today, a quieter parkfield school. 600 fewer pupils out of a total of more than 700. are of muslim faith, are unhappy about the school teaching their children about same—sex relationships. telling children as young as four that it's ok to be gay, if you are a muslim, if you are a christian, itjust doesn't go with our beliefs, our rights. but there are same—sex couples in society, like there are people of different faiths and cultures, so why not allow your child to see what reflects society? i just don't think there is a need. it is not age appropriate. through its no outsiders programme, involving storybooks, children are introduced to characters in same—sex couples. the school wouldn't talk to us today, but in a letter seen by the bbc that has been sent to parents, it says at no point during any teaching would the school ever encourage children to become lgbt, and at no point promote this as a specific way of life. it goes on to say no outsiders is all about saying that everybody is different, in many ways, and we should treat everybody equally, with dignity and res

today, a quieter parkfield school. 600 fewer pupils out of a total of more than 700. are unhappy about the school teaching their children about same—sex relationships. telling children as young as four that it's ok to be gay, if you are a muslim, if you are a christian, itjust doesn't go with our beliefs, our rights. but there are same—sex couples in society, like there are people of different faiths and cultures. so why not allow your child to see what reflects society? i just don't think there is a need. it's not age appropriate. through its no outsiders programme, involving story books, students are introduced to characters from same—sex couples. the school wouldn't talk to us today but in a letter seen by the bbc that has been sent to parents, it says "at no point during any teaching would the school ever encourage children to become lgbt and at no point promote this as a specific way of life." it goes on to say, "no outsiders is all about saying that everybody is different in many ways and we should treat everybody equally, with dignity and respect." the children

today, a quieter parkfield school, 600 fewer pupils out of a total of more than 700.om are of muslim faith, are unhappy about the school teaching their children about same—sex relationships. telling children as young as four that it's ok to be gay, if you're a muslim, if you're a christian, where does he — you know, itjust doesn't go with our beliefs, our rights. but there are same—sex couples in society, like there are people of different faiths and cultures, so why not allow your child to see what reflect society? i just don't think there's a need. it's not age—appropriate. through its no outsiders programme, involving storybooks, children are introduced to characters in same—sex couples. the school wouldn't talk to us today, but in a letter seen by the bbc, that has been sent to parents, it says at no point during any teaching with the school ever encourage children to become lgbt, and at no point promote this as a specific way of life. it goes on to say no outsiders is all about saying that everybody is different in many ways, and we should treat everybody equally

it's been going on for ten weeks now, parkfield school under pressure to scrap the controversial ‘nomuslim faith, don't want their children to be taught about same—sex couples. now, for the first time, the woman in charge of the school has publicly spoken about her views. what parents tell their children at home, it's up to them. there are some fantastic families round here, whatever way they want to bring their children up is fine. but in school, they need to be educated to the law of the land and at home they can follow their religion and that's fine, the two sit together. so here we have ‘mama, mummy and me' and this is a lovely board book of cartoons... no outsiders has temporarily been suspended by the school. it involves teaching children about same—sex relationships through cartoon characters in story books. but some people believe homosexuality to be morally wrong. weekly protests here continue. the impact on the staff has been tremendous. people have said they're losing weight, some of them said they can't sleep. some of them have been shaking when they've come to school. th

last week, parkfield school in birmingham stopped teaching children about same—sex couples. this comes after weeks of protests by parents over a programme called no outsiders, in which children are taught about homosexual relationships in storybooks. but many parents, mostly of muslim faith, have objected to it, and want it scrapped. we have traditional family values, but morally we do not accept homosexuality as a valid sexual relationship to have. and it's not about being homophobic. because some people might think that's what you are. you see, that's like saying that if you don't believe in islam, you're islamophobic. you see, we don't believe in homosexuality, but that does not make us homophobic. we respect individuals as human beings. now in a letter seen by the bbc, a trust which runs several heavily muslim populated schools in birmingham says it will stop lgbt teaching until at leastjune. it says: well, this is the school at the centre of this row. parkfield has temporarily stopped teaching no outsiders. but it says it still fully supports the programme, which it des

it's been going on for ten weeks now, parkfield school under pressure to scrap the controversial no outsiders programme. hundreds of parents, many of muslim faith, don't want their children to be taught about same—sex couples. now, for the first time, the woman in charge of the school has publicly spoken about her views. what parents tell their children at home, it's up to them. there are some fantastic families round here, and whatever way they want to bring their children up is fine. but in school, they need to be educated to the law of the land and at home they can follow their religion and that's fine, the two sit together. so here we have mama, mummy and me and this is a lovely board book of cartoons... no outsiders has temporarily been suspended by the school. it involves teaching children about same—sex relationships through cartoon characters in storybooks. but some people believe homosexuality to be morally wrong. weekly protests here continue. the impact on the staff has been tremendous. people have said they‘ re losing weight, some of them said they can't sleep. some of them have b

it's been going on for ten weeks now, parkfield school under pressure to scrap the controversial ‘nony of muslim faith, don't want their children to be taught about same—sex couples. now, for the first time, the woman in charge of the school has publicly spoken about her views. what parents tell their children at home, it's up to them. there are some fantastic families round here, whatever way they want to bring their children up is fine. but in school, they need to be educated to the law of the land and at home they can follow their religion and that's fine, the two sit together. so here we have ‘mama, mummy and me' and this is a lovely board book of cartoons... no 0utsiders has temporarily been suspended by the school. it involves teaching children about same—sex relationships through cartoon characters in story books. but some people believe homosexuality to be morally wrong. weekly protests here continue. the impact on the staff has been tremendous. people have said they‘ re losing weight, some of them said they can't sleep. some of them have been shaking when they've come to sch

parkfield school under pressure to scrap the controversial no outsiders programme.many of muslim faith, don't want their children to be taught about same—sex couples. now for the first time, the woman in charge of the school has publicly spoken about her views. what parents tell their children at home is up to them. there are some fantastic families round here and whatever way they want to bring their children up is fine. but in school they need to be educated to the law of the land and at home they can follow their religion, and that's fine. the two sit together. so here we have mumma, mammy and me, and this is a lovely book of cartoons... no outsiders has temporarily been suspended. it involves teaching children about same—sex relationships through cartoon characters in storybooks. but some people believe homosexuality to be morally wrong. weekly protests here continue. with some parents questioning the chief executive's motives and calling for her resignation. there are some parents who are convinced that you are islamophobic. what would you say to those parents?

last week, parkfield school in birmingham stopped teaching children about same—sex couples. o 0utsiders, in which children are taught about homosexual relationships in storybooks. but many parents, mostly of muslim faith, have objected to it, and want it scrapped. we have traditional family values, but morally we do not accept homosexuality as a valid sexual relationship to have. and it's not about being homophobic. because some people might think that's what you are. you see, that's like saying that if you don't believe in islam, you're islamophobic. you see, we don't believe in homosexuality, but that does not make us homophobic. we respect individuals as human beings. now in a letter seen by the bbc, a trust which runs several heavily muslim populated schools in birmingham says it will stop lgbt teaching until at leastjune. it says the board of directors and the head teachers of leigh trust have made the decision to suspend the no 0utsiders programme until we are able to have meaningful and open discussions with the parents of all children in our schools. well, this is the

parkfield school under pressure to scrap the controversial no outsiders programme.ow for the first time, the woman in charge of the school has publicly spoken about her views. what parents tell their children at home is up to them. there are some fantastic families round here and whatever way they want to bring their children up is fine. but in school they need to be educated to the law of the land and at home they can follow their religion, and that's fine. the two sit together. so here we have mumma, mammy and me, and this is a lovely book of cartoons... no outsiders has temporarily been suspended. it involves teaching children about same—sex relationships through cartoon characters in storybooks. but some people believe homosexuality to be morally wrong. weekly protests here continue. with some parents questioning the chief executive's motives and calling for her resignation. there are some parents who are convinced that you are islamophobic. what would you say to those parents? not at all. why would i come here and work in this school? i chose the school when i

parents protests are continuing at a school in birmingham over lessons about lgbt rights. parkfieldlessons to be permanently banned in every school, everywhere. this footage was filmed by the protestors. let‘s make one thing very clear. this programme is not just about telling people that other families, other types of lifestyle exist. it‘s actually aggressively promoting them, giving it a positive spin. and telling people that it is ok for you to be muslim and for you to be gay. crowd: shame! shame, shame, shame! shame, shame! mr moffat, i did not want to make this personal, but mr moffat has decided upon his own self to reinterpret our religious scriptures. yeah, shame! and i don‘t know... i don‘t know... i don‘t know where he gets his religious education from, when he became mufti moffat. laughter and applause. but our religious beliefs are not here to be changed. we don‘t send our children to school to be indoctrinated. that‘s the word that parents have been saying again and again and again. this is an aggressive indoctrination that is going on that we are speaking against. if t