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Swedish Liberal Party ministers argue for revoking exemption to sex ed and phys ed requirements based on parents' culture or religion
From the article: "Liberal party ministers Jan Björklund and Nyamko Sabuni have proposed a new schools law which removes the right to seek exemption from sexual education and swimming classes. 'All pupils, including immigrant girls, have the right to swimming lessons and to take part in physical and sexual education classes,' Björklund and Sabuni argue."
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Liberal party ministers Jan Björklund and Nyamko Sabuni have proposed a new schools law which removes the right to seek exemption from sexual education and swimming classes.
"All pupils, including immigrant girls, have the right to swimming lessons and to take part in physical and sexual education classes," Björklund and Sabuni argue in an opinion article in Dagens Nyheter on Sunday.
Study says skin colour affects sense of belonging | National Union of Public and General Employees
"A study on multiculturalism and society by a University of Toronto professor says skin colour - not religion or income - poses the biggest barrier to immigrants in feeling that they belong in Canada. 'The darker the skin, the greater the alienation,' the Toronto Star says in a report on the study's findings."
US Conference of Catholic Bishops: statement condemning workplace raids as immigration enforcement tactic (Sept. 10, 2008)
The head of the immigration subcommittee of the US Catholic Bishops conference criticizes the increasing use of large-scale armed workplace raids by the ICE as a tool for immigration enforcement. He doesn't say this explicitly, but due primarily to demographic and economic factors, Catholic churches have often borne the brunt of the massive humanitarian relief costs that arise in the wake of these raids, particularly in caring for abandoned children and other dependent family members (many of whom, not that it should matter, are actually U.S. citizens).
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