The Telegraph – by John Bingham
Children who speak out in class against homosexuality could be viewed as potential extremists under Government guidelines intended to prevent Islamist terrorism, Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has suggested.
Mrs Morgan said comments by children that they consider homosexuality to be “wrong” or “evil” could “trigger” concerns from teachers under guidance designed to help schools detect possible radicalisation.
Traditionalist Christians said Mrs Morgan’s remarks implied that anyone who raised their children in line with conservative religious teaching on sexuality would now be viewed with suspicion.
It follows moves to close two Christian schools after they were judged to have failed the Government’s new “British Values” tests introduced in the wake of the so-called “Trojan Horse” scandal in which hard-line Muslim groups attempted to infiltrate schools in Birmingham.
Ofsted inspectors have already been told to assess whether schools are promoting themes such as democracy, tolerance and the rule of law.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph this week, in the wake of the terrorist atrocity in Tunisia, David Cameron said Britain must be “intolerant of intolerance”.
The Department for Education has issued schools with new guidance to help identify pupils at risk of radicalisation.
Mrs Morgan said this would include “changes in behaviour” and “things that they say”.
Asked, during an interview on BBC Radio 4 if this meant that if a child questioned democracy a teacher would have to take action, she replied: “No, I think schools should be a safe space for young people to explore all sorts of ideas.
“But we have since last year been very clear that schools should also be teaching British values – those are the things that we all hold dear.”
She continued: “I think there are things like tolerance, and there are lines that young people or anyone else could tip over.”
Asked for an example, she said: “It could be for example, as we’ve seen, sadly Isil are extremely intolerant of homosexuality.”
Pressed on whether if a child said they believed homosexuality was “evil” or “wrong” that teachers might consider them a “danger”, she replied: “It could trigger a thought, it would depend very much on the context in which that was being discussed.
“But teachers would discuss it as they do already when they are concerned about children who are at risk of perhaps being drawn into a gang or being exploited or being neglected at home.
“This is a safeguarding issue.”
Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said: “Many families believe that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
“Are these families now to be officially treated with suspicion and even linked with extremism?
“Are teachers going to be required to spy on them and even reported to the police?”
She added: “We are on the verge of a sinister new era of ‘thought-policing’ in our schools.”
Mrs Morgan, a practising Christian, voted against the legalisation of same-sex marriage but later said she had changed her mind.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: “Teachers work with young people all the time and we trust them to recognise the difference between a young person expressing a personal belief of conscience and expressing intolerant, hateful or extremist views.
“This doesn’t and shouldn’t stop schools from discussing a wide range of issues, giving pupils a safe space to develop to explore a beliefs and ideologies and gain a proper preparation for life in modern Britain.”
“It could be for example, as we’ve seen, sadly Isil are extremely intolerant of homosexuality.”
So now our kids are to be considered Isil terrorists? Where do they find these ignorant aholes. Quoiting Dan Aykroyd from Saturday Night Live …Nicky you ignorant slut.
The word Bazaar doesn’t even come close to what there scoundrels in government are doing now but the word traitors covers them quite well. They need to to be tried convicted and hung because all they are doing is getting stronger by the day. All while being protected with your tax dollars and protected by the local militant thugs when they come to your local cities and towns! Makes you want to run right out and vote now don’t it?
The frighteninig thing is they don’t even know what they are doing. They salivate on command and believe whatever they are told is the truth and acceptable.
“David Cameron said Britain must be “intolerant of intolerance”.”
Intolerance being what THEY ascertain it to be, of course.
“She added: “We are on the verge of a sinister new era of ‘thought-policing’ in our schools.”
Absolutely correct.
It’s called the New World Order.
England has always been a ‘testing ground’.
We’re next in line for this insanity.
Ahh, jolly ol’ England. Total surveillance state. Take away the guns, now they want the knives, and heaven forbid your children think a boy kissing a boy is weird, he’s an extremist! A radical! We must conform the children to think the way of the queen and her court and all of her subjects! After all, pedophiles aren’t criminals, it’s a lifestyle! We shall shape the way of the world, for we know what is best for the peasants! All hail the queen!
Sickos! Coming to America at break neck speed. Did anyone really think we were really free from the king when we proclaimed our independence? A slap in the face just in time for “happy July 4th”. Enjoy your fireworks America. Eat your hot dogs and pretend all is well. Your life is about to change while you were busy being in a trance through your TV, and keeping up with the Jonses.
The stupidity is beyond belief.
i want to get rainbow flags mass-produced.
so people can publicly burn them!!!
welcome to zion.