Sage Schools Coalition - cover for LGBT agenda
Over 30 Qld
schools have opted in to use the resources, including 5 primary schools and 7
P-12 schools, despite our Education Minister assuring the Parliament that the
resources would only be made available to secondary schools. I have commenced a
Qld Parliament petition – not calling for the program to be scrapped – but for
an inquiry into the appropriateness of the materials and for the Qld schools
who are using the resources to be made public as in other states, so that
parents can know what their children will be being taught.
Would you be
happy to circulate the petition to your church folk for their consideration? It
is a Qld Government epetition so has no link to any organisation or political
party.
Thank you very much for your consideration of this. I
believe that God would want us to do everything we can to protect the innocence
of our children. I am a grandmother of 10 children and I cannot stand by and
allow them, or any child, to be used in this fashion for a political agenda. I
don’t believe I should have an opinion without being prepared to act on it.
True love demands truth. It is the truth that will set people free, and we
follow the One who said He is the Truth. Jesus said that we are to speak the
truth in LOVE, and that is my daily prayer and desire. It is because of the
deep love I have for my own grandchildren and the knowledge that every child is
someone’s grandchild that I speak out about this resource. By all means we must
oppose all bullying, for all reasons, including of children who identify as
LGBTIQ. Children have the right to be safe at school. In parallel to this right,
children have a right to their innocence. As adults, we must protect them from
bullying, and at the same time, from inappropriate, and at times dangerous,
resources. Please support this petition asking for an inquiry.
Please don’t
hesitate to ask me for any clarification, or if any of your folk have
questions, I’m more than happy to address them.
Following are
some of the links from the recent media for your information.
WA Education Minister Peter Collier
has raised concerns. A former high school teacher, he said it could hurt the
children it aimed to protect. “I feel as soon as you start to identify or
isolate very discrete elements of student cohorts, inevitably you’re going to
draw attention to those students and if anything it could work in reverse.” http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/safe-schools-activist-roz-ward-raises-red-flag/news-story/42208731b0e4705aa0d2e6aaa8584e3e
· Sunday
February 7 Herald
Sun Rita
Panahi – Mother Pulls Children
from Frankston High School Over Transgender Awareness Rules http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/mother-pulls-children-from-frankston-high-school-over-transgender-awareness-rules/news-story/0b44bfe1ab5be79592261672051b5c60
· Monday
February 8 The
Daily Mail Cindy
Tran –'It's not about safe schools, it's activism in the classroom': Mother
pulls children out of school after it introduced 'transgender awareness
program' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3436635/Cella-White-pulls-children-Frankston-High-School-transgender-awareness-program.html
· Herald Sun – Feb 8 Lyle Shelton – Safe schools program could do more
harm than good http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/safe-schools-transgender-awareness-program-could-do-more-harm-to-kids-than-good/news-story/93f16a43ddb61881fd613c47fbf542db
· The Australian – Feb 10 Natasha Bita – Activists push taxpayer funded gay
manual in schools http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/activists-push-taxpayerfunded-gay-manual-in-schools/news-story/4de614a88e38ab7b16601f07417c6219
· 2GB Afternoons – Feb 10 Ben Fordham, Wendy
Francis (guest) - http://www.2gb.com/article/ben-fordham-full-show-february-10
· 2UE Breakfast – Feb 10 John Stanley, Gary
Linnell, Kevin Donnelly (guest) http://www.2ue.com.au/news/school-children-being-taught-about-sexuality--transgender-issues-20160209-gmq1fl.html
· Thursday SBS – Feb 11 Drew Sheldrick - Anti-gay marriage group warns
of "homosexual recruitment" in schools http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/article/2016/02/10/anti-gay-marriage-group-warns-homosexual-recruitment-schools-0
· The Australian – Feb 11 Editorial - School
activism doesn’t add up http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/school-activism-doesnt-add-up/news-story/5897b5a7cfb028eb06e6277653f4983a
· Letters to the Editor - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/letters/gay-manual-funding-should-extend-to-all-bullying/news-story/14ac847ba2bbd0692d8475d63744dcd0
· Education HQ / Australian
Teachers Magazine – Feb 11 http://au.educationhq.com/news/33898/is-the-safe-schools-coalition-treading-on-dangerous-ground/
· The Age – Feb 11 Kevin Donnelly – Safe Schools Coalition is more
about LGBTI advocacy than making schools safer http://m.theage.com.au/comment/government-and-teacher-union-hypocrisy-as-lgbti-agenda-plugged-in-schools-20160208-gmp18h.html
· Online Opinion (by Greg
Donnelly MLA) –Feb 11 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=18015 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=17848
· Friday - Bible Society – Feb 12 Wendy Francis – Does ‘All of Us’ go beyond
anti-bullying mandate? http://www.biblesociety.org.au/news/does-all-of-us-go-beyond-the-anti-bullying-mandate-and-promote-an-lgbti-point-of-view#.Vr29LL8a3OM.twitter
· Saturday - The Australian – Feb 13 Angela Shanahan – Bullying message lost in the flag
waving http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/angela-shanahan/bullying-message-lost-in-all-the-lgbti-rainbow-flagwaving/news-story/ba654c044fedc2093a576c3a21e8e61d
· Natasha Bita – Safe schools coalition: sexual
politics in the classroom http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/safe-schools-coalition-sexual-politics-in-the-classroom/news-story/bf58ff141ba0b08bf165e3d53cc8a055
· Sunday - Herald Sun – Feb 14 David Penberthy - All Of Us sex education guide a
lesson in pure idiocy http://www.isentialink.com/GetContent/?id=4b0fbb139e230589e531a8a1d05ae361&d=1455368400&u=1455356186&s=1ddd9d4dda11fb66f7c40c10a6a4c394&l=8
· Adelaide Advertiser – Feb
14 David
Penberthy - The All of
Us sex-education guide is putting gay issues ahead of schoolwork http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/david-penberthy-the-all-of-us-sexeducation-guide-is-putting-gay-issues-ahead-of-schoolwork/news-story/625c91d2d37e640c049a99b4c3a8b3ae
· The Mercury – Feb 14 David Penberthy - Insight: Sex guide mocks fair
cause http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/insight-sex-guide-mocks-fair-cause/news-story/c36c5d6b988fc08d04af44423f2ba79d
· The Australian – Feb 14
Jared Owens - Sexual
diversity lessons have reasonable objectives: Simon Birmingham http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/sexual-diversity-lessons-have-reasonable-objectives-simon-birmingham/news-story/17a555b13b0eddc57bdb2a385606dec6
· Monday - Herald Sun – Feb 15 Andrew Bolt - If a Liberal Education Minister
backs this preaching, what’s the point of the Turnbull Government?
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/if_a_liberal_education_minister_backs_this_preaching_whats_the_point_of_the/#itm=hs%7Cnews%7Ccontent-2%3Aitem-count-2%3Adefault-mini-blogs%7C1%7Cheading%7Cindex%7Copinion&itmt=1455498094825
· The Australian – Feb
15 Jared
Owens - Coalition split over
school sexual diversity text funding http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/turnbulls-coalition-split-over-school-sexual-diversity-text-funding/news-story/81173dc396ce79e9c022aaedf4b94553?login=1http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/if_a_liberal_education_minister_backs_this_preaching_whats_the_point_of_the/#itm=hs%7Cnews%7Ccontent-2%3Aitem-count-2%3Adefault-mini-blogs%7C1%7Cheading%7Cindex%7Copinion&itmt=1455498094825