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Belgian Jewish schools won't teach sex-ed - Lose Gov. Recognition
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| 09/01/05
| JTA
Posted on 09/01/2005 4:14:21 PM PDT by Patriot62
A Jewish school in Belgium recently lost government recognition because it refuses to teach the required sexual education curriculum.
Five other schools are negotiating their status with the Department of Education over the issue. Losing their status as recognized schools would entail a loss not only of subsidies, but also the schools capacity to award state-recognized diplomas.
Mordechai Stauber, principal of the Satmar Bais Rachel primary school in Antwerp, which lost its recognition, said, The standards for sexual education are incompatible with Jewish beliefs.
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posted on
09/01/2005 4:14:22 PM PDT
by
Patriot62
To: Patriot62
Prey tsu die rainbow Cucumber or elze!
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posted on
09/01/2005 4:16:13 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Pitchforks and Lanterns..with a smiley face!)
To: Patriot62
Good for them. Tell me where to donate.
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Where to donate? Beats me. I just thought it was nice to see folks willing to sacrifice for their beliefs (in a positive way).
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posted on
09/01/2005 4:22:19 PM PDT
by
Patriot62
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To: Uber-Libertarian
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posted on
09/01/2005 4:29:54 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
(Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims have already started. 1600 replies and not a single post!)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: Patriot62
Yes I think it's fantastic. I just meant to say that I would gladly donate to these sorts of causes. If their gov't won't help them, then they should get the word out that they need money.
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
This doesn't appear to be about money, but about freedom.
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posted on
09/01/2005 6:34:37 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(How often lofty talk is used to deny others the same rights one claims for oneself. ~ Sowell)
To: Uber-Libertarian
In a free country, parents would be allowed to teach their beliefs to their children without the state undermining their authority.
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posted on
09/01/2005 10:11:36 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: Tax-chick
Losing their status as recognized schools would entail a loss not only of subsidies, but also the schools capacity to award state-recognized diplomas. I realize it's about freedom. But their stand will cost them money too.
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Thanks, I missed that bit!
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posted on
09/02/2005 5:23:04 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(How often lofty talk is used to deny others the same rights one claims for oneself. ~ Sowell)
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posted on
09/02/2005 5:35:26 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(“I worry that I've seen this movie before”, Rep. Mark Kirk on aid to palestinians.)
To: Uber-Libertarian
Who the hell are you to tell anyone what THEIR children should learn or not? If you are indeed like your tag, you should understand this. Your post makes you sound more like one who advances the idea of the nanny-state. We parents are too pathetically ignorant to raise our children right
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posted on
09/02/2005 6:06:18 AM PDT
by
SaintDismas
(Jest becuz you put yer boots in the oven, don't make it bread)
To: Uber-Libertarian
I have no idea what the whole thing against safe-sex education is all about. I mean, it's the only real effective means to preventing unwanted/underage pregnancies, as we all know that abstinence-only education doesn't work, what with everybody having sex drives and all that....Does ANYBODY think about things before they do them? The article doesn't indicate what the issues are. You seem to presume it's birth control. To my knowlege contraception is not incompatible with Jewish beliefs. Issues like promotion of homosexuality or gay marriage would be.
BTW Thinking about things before they do them is a great suggestion for sex ed.
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posted on
09/02/2005 6:51:18 AM PDT
by
SJackson
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Satmar Bais Rachel Satmars don't need no steenkin' sex education. With an average of 10 kids per family, they are doing just fine.
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:22:29 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(We will have unity when liberals love their unborn children more than they hate conservatives)
To: SJackson; Uber-Libertarian
from first-hand experience:
They are supplied with life-size penises, made to practice putting on a condom, taught clearly about homosexuality and that it should be seen as valid as heterosexuality.
Voila where your education dollars are going.
Many New York schools have to deal with dancing around this imposed nonsence.
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posted on
09/02/2005 8:03:22 AM PDT
by
Sarah
To: Patriot62
Satmar? The Satmar Hassidim are opposed to the State of Israel, no? I know that they marched in NY with Arabs in protest of Israel....I'm I missing something here?
Or am I mixing them up with the Neturei Karta?
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posted on
09/02/2005 10:16:02 AM PDT
by
sofaman
To: Sarah
...taught clearly about homosexuality and that it should be seen as valid as heterosexuality. That would be my guess, which would clearly be against Jewish teaching.
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posted on
09/02/2005 10:26:37 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(“I worry that I've seen this movie before”, Rep. Mark Kirk on aid to palestinians.)
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