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st tribune march 6 1996 p7 letters majority being forced morals dear editor isnt it amazing the way a minority of people holding strong religion- based opinions feel their beliefs should be forced on the majority and turned into oppressive laws and poli cies i refer to letters on feb 24 and 28 regarding a long overdue lifting of the rule in our schools of nondiscus sion of abortion and homosexuality if these people believe all abortions are morally wrong then i say to them dont have one but dont force your narrow antiwoman homophobic views on everyone else the essence of democracy is the free expression of all positions and the essence of edu cation is to foster judgement by sub jecting ideas and facts to scrutiny and evaluation protecting students from information on taboo subjects is simply a way of perpetuating preju dice of all the topics that can arise for discussion in the classroom these two alone should never have been singled out for censorship this policy has negated the growth of inquiring minds and made a mockery of teach ing and learning parents who cant get their own children to adopt their values voluntarily should not be allowed to force their views on all our young people by censorship in our pluralistic society the public system must represent all it must therefore get rid of taboos and bigotry and leave this questionable agenda for sectarian schools jane holmes union ville parents want say dear editor open letter to win procyshen superintendent of education and community services we are expressing our deep concern that the proposed changes which you plan to implement in s68 do not reflect the wishes of the majority of parents and are a substantial threat to the integrity of our educational sys tem in particular we do not agree with the removal of the parental right to have objectionable material exclud ed from curriculums this would allow questionable materials to be presented to our children as fact and not as subjects for debate and discus sion of even greater concern is the intent to allow the proselytizing of views con trary to the judeochristian founda tions by which we have written the laws of this land and built our province we do not believe that chil dren should be forced to agree with views put forth by special interest groups views which are contrary to their own beliefs in order to pass a course to allow suchchanges to occur would see the creation of prisoners of conscience in our own schools we therefore strongly urge you to recon sider the proposed revision we con sider the family to be the cornerstone of society and will not tolerate being shut out of necessary input to our chil drens education they are our chil dren and it is we who know what is best for them art tamara rasmusson stouffviue the best savings guaranteed tfwiibbbbmmbbbabbbab bbbbbggb ffrirvnrmiinmniiniiiiiiiiiihmtttrr7 the most savings plan arant e e sprint canada guarantees that your monthly sprint canada telephone hill with the most savings plan will he lower than your hill would have been for the same telephone calls usiny your local telephone companys calling plan if your local telephone company can show that your monthly savings with their calling plan would- have heen higher sprint canada will give you hack double the difference in savings this guarantee is hased on your local telephone companys rates and major residential calling plan for directdialled longdistance calls in effect on january 1 1996 not including special or promotional offerings sprint canada v v v wherever you call whenever you call sprint r canada save big caix sprint canada now l80085 13971 24 hours a day 7 days a week tm sprint the sprint loco the most the most lnco irc triilcmiirks of sprint wiimiiiiiciiiions iimrsmy lp nscil under licence liy sprint jiniula inc sprint miili inc iw6 watch for these flyers on wednesday march 6 1996 white rose lansing buildall moores the suit people kraft whatfs cooking eatons consumers distributing future shop aikens watch for these flyers on friday march 8 1996 sears canadian tire sctd anatomy were first in distribution weve delivered 5719386 flyers doortodoor so far this year if you would like your flyers delivered by the best please call arlene maddock at 6402100 the tribut attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your livers for as little as 35 cents apiece in markham unionviile mileken soufmje uxbridgo ctaremont dickson hil locust ha gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman comers box grove cedar grove buttonvifle sandford leaskdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashbum cannirori and al adjacent rural route areas we can deliver your flyers using the most up to date market demographics including census tract lifestyles fsa neighbourhoods etc call us to discuss your needs wecan deliver onlhe day you want to the area you want any quantity up to 50150 for distribution inquiries call stouffviue 90s 6402100 or fax 005 6405477