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Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay, Sep 24, 2017 \/ 02:42 pm (ACI Prensa<\/a>).- Paraguay Secretary of Education, Enrique Riera told reporters that the country's constitution recognizes \u201cthe traditional family\u201d consisting of \u201cdad, mom, and children,\u201d and stated that the government would remove from schools all material promoting false gender ideology, introduced by the previous administration.<\/p>\n

At a September 18 press conference, Riera lamented the \u201cconfusion\u201d and criticism the government received after posts on social media stated that the country's schools were teaching that gender is a social construct, that man and woman are not born as such, among other concepts related gender ideology.<\/p>\n

The Secretary blamed this content on an agreement signed between the administration of former president Fernando Lugo, and a homosexual group called \u201cWe are Gay.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lugo administration signed an agreement between We are Gay and the Directorate of Ongoing Education. That agreement generated some educational materials, and they remained in use and available on the government\u2019s website, Riera said.<\/p>\n

The Secretary explained that his office \u201cordered them to be taken down and revised because there is a phrase which created the whole problem,\u201d which is \u201cwhere it literally says that gender is a social construct.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to tell you that the Ministry of Education is basing itself on Article 52 of the National Constitution, on the traditional family, on traditional values, with dad, mom and children: It's also my personal position and we naturally respect different options, but we're not going to inculcate them in our public schools,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n

Article 52 of the Paraguayan Constitution establishes that \u201cthe union in matrimony of man and woman is one of the fundamental components in the formation of the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Riera indicated that he informed the President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes \u201cwhere this confusion came from. We all saw WhatsApp, there was some very severe criticism from some quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Asunción, Paraguay, Sep 24, 2017 \/ 02:42 pm (ACI Prensa<\/a>).- Paraguay Secretary of Education, Enrique Riera told reporters that the country’s constitution recognizes “the traditional family” consisting of “dad, mom, and children,” and stated that the government would remove from schools all material promoting false gender ideology, introduced by the previous administration.<\/p>\n

At a September 18 press conference, Riera lamented the “confusion” and criticism the government received after posts on social media stated that the country’s schools were teaching that gender is a social construct, that man and woman are not born as such, among other concepts related gender ideology.<\/p>\n

The Secretary blamed this content on an agreement signed between the administration of former president Fernando Lugo, and a homosexual group called “We are Gay.”<\/p>\n

The Lugo administration signed an agreement between We are Gay and the Directorate of Ongoing Education. That agreement generated some educational materials, and they remained in use and available on the government’s website, Riera said.<\/p>\n

The Secretary explained that his office “ordered them to be taken down and revised because there is a phrase which created the whole problem,” which is “where it literally says that gender is a social construct.”<\/p>\n

“I want to tell you that the Ministry of Education is basing itself on Article 52 of the National Constitution, on the traditional family, on traditional values, with dad, mom and children: It’s also my personal position and we naturally respect different options, but we’re not going to inculcate them in our public schools,” he assured.<\/p>\n

Article 52 of the Paraguayan Constitution establishes that “the union in matrimony of man and woman is one of the fundamental components in the formation of the family.”<\/p>\n

Riera indicated that he informed the President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes “where this confusion came from. We all saw WhatsApp, there was some very severe criticism from some quarters.”<\/p>\n

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