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domingo, 18 de noviembre de 2012

Primary school teachers could face the sack for refusing to promote gay marriage once same-sex unions become law, a minister has signalled.


Primary school teachers 'could face sack' 

for refusing to promote gay marriage


Religious Affairs Editor


Liz Truss, an education minister, refused to rule out the possibility that teachers, even in faith schools, could face disciplinary action for objecting on grounds of conscience.
Miss Truss said simply that it was impossible to know what the impact of the legislation would be at this stage.
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Parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children would also have no right to withdraw their child from lessons, he argued.
And, in theory, the fact that a school was a faith school would make no difference, he added.
One scenario he looked at was what would happen if a primary school asked a Christian teacher to use a book called King & King, a story of a prince who marries a man, and produce a play based on the tale.
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