1/ "Chastity education" for students: Seoul Metropolitan Council, which is already considering repealing the Seoul Student Human Rights Ordinance, also wants to teach students that sexual activity should only occur within the context of marriage.
It's deeply troubling.
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It's deeply troubling.
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2/ Seoul Metropolitan Council's Education Committee has prepared the "Ordinance on Sex and Bioethics Standards" (aka "chastity ordinance"), and sent an official letter to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to seek opinions. v.daum.net
3/ The proposed ordinance, which consists of a total of 22 articles, says that "The purpose is to create a school culture in which students, faculty, and guardians respect sex and bioethics."
4/ Article 2-6 states:
- Marriage means the mental and physical union of a man and a woman
- Sex should only take place within marriage
- "Man" and "woman" refer to the individual's invariant biological sex, which is objectively determined only by genitals and sex chromosomes.
- Marriage means the mental and physical union of a man and a woman
- Sex should only take place within marriage
- "Man" and "woman" refer to the individual's invariant biological sex, which is objectively determined only by genitals and sex chromosomes.
5/ This ordinance bill is interpreted as emphasising chastity before marriage by stipulating that "men and women must have sexual relations only within the context of marriage". It is in reference to demands made by K-Christian lobby groups.
6/ It also describes "the act of penalising or unfairly treating school members on the basis of faithful religious beliefs and moral beliefs about bioethics" as a "violation of sex and bioethics," and allows for sexual and bioethics officers to investigate the case.
7/ In addition, the ordinance bill requires all schools to provide "education on sex and bioethics at least once a year" for students, faculty, and parents.
8/ In turn, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, which received the official letter, posted a notice seeking opinions from teachers from elementary, middle and high schools in Seoul.
9/ The Seoul Teachers Union has strongly protested, calling for the "immediate withdrawal of this bizarre ordinance that violates the Constitution."
10/ The Korea Teachers and Education Workers Union has said the ordinance "goes back to the past by defending the old customs under the pretext of protecting children," also calling it "irresponsible" and "shameless."
11/ This isn't all of it. Seoul Metropolitan Council might also soon be looking into abolishing the Seoul Student Human Rights Ordinance altogether, following concerted pressure from the K-Christians who believe the ordinance homosexualises children.
news.kbs.co.kr
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12/ The Seoul Student Human Rights Ordinance provides the foundation for protecting student human rights. The main purpose of it is to specify students' right to be free from violence and danger without being discriminated.
13/ This includes discrimination because of gender, religion, family background, gender identity, and sexual orientation. The right to study and rest, as well as the freedom to keep private life private, are also guaranteed.
14/ Because the words "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" appear in the ordinance, K-Christians have claimed that it "endorses homosexuality" and will make children gay, promiscuous, encourage teen pregnancy, and spread AIDS, among other ridiculous claims.
15/ As a result, they believe that the scope for teachers and parents to educate students is narrowing. There have been complaints that it is possible for teachers to be accused of hate speech when they present homophobic opinions to students.
16/ They see this as reverse discrimination, arguing that while teachers' rights and authority to guide students are eroding, awareness of protecting students' human rights has increased, resulting in a decline in teaching authority.
17/ Remember how the K-Christians have been protesting outside Seoul's education office over the decision to protect LGBTQ rights. Photo below shows how they carried out a "funeral" mourning the "death of education".
18/ One side note here: this logic about "reverse discrimination" is a preview of the storm that will eventually erupt if and when an anti-discrimination law is discussed. The government is doing everything it can to avoid the law.
19/ These groups have now gathered enough signatures for the Seoul Metropolitan Council, already overwhelmingly conservative, to consider abolishing the ordinance. The city council is now verifying the list of petitioners.
20/ Once this review is completed, the chair of the Seoul Metropolitan Council can propose an ordinance with the relevant content. The Seoul Student Rights Ordinance could then be repealed if the proposal passes the standing committee procedure and is approved.
21/ We have already seen how K-Christianity is affecting schools, with the deletion of LGBTQ and gender equality from the curriculum under the Yoon administration.
22/ The OHCHR under the United Nations has now expressed serious concerns over this move to abolish the student human rights ordinance in areas including Seoul. Also expressed concern about the deletion of LGBTQ and gender equality from the new curriculum.
23/ We've also seen how the troubled gender equality ministry has reversed its decision to expand the scope of family -- again, due to conservative resistance which includes that from the K-Christian lobby group.
24/ All of the recent developments, especially under conservatives, point to a grave deterioration in human rights in South Korea.
I shall end this thread by quoting the country's Constitution:
"No state religion shall be recognized, and religion and state shall be separated."
I shall end this thread by quoting the country's Constitution:
"No state religion shall be recognized, and religion and state shall be separated."
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