The state-funded faith schools that say gay sex is ‘unacceptable’, masturbation ‘wrong’ and tampons ‘inappropriate’

May 1, 2018 by Jill

by Will Hazell, tes:

Faith schools are using sex and relationship education policies which describe gay sex as “unacceptable” and that homosexuality itself is “disordered”.

An analysis by the National Secular Society of faith school SRE policies also found schools which teach that extramarital sex, contraception and masturbation are wrong, and that using tampons is inappropriate.

The group has warned that plans to give faith schools leeway to teach “in accordance with their faith” will undermine young people’s right to impartial SRE.

The NSS looked at the websites of 634 state secondary faith schools in England between February and April 2018.

Out of the 334 schools where an SRE policy was found, 77 per cent indicated that SRE is delivered according to the teachings of the school’s religious character.

The analysis found various examples of what the NSS called “bad practice” in SRE.

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Read also: Faith schools exposed over policies banning ‘promotion’ of homosexuality by Nick Duffy, Pink News