Petition
to Parliament
- to safeguard children against political indoctrination
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Wording of the petition:
The
petition of Dr Muriel Newman and others respectfully request that New
Zealand school children be protected from political indoctrination by
inserting into the Education Act provisions similar those found in
clause 406 of the British Education Act which forbids "the
promotion of partisan political views in the teaching of any subject in
the school" and clause 407 which requires that if political
matters are raised, children "are offered a balanced
presentation of opposing views".
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Background
There is no safeguard in the New Zealand Education Act to protect
children from political indoctrination. In Britain such safeguards exist
and were recently used by a father, Stuart Dimmock, to prevent Al
Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" from being shown in
British schools without teachers presenting the other side of the
argument. This was to ensure that children are given a balanced view on the highly
political issue of Climate Change.
The Intent of the
Petition
This petition to Parliament seeks to introduce into our Education Act
similar safeguards to those that exist in the British Education Act.
With the new school curriculum containing some highly political material
New Zealand children deserve protection from political
indoctrination in a similar fashion to their British counterparts.
To Support the Petition
If
you agree with the tenor of this petition to Parliament, please lend
your support by downloading and printing the petition form, signing it
and sending it back to me at the address given at the bottom of the
form. If you can fill up the page with signatures, so much the better.
Please feel free to download as many forms as you can and spread them
around. Also, you might like to email your acquaintances and ask them to
visit this site and help to support the petition. Finally, if you would
like to be kept informed on the progress of this petition, please
register below. More information can be found below.
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Parliamentary Petition.
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Read the background
article:
The article "Politics in Schools on Trial" looks at the
British High Court case taken by a father Stuart Dimmock to protect his
children against the political indoctrination in Al Gore's "An
Inconvenient Truth" by using a clause in the Education Act which
safeguards children from political indoctrination and concludes that New
Zealand school children have no such protection and are totally exposed
- to read the article click here
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Read the British High
Court Judgement
To read the judgement of Mr Justice Burton in the case of Stuart Dimmock
versus the Secretary for Education regarding claims that showing Al
Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth" to children in British
schools is tantamount to the government attempting to brainwash children
over global warming - click here
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Read the Times-on-line
Report of the Case
To read the report click here
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Read the Academy Awards
response to NZCPR call to have Al Gore's Oscar Rescinded
Academy
Awards respond:To read the call by Dr Muriel
Newman of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research to the Academy
Awards to have Al
Gore's Best Documentary Oscar award for the film An Inconvenient Truth
rescinded on the basis that, as the High Court Judge stated, the film
contains "critical distortions", that it is not a
"science" film but a "political film", and that it
"embellishes the truth for dramatic effect", contrary to the
principles of good documentary journalism, and the response from the
Academy Awards click here
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RadioNZ
Interview
Listen to a
Nine-to-Noon interview regarding Al Gore's "An Inconvenient
Truth" with the lawyer in the British High Court case, a UN IPCC
NIWA scientist and Dr Muriel Newman - listen here
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