{"id":24367,"date":"2016-09-08T13:23:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24367"},"modified":"2016-09-08T13:23:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:23:25","slug":"alberta-government-issues-thinly-veiled-threat-to-christian-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/alberta-government-issues-thinly-veiled-threat-to-christian-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta government issues thinly veiled threat to Christian schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta\u2019s NDP government has an <a href=\"https:\/\/education.alberta.ca\/bullying-prevention\/what-is-bullying\/\" target=\"_blank\">anti-bullying policy<\/a> in schools. To the NDP mind, a school that refuses to have gay straight alliance clubs or cross-gender lavatories is guilty of <em>bullying<\/em> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fecundity.com\/pmagnus\/humpty.html\" target=\"_blank\">as defined by the Humpty Dumpty Theory of Language<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To discourage such defiant flouting of gender politics pieties, the Alberta government is bullying schools into compliance.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/alberta-gvmt-threatens-to-defund-christian-schools-over-gay-trans-complianc\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Education Minister David Eggen says he\u2019s willing to strip two Christian schools of their public funding if they won\u2019t abandon their Christian principles and allow clubs promoting homosexuality and\/or transgender students in washrooms of the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>These measures are part of the New Democratic government\u2019s anti-bullying policies that single out sexual minorities for protection, though surveys indicate that physical appearance and grades are far more likely causes of school bullying.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Spruce Grove Baptist pastor Brian Coldwell, who is also chairman of an independent Christian school board with two small schools with 200 students, said neither cross-gendered washrooms nor gay straight alliances would be allowed in his schools.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Coldwell\u2019s comments at a school opening where he was joined by Premier Rachel Notley, Eggen said, \u201cIt\u2019s not acceptable, not just for the kids that are attending those schools, but it sends a negative message across the province, that I\u2019m quite concerned about as well.\u201d According to the <em>Edmonton Journal<\/em>, Eggen also said he \u201cwon\u2019t rule out\u201d defunding Coldwell\u2019s schools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta\u2019s NDP government has an anti-bullying policy in schools. To the NDP mind, a school that refuses to have gay straight alliance clubs or cross-gender lavatories is guilty of bullying \u2013 as defined by the Humpty Dumpty Theory of Language. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/alberta-government-issues-thinly-veiled-threat-to-christian-schools\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,1],"tags":[2386,2387,2152],"class_list":["post-24367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gender-confusion","category-uncategorized","tag-alberta-government","tag-christian-schools","tag-gender-confusion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}