A Stitch in Haste

One of the sillier maneuvers that anti-gay bigots sometimes attempt is to conflate a committed gay relationship with sex-sex-sex. So, for example, there is nothing "inappropriate" about reading kindergarten students the story of Cinderella and Price Charming, but reading them a comparable book about two princes finding each other is somehow automatically perverted, or at least per se age-inappropriate (at any age whatsoever -- go figure).

Now, one bigot couple in Canada is trying to carry this inanity from fiction into reality:

The family of a Grade 7 student is trying to transfer to another school because the boy's teacher has placed a photo of his partner on his desk, and is answering students' questions about his personal life, said a source within the division.
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The family says age 12 is too young for such classroom discussions, said the source: "The lady says, 'I don't think this is right.' The issue here is, the kid is confused. The kid is coming home and talking about sexual orientation."

How exactly is this confusing, especially to a 12-year old: "Most of the time, a man falls in love with a woman and a woman falls in love with a man. But sometimes a man will fall in love with another man and a woman will fall in love with another woman." That can only be confusing to a child if bigot parents go out of their way to make it confusing.

And let's not forget what can be confusing: The child of same-sex parents being told that it is somehow "inappropriate" for couples like her parents to put pictures of each other on their desks the same way that other kids' parents get to do. But of course, no amount of collateral psychological damage is too much for a bigot parent hell-bent on seeing his precious little snowflake grow up to be a god-fearing, gay-fearing Christian.

As I have mentioned in another context: Such parents are not interested in ensuring that their children receive a good education. They are only concerned that their children receive a redacted education.

(Via Family Equality Council.)

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Maybe the provincial Human Rights Commission should get involved. (Or not.)