Christian teachers could be penalised through government plans
Christian teachers could be placed in an awkward position if government plans to centralise sex education are passed, it has been claimed.
A lawyer has given his opinion to the Christian Institute and CARE ahead of the proposed Children, Schools and Families bill. John Bowers has said that the plans would be prejudice against parents who are unable to send their children to non government-maintained schools. He stated that the bill would allow central government control over a subject "which many parents have strongly held moral or religious convictions".
Mr Bowers also warned that Christian teachers could lose their jobs for refusing to teach that unmarried sexual unions should be valued on a par with marriage.
"[It] is easy to see that many would-be teachers might be discouraged from going into teaching and many existing teachers might be under pressure to consider their position,"
Earlier this year, the Department for Children, Schools and Families released plans for schoolchildren to be taught the importance of marriage and given guidance in sex education lessons on how to deal with sexual content in the media.
Posted by Judith Spence
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