"Parents must regard their children as children of God and respect them as human persons. Showing themselves obedient to the will of the Father in heaven, they educate their children to fulfill God's law. (2222)
The Church teaches that parents, the father and the mother, not the
school board or any government, are the first educators of their
children. They are called to instruct them in the faith, in living
virtuously, in giving a proper example, and in loving one's neighbour.
When Dr. Steve Tourloukis tried to assert this parental calling as a
Greek Orthodox Christian with the Hamilton Wentworth District School
Board, he was told he didn't have this parental right. Why did the board
deny his many requests to exempt his children from classes that
violated his parental right to direct his children's moral education?
The answer: school boards in Ontario thanks to the provincial government
and the passing of Bill 13,
now believe they can supplant parental rights and responsibilities. The
new law and board guidelines permit this attack on traditional parental
rights. The boards are legally backed by this unjust legislation which
wants to force the whole society to accept the redefinition of human
sexuality, marriage and family. Welcome to relativism and secularism
deceptively disguised as inclusive education.
Thank God that most people can still tell the difference between apples
and oranges, even after being told that they are the same.
"Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their
children. They bear witness to this responsibility first by creating a
home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and disinterested
service are the rule. the home is well suited for education in the
virtues. This requires an apprenticeship in self-denial, sound judgment,
and self-mastery - the preconditions of all true freedom. Parents
should teach their children to subordinate the 'material and instinctual
dimensions to interior and spiritual ones.' Parents have a grave
responsibility to give good example to their children." (2223)
Ontario parents must accept "Equity and Inclusive Education" and this
means they cannot object to same-sex marriages, abortion,
contraceptives, a hyper-sexualized curriculum, gay/straight alliances
and the ever increasing number of sexual orientations. Inclusive
education is not so inclusive because it seems to end where a Christian
education begins. Dr. Tourloukis could not accept this and decided to
take the Hamilton Board to court. The Parental Rights in Education Defense Fund is supporting the case by helping to pay for some of the legal expenses. In this interview at the recent Minnesota Catholic Conference,
Dr. Tourloukis explains why he went to court. Parents need to pay
attention and reclaim their parental rights before they completely lose
their children's souls to the indoctrination dictates of a
"mommy/mommy", "daddy/daddy", "parent A/parent B" Ontario. In Ontario,
we are told that when it comes to parental rights we are all equal, but
from what's happening in the schools one can only conclude that these
new family structures are more equal than others. Parents beware!
