Stop Catholic schools from distributing ‘homophobic’ literature: leader of UK’s largest union
LONDON, February 27, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The government is allowing “homophobia” to be promoted in religious schools, in the form of a booklet distributed to students at some Catholic schools in Lancashire, says the UK ’s largest trades union. In a letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove in December, Brendan Barber , head of the powerful Trades Union Congress , (TUC), wrote, “Schools now have a legal duty to challenge all forms of prejudice. Such literature undermines this completely.” At issue is the booklet titled, “Pure Manhood: How to become the man God wants you to be,” by American chastity speaker Jason Evert. It says that “homosexual attractions” may “stem from an unhealthy relationship” with a man’s father, “an inability to relate to other guys, or even sexual abuse.” Reiterating the Catechism of the Catholic Church , the booklet went on to say, “The homosexual act is disordered, much like contraceptive sex between heterosexuals. Both acts are directed against God