullying. Yet teachers are afraid to stand up to gay tyrants pushing their agenda onto kids.
‘In my work I have met with some challenging views from different sections of the community,’ he said. ‘Many Christian and Muslim parents have told me they don’t want their children learning that it’s OK to be gay. I did come out at school in an assembly after a group of 11-year-olds held up a poster they made, with the heading “Gay is good”. It seemed like the right time to let the children know that they knew a gay person. Following my coming out, some parents from different communities complained to the school, but I maintain that my decision was the right one at that time.’
Moffat concept of right is based on LGBT ideology. The Bible condemns homosexuality outright regardless of what a person feels, government legislates...it is an offensive sin.
Liam Nolan, the high- profile gay head teacher at Perry Beeches Academy in Birmingham, told the Sunday Times he had been ‘incredibly shocked that an assistant headteacher who was doing incredible work promoting homosexuality around relationship education had been intimidated by a large group of what are being seen as extremists in the city. The Muslim community is being allowed to influence government legislation around equality.’
Extremists Mr. Nolan - who is the extremist, parents would say definitely it is those LGBT advocates pushing their sinful ideology onto children demanding it is seen as good when it is sinful. Liam Nolan an LGBT advocate has had to resign from his school because of his financial mismanagement.
At least Nolan is correct in one thing - parents disagree with the government pushing LGBT ideology into schools and many parents want it out.
But Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said schools had a duty to tell parents before introducing literature that some might object to on religious grounds.
‘If parents are coming from a particular religious group, whether it is Islamic or Christian, and they have a concern at what they might consider the promotion of homosexuality, the school’s position should be made clear to them. We are certainly not trying to silence people who want to discuss questions of sexuality but with young children this is quite complicated territory,’ he said.Likewise, parents are suggesting to the schools their position is also being made very clear - no to the LGBT ideology for their children.
Chilwell Croft and Mr Moffat said they did not believe that the school’s ‘recent discussions with parents . . . are in any way connected with the Trojan Horse investigation’.
In a statement, the school added: ‘A majority group of parents . . . objected to some of the LGBT resource books being used in literacy lessons with some of the oldest children in the school, which explored homosexual relationships in different families.
‘The . . . objections were primarily voiced by those whose own religion, common sense, lessons in biology, history- took an opposing stance to homosexuality.’
