Protts by Mlims agast teachg about gay relatnships at their children’s primary me to a head last week. We meet the people ught between activists and the law
Contents:
- ‘WE RPECT ISLAM AND GAY PEOPLE’ … THE GAY TEACHER TRANSFORMG A MLIM SCHOOL
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
- FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
‘WE RPECT ISLAM AND GAY PEOPLE’ … THE GAY TEACHER TRANSFORMG A MLIM SCHOOL
The ntroversial tle scrib genalia, gay sex and rmatn about the e of homosexual datg apps. * gay school in birmingham *
It heard of a divisive petn, ugly and vol protts, children whdrawn om schools, accatns of homophobia and tolerance, claims of “outsi forc” and a foc – for a few fevered months – of the natn’s attentn on a small group of Birmgham primary schools where (maly) Mlim parents and protters had seemed to visibly clash wh the very notn of a morn, Brish inty. “They have suggted the school is promotg homosexualy when is not, ” he led. But what had brought thgs to such a head: where staff were treated for strs, an openly gay assistant head said he was targeted wh threats, and the Government’s official unter-extremism body suggted “outsirs” had sought to flame parents’ relig sensivi to crease tensns?
(Many Mlims nsir acts of homosexualy to be haram, or forbidn. Moffat is openly gay and thor of several books and tnal rourc.
The parents claimed their own statement that No Outsirs “falsely claims to rely on legislatn (Equaly Act 2010) jtifyg promotn of homosexualy. Children are expected to affirm, verbally and wrg, that “beg gay is OK”. The statement talked about “an imposn of belief, which unrm the fah, beliefs and valu poed by the parents and muny that the school serv” and stated that: “The school is promotg Mr Moffat’s personal beliefs and nvictns about the universal acceptabily of homosexualy as beg normal and morally rrect.
WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
He had no children at any of the affected schools, but claimed he was motivated by his relig beliefs, believg that No Outsirs was proselytisg for a gay liftyle.
FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
“We are a tradnal muny – we have tradnal fay valu and morally we do not accept homosexualy as a valid sexual relatnship to have, ” he told the BBC.
“We do not believe homosexualy but that do not make homophobic. “People are prentg to parents false ias that children are beg shown books featurg gay sex, there’s talk of groomg, talk of wantg to ‘take our kids’. Bahm claimed that gay people “want to take our children” and lled for mass protts, sayg there was a need to show “Mlims are not asleep”.