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The Manitoba Teachers’ Society ( MTS ) passed a resolution on Saturday to lobby the provincial government to revamp its entire spectrum of existing curricula to include “ LGBTQ ” (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) issues, people, and values. About 90 percent of 290 delegates to MTS’s Annual General Meeting — representing 15,000 public school teachers — voted in favor of the resolution,  according  to MTS President Paul Olson. If the resolution is adopted, the government would require all schools receiving public funding, both public and private, to follow the reengineered curricula.  The new curricula must “explicitly speak to sensitive issues being addressed in the classroom” if it is to be an “aid in creating inclusive learning environments for all students and teachers,”  according  to an MTP press release.  For example, a math problem in the revised curricula “might include a mother and father, but can also include a single ...

The Hamilton-area Christian father who is suing the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board after the board refused his repeated requests over two years to withdraw his children from classes dealing with homosexuality and other sensitive issues, is coming under attack from the local newspaper , The Spectator . Dr. Steve Tourloukis, the man behind the lawsuit, which seeks to ensure that he is notified before controversial subjects are discussed in class, is a dentist, a member of the Greek Orthodox Church , and has a daughter in grade one and a son in grade four. In  an editorial  published September 13, The Spectator’s Managing Editor , Howard Elliott , called Dr. Tourloukis’ legal action “distasteful,” “impractical,” and “downright sinister.” Dr. Steve Tourloukis The paper also  published a cartoon  by Graeme MacKay with the editorial that portrayed a caricature of Dr. Tourloukis drowning in an accumulation of the word “hate.” Another version of th...