Tolerance and Sex Education

Bilerico  Nov 06 09

"Some faiths have a view about what in religious terms is right and wrong - what they can't do though is not teach the importance of tolerance."

--U.K. Schools Secretary Ed Balls, on the government's decision to make gay-inclusive sex education compulsory for all schools

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