THIS story is simply revolting. A day care center (i.e., some communist child corral for pagan hippie mothers who can't be bothered to raise their own children), is being sued because they attempted to teach songs about Jesus to the ignorant, abused and neglected polack children in their care. As with all things British, it is a mess.
This is just obscene. It is surely true that God Hates England.
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Child-care center warned over 'loving Jesus' songs
Overzealous bureaucrat threatens loss of funding
to moms, tots unless group becomes 'gay'-inclusive
A North London mother and toddlers' group is breathing easier– but still upset – after the local government council rebuked a bureaucrat who threatened to withhold funding unless songs about loving Jesus were dropped from daily activities and the organization changed its constitution to reflect greater inclusiveness towards gay families.
Gosia Shannon, a Polish emigree, was alerted by a letter sent this week, that the Polish and Eastern European Christian Family Center in Wood Green, North London, that she started earlier this year, would no longer be eligible for government funding unless it agreed to it remaining 'non-religious' in the future, the London Daily Mail reported.
Children play with toys and participate in "circle time" where they sing nursery rhymes as well as traditional Polish Christian songs like "Our Jesus, We Love You." Many of the songs are provided by parents who bring in CDs of music their familes sing at home.
"We sing Christian and non-Christian songs," said Shannon.
"We are simply reflecting the culture of the people who attend. We want our children to be brought up in the Christian faith and to go to Catholic schools where they will sing Christian songs every day. We have Christian songs at home and families want their children to learn them. This is part of our inheritance and we want to be able to reflect our culture."
The center operates with approximately $14,000 in annual funding from the UK's Sure Start program – similar to Head Start in the U.S. – and is designed to support pre-school children and their families in deprived areas. The funding is distributed through the Haringey Council.
Enter Debbie Biss, area manager for Haringey Sure Start program's Noel Park Children's Center.
Biss warned the center's committee that she would recommend funding be terminated at the end of the month unless it agreed that all future activities would be "strictly of a non-religious nature."
Shannon's experience may be only the tip of the iceberg as new legislation outlawing discrimination goes into effect in 2007. Beginning in April, it will be illegal for religious groups to discriminate against homosexuals or transsexuals when providing goods and services.
Catholic and Anglican agencies have indicated they may be forced to close their adoption agencies, youth clubs and hospice, and Christian bed-and-breakfast owners say they would shut down before allowing homosexual couples to sleep together in their houses.
Alfred Williams, one of the pentecostal leaders behind the ad, said: "People think it is better to die than to sin against their God. There will be a spontaneous reaction. There will be civil disobedience."
Child-care center warned over 'loving Jesus' songs
Overzealous bureaucrat threatens loss of funding
to moms, tots unless group becomes 'gay'-inclusive
A North London mother and toddlers' group is breathing easier– but still upset – after the local government council rebuked a bureaucrat who threatened to withhold funding unless songs about loving Jesus were dropped from daily activities and the organization changed its constitution to reflect greater inclusiveness towards gay families.
Gosia Shannon, a Polish emigree, was alerted by a letter sent this week, that the Polish and Eastern European Christian Family Center in Wood Green, North London, that she started earlier this year, would no longer be eligible for government funding unless it agreed to it remaining 'non-religious' in the future, the London Daily Mail reported.
Children play with toys and participate in "circle time" where they sing nursery rhymes as well as traditional Polish Christian songs like "Our Jesus, We Love You." Many of the songs are provided by parents who bring in CDs of music their familes sing at home.
"We sing Christian and non-Christian songs," said Shannon.
"We are simply reflecting the culture of the people who attend. We want our children to be brought up in the Christian faith and to go to Catholic schools where they will sing Christian songs every day. We have Christian songs at home and families want their children to learn them. This is part of our inheritance and we want to be able to reflect our culture."
The center operates with approximately $14,000 in annual funding from the UK's Sure Start program – similar to Head Start in the U.S. – and is designed to support pre-school children and their families in deprived areas. The funding is distributed through the Haringey Council.
Enter Debbie Biss, area manager for Haringey Sure Start program's Noel Park Children's Center.
Biss warned the center's committee that she would recommend funding be terminated at the end of the month unless it agreed that all future activities would be "strictly of a non-religious nature."
Shannon's experience may be only the tip of the iceberg as new legislation outlawing discrimination goes into effect in 2007. Beginning in April, it will be illegal for religious groups to discriminate against homosexuals or transsexuals when providing goods and services.
Catholic and Anglican agencies have indicated they may be forced to close their adoption agencies, youth clubs and hospice, and Christian bed-and-breakfast owners say they would shut down before allowing homosexual couples to sleep together in their houses.
Alfred Williams, one of the pentecostal leaders behind the ad, said: "People think it is better to die than to sin against their God. There will be a spontaneous reaction. There will be civil disobedience."
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