Primary teacher Andrew Moffat left his job after a backlash over his sexuality. Now he’s bringing his message of equality to a 99% Muslim primary in BirminghamIt took one complaint from a parent “as a Christian” to undo all Andrew Moffat’s work teaching children respect for people of different sexual orientation. A meeting of 40 parents followed with calls for an apology and the removal of books he had used in lessons.
Above all,the parents objected that he had told children he was homosexual. Moffat felt he could no longer continue and resigned. Far from retreating to a safe haven, however, and he crossed Birmingham to buy up an even greater challenge: assistant headteacher at Parkfield Community school,where 98.9% of pupils are from Muslim families.
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Source: theguardian.com