I'm a foster father to the sons of the Great State

It seems. A few days ago, two members of the FELGTB (State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals) gave a talk on "sexual affective education" to 1st ESO students (12-13 years old), including one of my daughters. Without any authorization of any kind. The talk was based on the material (which was distributed among the students) consisting of multi-page brochures from which I copy the following vignette:

The two brochures that were distributed can be consulted here and here. My wife and I, the Santo Tomás de Aquino teachers' association (I am part of its board of directors that approved the initiative last week) and the Manos Limpias union (I am a member, I told them about the case and they supported us) have submitted the prior administrative claim to the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment of the Region of Murcia. These events are not isolated.

What we ask is that these types of activities simply cannot be taught without the express authorization of the parents.

Although, as can be seen in this material, one wonders if we are facing a case of corruption of minors. That at the time. It is paradoxical that students cannot even leave the educational center, walking down the sidewalk for ten minutes to any exhibition or activity without proper authorization, and on the other hand in this type of activity… nothing at all.

To prevent situations like these, thanks to the work of Madrid Educa en Libertad (I don't know if there was any other organization), in February 2012 a letter was sent from the Ministry of Education of the Community of Madrid to the directors of schools and institutes so that they follow the "Recommendation" of the Office of the Ombudsman for Minors in Madrid. Said “Recommendation” stated:

"Mr. Director: For your information, and in order to comply with the recommendation made to this Ministry by the Ombudsman for Minors of the Community of Madrid, ... on the complementary activities related to affective sexual education given by outside persons or organizations to the centers, I ask that, without prejudice to the organizational autonomy of the centers and the Powers of the School Councils, you are informed of the need for parents to be informed, prior to their celebration, of the activities of a of the aforementioned that are scheduled; as well as the professionals who are going to teach them, so that parents can give express consent to the participation of their children in them. A: Primary and Secondary Education Centers: Private, Concerted and Public.”

Well, the "recommendation" is nothing in practice, as evidenced by what happened in a secondary school in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The content of such workshops, public on the web, is as follows:

There may be parents who want things like this, but there are different ones. We have our rights - Article 27.3 of the CE: The public powers guarantee the right that assists parents so that their children receive religious and moral education that is in accordance with their own convictions. – but it would be enough for me with a little common sense from the administration and not having to deal with these things.

Finally, it goes without saying that these things must be taken with more urgency. The invasion of the privacy of young people is brutal. Any effort to prevent aggression against consciences from certain pressure groups is little. If someone thinks that this has ended with the Zapatero era, they are wrong. This same federation received significant subsidies under the previous government, but today the situation has not changed. I refer to the tests.

The worst thing that happens is the inhibition of many regarding their freedom and personality. New patterns of thought have been assumed, highly institutionalized. What comes from the institution, that is correct. The institution is the one that tells you what you should do. And many believe it, and they live in fear. Many of us have felt sorrow and compassion for North Korean oppression when a woman was punished for not crying enough at the funeral of North Korean President Kim Jong-iI.

But they do not realize that the human mind and freedom can be damaged, conditioned and directed by another type of ideology, such as democratic fundamentalism accurately analyzed in many points by Gustavo Bueno

It is up to us how we will respond to this invasion. If with dignity rebellion, or cowardly collaborationism.