Alberta Considers Making Parents’ Control over Education a “Human Right”

By Guest Column —— Bio and Archives March 28, 2009

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- Thaddeus M. Baklinski EDMONTON, Alberta, March 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Alberta government will consider changes to its human rights law to give parents more control over what their children will be taught in school, according to a Calgary Sun report.

"Though there is some coverage of this issue under existing rules governing schools, the decision of parents would now be recognized as a fundamental human right," the report explained. "Parents would be given the opportunity to opt their kids out of instruction surrounding human sexuality, sexual orientation and other lessons counter to a family's religious convictions." More...