President Obama supports gay / same-sex marriage

[Daco]

since homosexuality is a fact of life

hold it right there homie

[Aksel]

Religion should not be taught in the public school system. If parents or students want to learn about their faith they should go to schools run by a religious board. That is why we have Catholic Schools, Islamic Schools and Jewish Schools. The standard public school system does not and should not teach children about ANY religion and thats why its like that now. it needs to remain a neutral system. Teaching children about sexual education is both science and biology, which is a standard course for almost every school I have ever heard of, now, since homosexuality is a fact of life, I dont see why it should be removed since it is an aspect of science and biology to a degree.

The whole point of reaching to the children with education about religion is to get a wide open perspective about religion, and not what they teach you in a Catholic school where they are taught that every other religion is wrong.

[Daco]

The whole point of reaching to the children with education about religion is to get a wide open perspective about religion, and not what they teach you in a Catholic school where they are taught that every other religion is wrong.

Exactly. Teaching children about various religions such as Islam will only be beneficial and not brainwashing. After all, their freedom of choice is absolutely guaranteed and they aren't forced to follow any specific belief. On the contrary, teaching them about homosexuality is a waste of time whereas they can easily learn about it sooner or later from their community.

[ElMartu]

Exactly. Teaching children about various religions such as Islam will only be beneficial and not brainwashing. After all, their freedom of choice is absolutely guaranteed and they aren't forced to follow any specific belief. On the contrary, teaching them about homosexuality is a waste of time whereas they can easily learn about it sooner or later from their community.

I learned about different religions from my community

what now

[Gandalf]

Exactly. Teaching children about various religions such as Islam will only be beneficial and not brainwashing. After all, their freedom of choice is absolutely guaranteed and they aren't forced to follow any specific belief. On the contrary, teaching them about homosexuality is a waste of time whereas they can easily learn about it sooner or later from their community.

Catholic religion: we are right all others are wRONg.
Islam: we are right all others are wRONg.
Jehovah: we are right all others are wRONg.

End of class.

[Daco]

Catholic religion: we are right all others are wRONg.
Islam: we are right all others are wRONg.
Jehovah: we are right all others are wRONg.

End of class.

You don't have to look at it from that perspective. It's about acquiring knowledge.

[SafetyMoose]

Teaching children about various religions such as Islam will only be beneficial and not brainwashing. After all, their freedom of choice is absolutely guaranteed and they aren't forced to follow any specific belief. On the contrary, teaching them about homosexuality is a waste of time whereas they can easily learn about it sooner or later from their community.

 Teaching children about various sexual preferences such as homosexuality will only be beneficial and not brainwashing. After all, their freedom of choice is absolutely guaranteed and they aren't forced to follow any specific preference. On the contrary, teaching them about religion is a waste of time whereas they can easily learn about it sooner or later from their community.

[JDC]

Religion in schools should be taught from a neutral/analytical point of view, where the facts are presented impartially so as to allow the students to weigh their choices.

Homosexuality, from a biological perspective, is a flaw. This is because sexual species (such as humans) are designed for intercourse between opposite genders. However, it is still part of life (and biology, somehow) and should be taught along with the necessary sex education.

[Gandalf]

You don't have to look at it from that perspective. It's about acquiring knowledge.

What knowledge is to be acquired if you look from a neutral point of view ?

[Gandalf]

Homosexuality, from a biological perspective, is a flaw. This is because sexual species (such as humans) are designed for intercourse between opposite genders. However, it is still part of life (and biology, somehow) and should be taught along with the necessary sex education.

I did not propose to include it in biology, although when handling things like DNA and genes it could be.

[Daco]

What knowledge is to be acquired if you look from a neutral point of view ?

Getting closer to the truth.

[Gandalf]

Getting closer to the truth.

Atheism ?

[Daco]

Atheism ?

Not necessarily.

[Gandalf]

Not necessarily.

So you believe the truth is subjective ?

[saberman]

They are taught religion so they can have the freedom to choose what ever they think is the truth, and:

The whole point of reaching to the children with education about religion is to get a wide open perspective about religion, and not what they teach you in a Catholic school where they are taught that every other religion is wrong.

Not everybody is an atheist.