THE LOONY LEFT
Relate, the counselling service for couples, has decreed that Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards are discriminatory.
Apparently, Relate believes that such cards discriminate against single parents, step parents and homosexuals and that such people might be offended. Instead Relate believes that children should celebrate ‘someone special’.
Denise Knowles, a Relate counsellor, said:
‘We have to be aware now that the word “family” is a broad term and that we cannot make assumptions. So when children are making cards, they should be asked whether they would like make a card to send to someone special and to think about who that someone special is likely to be.
Many kids nowadays would say “which mother and which father?”. A pupil might want to make a Mother’s and Father’s Day card but also make one for their “second dad” or “second mum”.
If children are happy and safe being brought up in a family where the parents are of the same sex, we have to allow the child to produce the kind of card they want to produce. There are also ethnic and cultural influences to consider.’
According to Relate, in Muslim and Hindu families, children may regard their parents as figureheads and may regard older brothers and sisters or grandparents as being equal if not more important in bringing them up.
This is all very well, but the biological fact remains that a child has one mother and one father. There may be all kinds of other relationships involved in some cases, but the purpose of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day is to celebrate mothers and fathers. There is no reason for Relate to interfere with that other than political correctness.
This has nothing to do with helping children. It is about the indoctrination of children. Relate is merely trying to show its politically correct credentials by undermining marriage to children. The organisation is a disgrace.
Apparently, Relate believes that such cards discriminate against single parents, step parents and homosexuals and that such people might be offended. Instead Relate believes that children should celebrate ‘someone special’.
Denise Knowles, a Relate counsellor, said:
‘We have to be aware now that the word “family” is a broad term and that we cannot make assumptions. So when children are making cards, they should be asked whether they would like make a card to send to someone special and to think about who that someone special is likely to be.
Many kids nowadays would say “which mother and which father?”. A pupil might want to make a Mother’s and Father’s Day card but also make one for their “second dad” or “second mum”.
If children are happy and safe being brought up in a family where the parents are of the same sex, we have to allow the child to produce the kind of card they want to produce. There are also ethnic and cultural influences to consider.’
According to Relate, in Muslim and Hindu families, children may regard their parents as figureheads and may regard older brothers and sisters or grandparents as being equal if not more important in bringing them up.
This is all very well, but the biological fact remains that a child has one mother and one father. There may be all kinds of other relationships involved in some cases, but the purpose of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day is to celebrate mothers and fathers. There is no reason for Relate to interfere with that other than political correctness.
This has nothing to do with helping children. It is about the indoctrination of children. Relate is merely trying to show its politically correct credentials by undermining marriage to children. The organisation is a disgrace.
posted by erc @ 1:33 pm
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