Less than a week before the school year starts a school board has decided to deny parents' requests to take their children out of parts of sexual education classes. Earlier this year Ontario's Premier Kathleen Wynne announced her new Sexual Education program; within weeks thousands of Ontarians were protesting for several reasons; the course promotes the idea that gender is merely a social construct for eight year olds, encouraging masturbation at age 12 and teaching thirteen-year olds about anal intercourse. Parents who objected said that children are being exposed to romantic and sexual content to early and that they should be left to enjoy their 'childhood innocence.'
While most school Boards in Ontario have been willing to allow parents to take their children out of those classes they consider unacceptable--the Peel region in Mississauga refuses to. They say students must attend classes that teach that normalize homosexuality. Something about 1/3 of Ontarians believe is morally wrong. At least one women has decided to spend the hours necessary to home-school her children after the school board told parents that if they won't comply they can leave.
The Board is fully funded by tax-payers.
The Peel Public school Board is Ontario's second largest; it includes the cities of Mississauga and Brampton. In a 2011 census, 56.9% of people in the region identified as Christian, 9.4% identified as Muslim, 9.5% were Sikhs and less than 1% are Jewish. Nearly 13% of those in the region don't belong to a religious group.
The Peel District School Board's decision will effect 59 elementary schools and over 10,0000 students.
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| The Peel Region is shown in black |

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