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Belgium authorities are getting worried by a series of school arsons believed to be connected to newly mandatory school sessions in some parts of the country.

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 51 points 1 year ago

In a heartwarming example of interfaith solidarity, ultraconservative Catholics and ultraconservative Muslims have put their differences aside to join forces in burning down some schools for teaching about consent and the existence of LGBT people.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

The article only mentions Islam

[-] SitD@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

doesn't change the fact that the church is notoriously unaccepting towards personal freedom to exist whenever their God created someone non-binary. 😶‍🌫️

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Do Roman Catholics ever go as far as to burn down schools, though?

[-] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They have gone as far as assassinating doctors and bombing abortion clinics so I wouldn't put it beyond them

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -5 points 1 year ago

Tbf that's probably less so because "we disagree with you" like this case and probably moreso "we believe we are genuinely saving lives"

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Terrorists often think they're the good guys and doing it for a higher cause.

[-] akrot@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, nuclear weapons and machine guns are the same.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

Would be nice if the article included any information about said sex ed program.

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 26 points 1 year ago

It is a normal sex ed program that exists since half a century as the article points out. Having to justifiy teaching children about sex, risk of stds and consent must not be justified against vile lies of extremists.

[-] DV8@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Can't find an English article but you could find a translator of your choice for https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/09/15/geen-pornopromotie-of-genderindoctrinatie-hoe-lessenpakket-evra/ as they go decently in depth I to it.

It's basically a tool to answer questions of children at different ages. Going from what makes boys different from girls, that consent is important, that violence in relationships is not normal or ok, that they should watch out with sending naked pictures of themselves and also that if they do get a naked picture from a partner it's not ok to send it to others, or that what you see in porno is not at all representative for actual sex. Etc, etc.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a great program. Thanks for looking into that for me.

[-] pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

Basically, when mommy and daddy love each other very much,

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 11 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday that he will seek the help of government experts on extremism in the wake of a series of school arsons.

De Croo spoke just hours after a sixth school in the French-speaking Wallonia region was torched this week.

The program is a required four hours of training for students aged 11 to 12 and 15 to 16, intended to help them develop their relational and sexual lives.

De Croo said that sexual education has been provided in Belgium for half a century and warned that the country will not take steps backwards.

“I would like to call on everyone to calm down and try once again to cut through the lies circulating about the Evras system,” the education minister in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Caroline Desir, said Friday.

Local media quoting the prosecutor’s office in the city of Charleroi said the investigation has not established a link between the six arsons so far.


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[-] SquiffSquiff@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

Danger! High Voltage!

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