Still, Colombia's Attorney
General cautioned that "we parents will be vigilant" regarding any other
attempts to impose the United Nation's offensive curriculum on the
Colombian people.
(Colombia)—[LifeSiteNews]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has cancelled all plans to
impose "transgender education" on the nation's schools after massive
protests were carried out last Wednesday throughout the country. (Photo via LifeSiteNews)
"We just met with Cardinal Rubén Salazar, the Apostolic Nuncio, Ettore
Balestrero, and Monsignor Fabio Suescún, the bishop of Colombia's armed
forces," Santos said in a press conference held the day after the
protests. "We clearly reiterated to these prelates of the Catholic
Church — and we must make it clear to all religious confessions — that
neither the Ministry of Education nor the national government has
implemented, has promoted, or will promote so-called gender ideology."
Santos claimed that a Ministry of Education booklet on teaching
students to accept transsexualism and homosexuality wasn't actually
official, despite bearing the name of Colombia's lesbian education
minister, Gina Parody, and the logo of the Ministry of Education.
The booklet, produced in cooperation with the United Nations
Population Fund and UNICEF, had sparked outrage throughout the country
and was condemned by the Catholic bishops' conference as well as
Colombia's attorney general. It led to the Wednesday protests that drew
tens of thousands of outraged parents to the streets of several major
cities, demanding an end to the program and the removal of Parody.
"We
reiterate what the Minister has been saying in recent days: The
document of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on school
environments was published on the webpages of the United Nations
Organization for their discussion without authorization of the Ministry,
as said organization has recognized in a public communique," Santos
said. (Photo via LifeSiteNews)
He added that the booklet, titled "Non-Hegemonic Sexual Orientations
and Gender Identities in Schools," "will not be authorized" for use by
the Ministry of Education.
Colombia's Attorney General skeptical about promises
Colombia's attorney general, Alejandro Ordóñez, expressed skepticism
about the claims and told the press that "we parents will be vigilant"
regarding what he sees as an attempt by the government to "indoctrinate"
children with gender ideology.
"It's been demonstrated that this booklet exists. It's been
demonstrated that there was an inter-administrative agreement," Ordóñez
said. "It's been demonstrated that they've been giving workshops to
school principals for this purpose."
"An education policy can't be used to threaten and seek to take away
the rights of parents to decide the education of their children," he
added, and warned that "the government must correct this because we
parents are not going to permit them to continue developing education
policy in this...
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