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Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:15pm
 
Benjamin Law urges parents to get the facts on Safe Schools


Journalist, writer and raconteur Benjamin Law has encouraged parents to "calm down" and get the facts on Safe Schools, an initiative he argues should be rolled out in every school in Australia.

Law investigated the formerly federally-funded teacher resource aimed at helping stamp out the bullying of vulnerable lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex students for the latest Quarterly Essay.

In Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal, Law unpacks the initiative, starting with its launch by former prime minister Tony Abbott's Coalition government in 2014.

The program attracted a storm of controversy after a campaign of misinformation and confusion by conservative media outlets, commentators and politicians. The federal government will cease funding Safe Schools this year but many states and territories, including the ACT, will run their own version.

Rumours continue to circulate that Safe Schools teaches children to bind their chests or encourages the use of sex toys. Canberra Liberal MLA Elizabeth Kikkert this month said the initiative was a tool used for "grooming" by teachers and claimed teenagers were suffering sleepless nights after being asked to imagine having gay sex.

In reality, Safe Schools was an opt-in program aimed at supporting teachers help LGBTI students, consisting mostly of professional learning resources for teachers, Law said.

"I think the way that's just been accepted as a fact - that Safe Schools is about teaching kids anything - has kind of taken hold as the way that we report about it now, and that to me is kind of ludicrous," he said.

"I would want [parents] to calm down, not to go to sites that clearly have an agenda with pushing information or misinformation around Safe Schools. I'd also encourage them to talk to their schools and principals about how Safe Schools actually works.

"I think any kind of sane-minded adult or parent will read about Safe Schools, discover what it's about and think 'what has all the fuss been about'."

Canberra Liberal education spokesman Andrew Wall last month tabled a petition of 1000 signatures calling on the Legislative Assembly to withdraw current and future support of the program.

Education Minister Yvette Berry, who has repeatedly declared her support for LGBTI children and Safe Schools, has three months to respond to the petition.

The petition has been referred to the standing committee on Education, Employment and Youth Affairs, chaired by Labor MLA Michael Pettersson with Mrs Kikkert as deputy chairwoman. The committee is yet to decide whether it will hold an inquiry into Safe Schools.

Law acknowledged it was a "disheartening time" for LGBTI Australians, pointing to the voluntary postal survey on same-sex marriage, but said "we're also the most equipped to fight".

"We are some of the most resilient people in the country as well and in times of hurt and pain also reach out to other people in the community, whether that's people who are younger than you who you can help ... or go to your elders as well who have lived through this already and can provide you with knowledge," he said.


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Reply #1 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:18pm
 


If it is just for the homo kids, then the parents with the normal kids shouldn't give a sh1t what they do in their spare time.


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Reply #2 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:24pm
 
BigOl64 wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:18pm:
If it is just for the homo kids, then the parents with the normal kids shouldn't give a sh1t what they do in their spare time.


Even if they vote "Yes" in the Same Sex Marriage Survey?   Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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Reply #3 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:26pm
 
Facts in this debate? How novel.
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In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

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Reply #4 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:27pm
 
If?

So, what: everyone is going to be asked if they are gay before they are allowed to participate in safe schools? What if someone is questioning? Many people have noted the Q no longer is represented in the alphabet sandwidge that promotes this bulldust!
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Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:26pm:
Facts in this debate? How novel.



One lives in hope.
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Reply #6 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:30pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:24pm:
BigOl64 wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:18pm:
If it is just for the homo kids, then the parents with the normal kids shouldn't give a sh1t what they do in their spare time.


Even if they vote "Yes" in the Same Sex Marriage Survey?   Roll Eyes Roll Eyes



Well since one has fkk all to do with the other, fkk it why not.




So long as the normal kid's' time isn't being wasted by mandatory 'socialist re-education', then who gives a fkk.


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Reply #7 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:32pm
 
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:26pm:
Facts in this debate? How novel.



Your facts are that consequences don't exist!


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** Yeh let's all have kids and teach em that nothing matters .... because that is what you are saying society should do to it's kids!  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #8 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:33pm
 
mothra wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:28pm:
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:26pm:
Facts in this debate? How novel.



One lives in hope.

Your facts are that consequences don't exist: that is why everyone knows you're complete lunatics!
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Reply #9 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:36pm
 
IMHO there should be one generic anti-bullying program that prevents bulling to people, all of them.

A mate of mine's 14 year old boy had to change schools recently because of gay bullying...he isn't even gay.

Just a good anti-bullying program, that's all.

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Reply #10 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:48pm
 

so, the doubespeak 'safe schools means whatever the govt wants it to mean ...

Quote:
..........Rumours continue to circulate that Safe Schools teaches children to bind their chests or encourages the use of sex toys. Canberra Liberal MLA Elizabeth Kikkert this month said the initiative was a tool used for "grooming" by teachers and claimed teenagers were suffering sleepless nights after being asked to imagine having gay sex.

In reality, Safe Schools was an opt-in program aimed at supporting teachers help LGBTI students, consisting mostly of professional learning resources for teachers, Law said.............



normal kids have a tough enough time growing up, without telling them some lefty brainwashing..

ie, that is 98% of the kids
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Reply #11 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 3:49pm
 
Gordon wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:36pm:
IMHO there should be one generic anti-bullying program that prevents bulling to people, all of them.

A mate of mine's 14 year old boy had to change schools recently because of gay bullying...he isn't even gay.

Just a good anti-bullying program, that's all.




You have to ask why the left want to spend massive resources on one lot of weird kids and leave all the other to fend for themselves.


Looks like some are more equal than others.


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Reply #13 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 4:22pm
 
I wouldn't believe anything this current system puts out for the "benifit" of us.
Programing kids like this is bullsh1t.

Go on ya gut instinct, not some nonsence that a left wing nutter is introducing. They've already sent young kids out of control because they don't get a good clip round the ears when they play up.
Bring back the biff. We're animals ffs. Bulliea are allowed to be bullies because noone clips em round the ears anymore.
I loved punching bullies in the nose at school.
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Reply #14 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 4:32pm
 
Captain Caveman wrote on Sep 19th, 2017 at 4:22pm:
I wouldn't believe anything this current system puts out for the "benifit" of us.
Programing kids like this is bullsh1t.

Go on ya gut instinct, not some nonsence that a left wing nutter is introducing. They've already sent young kids out of control because they don't get a good clip round the ears when they play up.
Bring back the biff. We're animals ffs. Bulliea are allowed to be bullies because noone clips em round the ears anymore.
I loved punching bullies in the nose at school.


One of my old neighbors was a teacher at one of the exclusive boys schools for 40+ years, and he totally agrees.

He was around in the days when the bullied were given a crash course in boxing and taught to bloody the nose of a bully and he reckons where possible, it works.

Now there will always be cases of kids who simply can't do that and they should be supported, but seeing a bully cop a bit really improves the atmosphere and makes everyone pull together.


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