And they’re very serious. But carrying so-called ceremonial knives in schools is now entirely legal.
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“being openly homosexual” presumably means shoving their lifestyle choices down the kids’ throats, rainbow flags, pride month, etc. Funny how I can’t remember any of my teachers being ‘openly’ straight or gay. It wasn’t what they were employed for.
Every state and territory Labor government has the same agenda: they want to ban Christian schools from making any hiring and firing decisions based on a teacher’s advocacy of gay lobby shibboleths. The Queensland Law Reform Commission’s report, for example, calls for a prohibition on adherence to Christian dogma being a criterion for employment – except for subjects it considers to be faith’s domain: study of religion, R.E. etc.
This is a gormless heathen understanding of what a Christian education entails; the ethos of faith is not something pedagogically ghettoised in ‘religious’ subjects only. Rather, it must enliven and undergird all subjects across the curriculum.
And yes, ultimately the goal is to have US-style pink-haired idiots employed in, say, Catholic schools who rubbish Catholicism in their English, history, biology or drama classes. The ALP hasn’t had an idea not sourced from the American left for about 60 years.
The upshot, as noted: Christianity will end up being banned in Christian schools even as Sikhs swagger around state schools armed with daggers.
Sikh and ye shall find… a blade.
But carrying so-called ceremonial knives in schools is now entirely legal.
It’s OK. They’re only for ceremonial stabbings.
And these restrictions won’t apply in Muslim schools?
C.L.
Don’t forget their Australian Labor Party international affiliations as listed on their official website,
1966-2014 Socialist International (1966–2014)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_International
https://www.socialistinternational.org/
and since 2014 Progressive Alliance (2014 – )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Alliance
https://progressive-alliance.info/
Weren’t the Sikh knives banned awhile ago because a boy used one to stab another student? There was a compromise reached where they could wear a ‘replica’ that couldn’t be removed from the scabbard. Obviously not good enough.
Funny they won’t ban them from state schools because discrimination. Murder is quite discriminatory against the victim. I would suggest that the only place Sikhs can carry their weapons would be in the Punjab, not Australia.
I guess now that a young Japanese student following the code of Bushido will be allowed to carry a katana? Any budding Knights Templar out there? Here’s your chance to carry your broadsword. Any Jedi’s? You win.
What a joke. I suppose there will be quite few Lebo boys who would happily match the Sikh boys with their own knives.
Muslim schools.
Recalling the words of Sinodinos – all Australian Muslims share our values.
A bold statement, considering then-Senator was vague on what those ‘values’ were.
Now even more threadbare.
And I’ll bet that if your kid wears a crucifix or other Christian – or Jewish – religious symbol to a state school the authorities will throw the book at them.
Remember: no Gregorian chant, Palestrina, Bach church cantatas of Handel’s Alleluia Chorus in a Victorian state school music lesson either. (Sadly, you’ll find the first two in only a handful of Catholic churches and in next to no Catholic schools either.)
Perplexed
Any Scots wanting to wear the kilt and skeanh dhu to school?
Boambee John says:
3 August, 2023 at 5:20 pm
Perplexed
Any Scots wanting to wear the kilt and skeanh dhu to school?
I didn’t know about that. Plenty of Scots descendants in Oz. We can’t discriminate.
Will they steal Christian schools the way they stole the Catholic hospital in the ACT?
You have to think that is looking increasingly likely. Homeschooling is going to expand hugely.
Homeschooling is going to expand hugely.
You reckon??? They will put all sorts of conditions & teaching qualifications & fees, never forget the fees, to ensure home schooling is crushed.
My niece has home-schooled all her children (more than half a dozen) all the way through; the eldest is now 17 and working.
The increasingly authoritarian way our governments are going I wouldn’t rule it out.
Maybe it wouldn’t stand a High Court challenge, though.
One thing is for sure, if the government do it, they will have to stump up an absolute fortune for the loss of Catholic money.
I agree with Tony, Bruce. Alas.
There is no way governments in this country would allow home-schooling to take off.
Governments can’t indoctrinate children if they can’t get their hands on them.
Not that long ago, on YouTube, I saw a fairly young, pink-haired teacher in the U.S. (probably a lesbian) espousing that teachers know better than parents what’s good for their children and that they should butt out, or something to that effect.
Homeschooling parents have my respect.
The administrative hurdles seem immense, and that’s before any teaching gets started.
Just having to follow the current NSW curriculum is a burden in itself.
Catholic Christians best start carrying The Sword of St Michael the Archangel