The curriculum, the flyer informs me, is designed to develop \u201cnew understandings of the diversity of families,\u201d to teach students that there are no \u201cwrong\u201d families, to facilitate discussion of the harmful effects of stereotyping about sexual orientation and gender roles, and to help students gain an awareness of families with two moms or two dads.<\/p>\n
As a Catholic parent, am I supposed to object to this curriculum and if so, on what basis?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0Any thoughts?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My friend and fellow Mirror of Justice blogger, Prof. Rob Vischer, has two posts (here and here) up about the \u201ccontroversial GLBT program\u201d proposed for his daughter\u2019s public school in the Twin Cities area.\u00a0\u00a0He asks: The curriculum, the flyer informs me, is designed to develop \u201cnew understandings of the diversity of families,\u201d to teach students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2958,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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