Homophobia is not explained under the governments of the PP
The only three references to homosexuality in the minimum contents of education for citizenship, those who speak of rejection of homophobia, have disappeared from this subject in the communities of the Popular Party, which will begin delivery next year. But are not the only omissions which has denounced the government. Neither the "critical assessment" of prejudice "sexist and homophobic," or the rejection of discrimination because of the "emotional-sexual orientation", or the use of "dialogue and mediation to address conflicts" appear. The People's Party has always been against this new subject, especially the governments of Madrid and Valencia, who have come to openly defend the boycott campaign promoted by the bishops and several Catholic organizations.
Those points mentioned above are some of the minimum contents that the Government lacking in the educational developments of the law that have made popular. So what explains the resources of the Ministry of Education against the developments of the law that have made Madrid, Castilla y Leon, La Rioja and Murcia, who has handled the country, and on which the higher courts should decide each of these communities. The Valencia also presents very similar omissions, as the text on Citizenship is almost equally in all regions of the PP (except in Navarra), but the appeal failed Valencian by various technical problems (the rest were made between last October and March this year).
The minimum contents, marked a royal decrees, are mandatory in all communities, although they have scope to increase them. Considering that these four communities have not respected, the ministry of education has led to the court by invoking, paradoxically, one of the arguments most often repeated by popular leaders: "Ensure a common training" for students from all over Spain. "The High and Inspection works, and works," said the secretary of state for education, Eva Almunia, referring to the ministerial body that is in every community and referred to the policy paper presented by the PP this week. This reads: "Promote the action of the High Inspection" to ensure "the inclusion of the basic aspects of the curriculum in all communities.
For their part, governments of the PP claim that everything is contained in the wording of their decrees, though perhaps differently, depending on the answers to the requirements before the courts which referred to the ministry all but Madrid (a spokesman for counseling Madrid stated that they exhausted the term). In his response, La Rioja argues, for example, that the "critical assessment of the social division of labor and social prejudices and racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, sexist and homophobic" is understood in the following point of his decree: " The essential equality of all human beings. Non-discrimination. Criticism of social prejudices. "
The examples provided are similar, replacement of specific points on broad themes or reformulations. But the response of Castilla y Leon adds something that anyone comes to mind when talking about the controversy on Citizenship: In addition to wielding an attempt to simplify content about "overly detailed" to "avoid a repetition" with other materials , Also spoke of the need to maintain "ideological neutrality." That same points to a spokesman for the counseling of La Rioja: "We have some hot spots Lima, but the content is practically the same." For its part, a spokesman said that Spanish-leonés who now has to settle the issue is the court.
These contents, as soon as they are not explicit in the challenged texts, many of whom complain the Episcopal Conference and partnerships that have promoted the campaign for conscientious objection against this subject, which have already announced that Amparo Madrid , Valencia and Murcia (Castilla y Leon has not acted and La Rioja has said openly that does not allow). Some content and some details, although they may seem minor, not to be.
For example, the reference to gender has disappeared. The inclusion of this word instead of sex was one of the main arguments he has used the Supreme Court of Andalusia (the same has admitted that conscientious objection to several students) a few weeks ago to remove part of the contents of Andalusia Citizenship. The ruling holds, endorsing the arguments of the bishops, that means advocating the "ideology of gender", meaning that the person does not define sex, but sexual preference: choose to be heterosexual or homosexual.
There are also other omissions such as those referring to learn how to use dialogue to peacefully resolve conflicts. The ministry said the Law against Gender Violence, which said that the ESO will develop the ability to interact with others in a peaceful manner. Reducing these contents or inadequately treat goes against these laws, argues in one of resources. They complain of eliminating specific references to the "feminization of poverty", "relations between men and women" or, in another context, the role of "the armed forces of Spain in international peace missions."
Each of the resources, in addition to citizenship, spoke of discrepancies in other subjects, which vary by community. But all again in another match point. The law says that schools may combine the optional subjects of 4 th ESO to guide students, but that can only be limiting the options for students if there are not enough to choose a single option. However, communities of the PP have established that these groupings will be made according to criteria established by the pedagogical self-government, arrogándose autonomy that should be for the institutes.
