Cons: Should Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and Bisexual studies be incorporated into the Curriculum?
1. Teacher Bias having a negative effect on students:
All of the following would be left up to the discretion of the teacher. Depending on the opinions of the individual teacher, the topic could never be taught, or a negative viewpoint will come across. There is no one to regulate what a teacher does or does not say in a classroom.
- you need to establish a language that students will have in common and that you can use to communicate the course material.
- to distinguish the concepts of sex (female, male), gender (woman/girl, man/boy), gender identity, gender role (feminine, masculine, androgynous) and sexual orientation (lesbian/gay, bisexual, heterosexual) from each other.
- Although you can influence the climate of your classroom by presenting yourself and your course carefully, ultimately the classroom atmosphere depends on your behavior and the rules you establish within the classroom.
- Do you want student discussion and, if so, how much and under what rules? Whether you allow classroom discussion depends on your own style and goals in the course as well as practical factors such as the size and layout of your classroom.
- About which topics you feel uncomfortable or unqualified to handle in a classroom and how you will either steer discussions away from these
2. Beliefs in Homosexuality as Unnatural (“Harmful”)
Should not be teaching students unnatural material, giving ideas to students
- The Ramsey Colloquium argues that homosexuality leads to the breakdown of the family and ultimately of human society. This points to the “alarming rates of sexual promiscuity, depression, and suicide and the ominous presence of AIDS within the homosexual subculture”
- Homosexuality was a matter of choice, men or women giving up natural relations with the female (for men) and giving up the male (for women)
- The logic of the argument is that homosexual sex cannot contribute to reproduction, we as humans would become extinct. Sex for procreation.
3. Parental Rights
Parents have the right to hold their own beliefs and to not be contradicted at school.
- People who do not want their children being taught that homosexuality is acceptable argue that forcing their children to partake in these discussions at school violates this human right
- From the Universal Declaration of Human rights, “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children”, and those parents who do not wish their children to learn about homosexuality at school would be having this right
infringed on.
“Wolfson allegedly sought to discredit Catholic teaching on homosexuality by suggesting that since the eating of fish on Fridays was no longer adhered to, neither should biblical
teachings on homosexuality. She allegedly began her treatment of Scripture by providing a definition of the word “abomination,” after which she pointed out that two offenses other than homosexuality were labeled “abominations” in the Bible. They were “not keeping the Sabbath holy” and “getting drunk”. Wolfson suggested that since no one would condemn these two acts as “abominations” today, then it made no sense to condemn homosexual acts either. Parents, ratepayers, and pro-family groups were outraged that school officials invited a speaker who publicly discredited Judeo-Christian beliefs. Many saw this as a foretaste of what Premier Dalton McGuinty’s newly proposed anti-bullying legislation, Bill 13, would bring into the schools. Critics warned that McGuinty’s bill concealed a radical agenda that would trample religious freedom and parental rights.”
All of the following would be left up to the discretion of the teacher. Depending on the opinions of the individual teacher, the topic could never be taught, or a negative viewpoint will come across. There is no one to regulate what a teacher does or does not say in a classroom.
- you need to establish a language that students will have in common and that you can use to communicate the course material.
- to distinguish the concepts of sex (female, male), gender (woman/girl, man/boy), gender identity, gender role (feminine, masculine, androgynous) and sexual orientation (lesbian/gay, bisexual, heterosexual) from each other.
- Although you can influence the climate of your classroom by presenting yourself and your course carefully, ultimately the classroom atmosphere depends on your behavior and the rules you establish within the classroom.
- Do you want student discussion and, if so, how much and under what rules? Whether you allow classroom discussion depends on your own style and goals in the course as well as practical factors such as the size and layout of your classroom.
- About which topics you feel uncomfortable or unqualified to handle in a classroom and how you will either steer discussions away from these
2. Beliefs in Homosexuality as Unnatural (“Harmful”)
Should not be teaching students unnatural material, giving ideas to students
- The Ramsey Colloquium argues that homosexuality leads to the breakdown of the family and ultimately of human society. This points to the “alarming rates of sexual promiscuity, depression, and suicide and the ominous presence of AIDS within the homosexual subculture”
- Homosexuality was a matter of choice, men or women giving up natural relations with the female (for men) and giving up the male (for women)
- The logic of the argument is that homosexual sex cannot contribute to reproduction, we as humans would become extinct. Sex for procreation.
3. Parental Rights
Parents have the right to hold their own beliefs and to not be contradicted at school.
- People who do not want their children being taught that homosexuality is acceptable argue that forcing their children to partake in these discussions at school violates this human right
- From the Universal Declaration of Human rights, “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children”, and those parents who do not wish their children to learn about homosexuality at school would be having this right
infringed on.
“Wolfson allegedly sought to discredit Catholic teaching on homosexuality by suggesting that since the eating of fish on Fridays was no longer adhered to, neither should biblical
teachings on homosexuality. She allegedly began her treatment of Scripture by providing a definition of the word “abomination,” after which she pointed out that two offenses other than homosexuality were labeled “abominations” in the Bible. They were “not keeping the Sabbath holy” and “getting drunk”. Wolfson suggested that since no one would condemn these two acts as “abominations” today, then it made no sense to condemn homosexual acts either. Parents, ratepayers, and pro-family groups were outraged that school officials invited a speaker who publicly discredited Judeo-Christian beliefs. Many saw this as a foretaste of what Premier Dalton McGuinty’s newly proposed anti-bullying legislation, Bill 13, would bring into the schools. Critics warned that McGuinty’s bill concealed a radical agenda that would trample religious freedom and parental rights.”