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Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame
A persons race is an immutable characteristic that they have no control over. A man flamboyantly dressing up as a woman is not.
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And yet Sexual Orientation has been upheld to be on the same level of discrimination as Race and is protected under the same section in the Charter.
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A lot of people believe that Drag Queens are a sexualized fetish and should not be promoted towards their children.
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And a lot of people believe all black culture is gangs and drugs. A lot of people believe the Earth is flat. A lot of people believe the real queen of Canada lives in an RV. Beliefs aren't truths.
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Parents have had the option of opting-out their children from sex education classes for a long time, that was the basis that the TDSB made their decision on.
As a 90s kid I often remember certain classmates having to leave class when sex-ed topics came up. Should they not have been allowed to opt-out of sexual teachings that their parents disagreed with? Were they bigoted for having done so back then? Are they bigoted now for not wanting, what they believe to be a sexual activity, of having a Drag Queen to read to their child?
Maybe, maybe not. Its a tricky question that has no easy answers.
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It is an actual easy answer. Are the presenters giving Sexual Education lectures? Are they discussing Sexual topics? The answer is no, they are not, they are reading books. There is nothing overtly sexual going on here which reaches the level of students opting out of specific education regarding their sexual lives.
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But I do believe that parents should have the freedom to opt-out their children from Drag Queen storytimes, and that nobody should be forced into participating. Choosing not to participate brings no harm and is not dangerous to anyone.
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Actually opting out does bring harm and is dangerous. It is teaching our children that it is ok to discriminate. It is ok to exclude others who look different or who have a different belief system. It is teaching them how to be bigoted towards others. It was actually laid out pretty nicely in the article that you shared. Hell you even quoted the part of the article that said it
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“(The storytime opt-out policy) panders to the dangerous and wrong-headed belief that a drag queen reading a story hurts children,” Ain wrote in his June 15 letter. “It is dangerous as it ‘others’ 2SLGBTQ+ people, including the storyteller, and almost certainly some of the students and staff.”
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