Homosexual lobby group Stonewall will play an active role in delivering “anti-bullying” education in CofE schools

CofE asks homosexual lobby group 

to teach in its schools

At the Church of England’s General Synod this week it was revealed that homosexual lobby group Stonewall will play an active role in delivering “anti-bullying” education in CofE schools.

It is astonishing that the CofE should open up its schools to a group whose agenda is to promote same sex sexual relationships and lifestyles.
Please contact the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Oxford about this decision (contact details below).

It’s right that the CofE wants to address the issue of bullying in its schools. But it should be noted that:

• Stonewall only addresses LGBT issues. Ofsted’s 2012 report, ‘No Place for bullying’ found most bullying in schools was based upon appearance, and only a small percentage on perceived sexual orientation. Surely a campaign to eradicate bullying in schools should prioritize tackling its most common forms?
• Stonewall’s campaign is based on an assumption that people are “born gay”. But repeated research efforts have failed to demonstrate any biological or genetic cause of homosexual orientation. Many youngsters who self-identified as gay in their teens shed the label and the identity later on. Institutionalizing Stonewall’s views will inhibit this process. 
• Children’s lack of psychological and cognitive maturity makes them vulnerable to ideological and sexual manipulation. Stonewall’s schools programme, which involves teaching children to regard different sexualities positively, may tacitly open a door to young people for sexual experimentation which is potentially unsafe. 
• Jesus was very clear about sexual morality: he was against all forms of sex outside heterosexual marriage, and that included homosexuality. Stonewall’s objective is to promote same-sex sexual relationships and lifestyles. How can a church which claims to obey Jesus partner with Stonewall? 
• Stonewall has a history of inhibiting freedom of speech by smearing those who disagree with its views. Several Christians have been nominated for its annual ‘bigot award’ for their Biblical beliefs about marriage. The former Bishop of Winchester, Michael Scott-Joynt, was one of the nominees in 2009. Why would the Church of England wish to be publicly associated with such an organization?
• Why was the decision to invite Stonewall to teach children in CofE schools made without debate or ratification by Synod?

Please contact the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Oxford, raising the points above.

Archbishop of Canterbury 

(The Most Rev and Rt Hon Justin Welby)

Email – pa.archbishop@lambethpalace.org.uk

Tel – 020 7898 1200

Address – Lambeth Palace, London, SE1 7JU

Bishop of Oxford (The Rt Rev John Pritchard)

Email – bishopoxon@oxford.anglican.org

Tel – 01865 208222 

Address – Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0NB