Aussies Schools push adult gay porn
The Australia Christian Lobby said news that extreme erotic
material has been promoted by websites linked to by the Government-funded Safe
Schools Coalition were disturbing and warranted the immediate suspension of the
program in Australian schools.
ACL Managing Director
Lyle Shelton said the revelations in
parliament yesterday by LNP QLD MP George Christensen that Safe Schools was
directing children toward pornographic content, sex shops, sex clubs and adult
communities through other websites would be of concern to the overwhelming
majority of parents.
“The welfare of children
must come first. To have a government-sponsored website instructing children to
click through to age-inappropriate websites is a failure of the government’s
duty of care. Commonwealth and State governments must immediately suspend
the Safe Schools Coalition Program pending the review by Education Minister
Simon Birmingham,” Mr Shelton said.
“The ACL commends Mr
Christensen for bringing this to the attention of parliament and so many
concerned parents.”
Mr Christensen tabled a
document in parliament detailing how the Safe Schools Coalition website directs
students to the Minus 18 website which has links to The Tool Shed sex shop, a
teen sex advice site called Scarleteen and Melbourne gay bar the GH Hotel.
Overnight The Tool Shed
link had been removed from the Minus 18 website.
“It is disturbing enough
that Safe-Schools advocates allowing boys to use the girls’ toilets and gives
instruction in chest-binding for girls and penis tucking for boys.
“That the Safe
Schools-promoted Minus 18 website has been providing links to adult content is
alarming.”
In his speech, Mr
Christensen said: “If parents knew this was the type of material their children
were being exposed to they would probably not let them go to school.’’
Mr Shelton said: “It is
disappointing that Labor child safety spokeswoman Terri Butler is calling for
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to condemn Mr Christensen.
“As Labor’s child safety
spokeswoman Ms Butler should be focusing her attention on the material that the
Safe Schools Coalition is promoting, including through the Minus 18 website.
“People need to calm
down in this debate and actually look at this material rather than attacking
those who are bringing its content to the attention of parents.
“The Safe Schools
Coalition purports to be an anti-bullying program but instead is providing
links to adult-only sites.
“Safe Schools tells
children they must have access to the Minus 18 website which instructs girls in
chest binding so their breasts are flattened and penis tucking for boys.”
Since marriage was
redefined in countries like Ireland and Canada, programs like Safe Schools had
become mandatory.
The Victorian Government
plans to make Safe Schools mandatory from 2018.
“Many people are asking
questions about where rainbow ideology is taking our politics.
“The Government should
immediately pay out its contract with the program providers,” Mr Shelton said.
