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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
So the Alberta is given it's citizen the freedom of choice and somehow we are backwards and redneck, odd thing to say if you are left leaning? I mean most non-religious people would pull their kids out of religion class, and that's great you got a choice...The "backward" people deserve a choice too...
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But we are not giving people the freedom of choice, we are taking away a child/teenager's right to learn and make their own informed decisions in order to satisfy the ignorance of others.
We are taking away their right to learn about sexually transmitted infections, contraception, human sexuality, religious rationale, and putting their quality of education in the hands of the unwashed masses. Like it or not, education is training young people to be productive members of society, and that is a responsibility shared by society and parents. Society has an obligation to educate people to safeguard others. (Ie: Ensuring homosexuals are treated equally, attempting to diminish teenage pregnancy, etc.).
As for evolution... its technically a theory, because it can not be proven right. It can not be proven wrong though. Like gravity.
Frankly, I hate the ostrich approach. Knowledge is power, even if you don't agree with it. Sex happens, homosexuals exist, whether these crackpots like it or not. Ignorance is not bliss, nor will it make life any better.