It’s that tricky old issue of British values again…
This tweet appears to relate to a story in today's Sunday Times.
Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, is to take on Britain's faith schools by ordering them to teach pupils to be tolerant of other religions and respect lesbian, gay and transgender relationships.
The schools have been warned that those that fail to follow new rules on British values will be judged inadequate and could face closure.
Schools should broaden horizons not close minds . . . and should encourage pupils to respect other people even if they do not agree with them. I should have thought this is a principle with which the vast majority of people would agree. All schools of whatever type have a duty to protect young people and to ensure they leave school fully prepared for life in modern Britain.
These values — democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs — are not new. The requirement to 'actively promote' them is designed to reinforce the importance this government attaches to these values.
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