LABOUR MPs have demanded one of their colleagues is kicked out of the party after he told campaigners protesting against LGBT teaching that they were "right”.
For the last nine weeks the activists, most of whom are Muslim, have been targeting the Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham, infuriated by the equalities education.
Those involved in the protests, which have at times attracted 300 people, say children are being “sexualised” and that the school’s teaching about LGBT rights conflicts with their religion.
The school doesn’t deliver specific lessons on LGBT rights either, but rather the idea of families with “two mummies or two daddies” is normalised through the books that children read and the discussions they have with teachers.
A catalyst for the protests was the publication earlier this year of the Government’s new relationships and sex education curriculum. From September next year, all schools will have to teach about relationships and health, and all secondaries will have to teach sex education.
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However, in a “frequently asked questions” document and in statements by ministers that although primary schools are “enabled and encouraged” to cover LGBT content if they “consider it age-appropriate to do so”, there is no requirement for them to teach it.
In a video that emerged over the weekend, Roger Godsiff was seen telling the protesters they were “right”.
The veteran MP, who is seen with Shakeel Afsar, the lead organiser of the protests, said: “I think you have a just cause and I regret the fact that it hasn’t been reciprocated by the headteacher.”
He added: “I will continue to try and fight your corner because you’re right. Nothing more, nothing less. You’re right.”
The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, said she had reported the “discriminatory and irresponsible” comments to the chief whip, Nick Brown.
Labour MP Wes Streeting said he would be tabling a formal complaint to the party about Godsiff. He said: “This made me feel sick to my stomach.
"One of my own Labour colleagues stood with people who have peddled hatred and bigotry on school gates, intimidating pupils, teachers and parents.
"If he was a Tory MP, we'd be all over it.
"There must be no place for hatred and apologists for hatred in the Labour Party."
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Rayner, who was in Birmingham on Saturday with party leader Jeremy Corbyn, said: "I've reported this to our chief whip.
"This might be the personal views of Mr Roger Godsiff but they do not represent the Labour Party and are discriminatory and irresponsible
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