Judge Blocks Protests of LGBT Lessons at School Gates in Britain

By Clyde Hughes

(UPI) -- A High Court judge Tuesday permanently banned protesters of LGBT equality lessons at the gates of a Birmingham, England school.

Protesters, mostly of Muslim faith, complained that Anderton Park Primary School's lessons on same-sex relationships countered their religious beliefs. Shakeel Afsar, his sister Rosina, and Amir Ahmed had organized persistent protests outside the school.

Rosina Afsar had two children at Anderton Park but has since removed one of them.

High Court Judge Mark Warby said the protesters misrepresented what was taught in the lessons and had negatively affected children, teachers and local residents with the constant demonstrations.

The protesters carried banners and placards with sayings like "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve," along with using loudspeakers for anti-LGBT messages. Demonstrators have also exchanged angry words with school supporters.

Head Teacher Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson previously said the protests, which she described as "homophobic," forced some staff members into counseling.

Birmingham city council sided with the school, initiating court action in May after about 300 protesters came to the school.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the court ruling was clear that school gates were inappropriate places for such protests.

"These protests have been widely and rightly condemned and they should now be brought to an end with immediate effect," Whiteman said. "An end to the protests will help everyone involved restore peaceful and productive teaching and learning environment as swiftly as possible."

And it will enable teachers to get on with indoctrinating children in LGBTQ lifestyles and confusion as to their gender.

The protesters said they would continue their protests at the end of an exclusion zone set by the court and would appeal the ruling.

It's good to see some backlash to the LGBTQ program, but it's disappointing that in a supposedly Christian country, the backlash is being led by Muslims. Where are the Christians? Have they been brainwashed into #PCMadness?

UK-Wide Response Unit to Tackle Child Sex Abuse

Not really sure how this will work, but, hopefully, it will standardize response to sexually abused children across the UK

If they plan to respond to every sexually abused child, they are going to be extremely busy

and £1.24mn will not be adequate

Protecting the vulnerable
A national charity dedicated to tackling child sexual exploitation has launched a UK-wide response unit to tackle the problem.

It follows the exploitation of hundreds of children in Rotherham, Oxford and Birmingham.

More than 1,400 children were subjected to child sexual exploitation in Rotherham alone between 1997 and 2013 and ignored by police and social services.

The unit has been launched by NWG Network, a national charity. At its launch, the Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families, Edward Timpson said the sexual exploitation of children in Rotherham, Oxford and Birmingham had blighted lives and torn families apart.

The consequences are devastating for children when action is not taken quickly enough to make sure help is given as soon as a need is identified. To respond to these challenges, we are launching a Child Sexual Exploitation Response Unit, backed by £1.24 million of Government funding.

This Response Unit will ensure specialist support is made available to people working in children’s safeguarding across the country, enabling them to provide a strong and robust first response to children and families who are victims of child sexual exploitation

Through initiatives like the Response Unit – as well as major reforms to social worker recruitment and assessment, and a drive for innovation throughout the system – we hope to transform the opportunities for vulnerable children.

We must do all we can to identify children who are vulnerable to abuse and neglect quickly and get them the help they and their families need. I believe these measures will help build on the many strengths within our child protection system and make vulnerable children safer.

– EDWARD TIMPSON, MINISTER FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES