European Schools Pushing Diversity Education.

Many German primary and secondary schools are teaching about diversity to break gender stereotypes and help children view homosexuality as natural. However, one classroom teacher created a petition against this attempt to promote “an educational, moral, and ideological reeducation” in German schools. He says that the curriculum is one-sided and that it fails to highlight the risks of a homosexual lifestyle (Deutsche Welle, January 12, 2014).

France has experienced a backlash against its new ABCD of Equality program, which aims to prevent gender stereotyping. Opponents claim the program teaches children “they aren’t born boys or girls, but neutral” (Deutsche Welle, February 1, 2014). The curriculum gives teachers detailed advice “about how they can challenge young children’s views about what is typically seen as ‘girlish’ or ‘boyish.’ In acting out fairy tales, for instance, boys should be encouraged to play the part of Little Red Riding Hood, and girls the part of the wolf. The government also points out that many fairy tale heroines—in stories like Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Cinderella—are passive characters, which could tempt young girls to wait for a Prince Charming rather than pursue a career and skills of their own” (ibid.).

The truth is that humanity has lost track of the fact that it was God who “made them male and female” for a purpose (Matthew 19:4)! For more insight into God’s thoughts on this topic, read our article “What Is Wrong with Same-Sex Marriage?”