Now that fall has passed and we begin to get our homes ready for Christmas, I'm wondering whether there has been a positive change in your life recently.
There has been a change in mine as a wonderful thing happened to me. I have always been very sensitive to criticism. I'm a people pleaser who wants everyone to like me. (My dermatologist told me once that I should not go into politics because my skin was too thin!) ?
The Settlement Agreement between the BC Ministry of Education and two homosexual men, which gives these two men and their recommendations access to BC school curriculum from K-12, was especially distressing since their stated goal is to make BC curriculum homosexual-positive, with no reference to the real social and health problems of the homosexual lifestyle.
I decided I needed to do something about this. I have never spoken to the School Board and have actually not written much to the local newspapers for three or four years now, mostly due to family commitments. But I decided that I needed to go to the School Trustees to talk to them about how they need to ensure that parents continue to exercise their fundamental freedoms, according to the Charter, to determine their children's education. The trustees also needed to affirm that parents continue to exercise their parental responsibilities regarding the education of their children, in accordance with United Nations documents, such as Section 26 of the UN Declaration on Human Rights and Principle 7 of the UN Rights of the Child. The school trustees have the legislative power to enforce these parental rights if they choose to do so.
So off I went last week. Eight of the nine Trustees had no comments or questions after my presentation. However, the ninth Trustee made insinuating comments, which, fortunately, I was able to show were not true.
The wonderful thing that happened was that I had perfect peace during my presentation (though I did have to remember to breathe occasionally!) and the negative comments did not pierce my heart and destroy my confidence one little bit. I was just pleased that I could do something tangible about the dreadful situation here in BC about the take-over of the school curriculum by homosexual activists.
I have to follow up to make sure that the Trustees respond to my concerns, as to-date they have not done so. I'll get back to you on this in the new year and let you know what is happening here with regard to the BC curriculum.
In the meantime, May God richly bless you and your family this Christmas with peace that passes understanding, joy like a river, and the love of Christ!
Laurie |
