LGBT protest at school

That's right Ilovecheese, it isn't controversial imo, in the way some could argue that what Mycat calls 'there mermaid nonsense'. When I first read about the protests, I wondered if the books could inflame tensions but I genuinely don't believe so. It's possible of course that some orthodox / evangelical religious people could be as bothered by the books as these Muslim parents. The tv news did interview one Muslim mother who had taken her children into school, through the gambit of people evidently blocking the pavements.
The head teacher was visibly shaken.

Hasn't Shakeel Asfar got a point as well ?

From what I have heard about the no outsiders programme, it tells children that are perhaps being brought up by two mothers or two fathers that their families are just as loving and valid as those with a mother and a father. That no one should be treated as "an outsider". It is about acceptance and tolerance and making children feel valued and secure.

I haven’t seen the books to be honest so find it hard to judge and I am wary of some LGBT material like the mermaid nonsense but I am a huge admirer of Jess Phillips and any threats against schools or teachers needs to be squashed immediately

In response to the challenge from Shakel Afsar, who has coordinated protests at the school as to why she hadn't been there supporting the parents protest, Jess Philips responded "Our equality laws protect us all. " She went on to express distress that the protest was, she felt, damaging relationships in the community she grew up in.
I saw a tv programme featuring the No Outsider series of books, I honestly can't see how any one could object to them.

Apart from anything else, it is the law.

It seems a shame, as we apparently had a reputation of being reasonably tolerant to minorities. That all seems to be falling apart everywhere we look. We need a rethink as to exactly where we are going I think.