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Special Presentation – Growing Spiritually in the 21st Century Presenter – Grace Mackintosh

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SDACC

Education Summit

Achieving Excellence: The Renewed Vision for Canadian Adventist Education

1148 King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 1H8 Phone: 905-441-0361 Fax: 905-433-0982 E-Mail: [email protected]

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October 17, 2014 SDACC Grace Mackintosh 2

Summary of Presentation for Grace Mackintosh

My presentation will flow from the principles of Education as found in the book

Education by Mrs. E. G. White. I believe that our educators in the front lines with

respect to its mission in reaching our youth for salvation.

I Prior Challenges versus Emerging Challenges

A brief juxtaposition of challenges such as gum chewing and talking in class

versus drugs, early exposure to sexual experiences, violence and pornography.

Exposure to these dangers is augmented, facilitated and expedited through the

use of social media and the Internet.

II Emerging Challenges

Emerging Challenges are emergent. The exposure of our youth to the serious

challenges listed above will most likely cause irreparable damage to their minds

and souls. Indeed, will it sear their consciences?

Education is a ministry

Prior Challenges

Contributing Factors

Emergent

ChallengesMeeting the Challenges

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October 17, 2014 SDACC Grace Mackintosh 3

III Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors will be listed as concisely as possible. I will elaborate

briefly. Some primary sources used in this research will be the following as well

as peer-reviewed articles:

1. Sutherland, E. A., “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns”

2. Grossman. Miriam, M.D., “Unprotected” A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals

How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student”

3. Hunt, Arthur W. III, “The Vanishing Word” The Veneration of Visual

Imagery in the Postmodern Word”

4. Grossman, Lt. Col. Dave, and DeGaetano, Gloria, “Stop Teaching Our Kids

to Kill” A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence

5. Roberston, Brian C., “Day Care Deception” What The Child Care

Establishment I’snt Telling Us

6.

7. Brzezinski, Zbigniew, “Between Two Ages: America's Role in the

Technetronic Era”

8. Owens Eric, W., - West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester,

Pennsylvania, Behun, Richard J., - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania, Manning, Jill, C., - Private Practice, Westminster, Colorado,

Reid, Rory, C., - University of California, Los Angeles, California, From the

Journal: “Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity” , 19:99–122, 2012, Copyright

© Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, ISSN: 1072-0162 print / 1532-5318

online, DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2012.660431, Article: The Impact of

Internet Pornography on Adolescents: A Review of the Research

9. Fairbairn, Jordan, PhD Candidate, Carleton University, Bivens, Dr. Rena,

Carleton University, Dr. Myrna Dawson, University of Guelph, Sexual

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October 17, 2014 SDACC Grace Mackintosh 4

Violence and Social Media: Building a Framework for Prevention, August

2013

10. Strasburger, Victor C. , MDa, Jordan, Amy B. , PhDb, Donnerstein, Ed,

PhD, Journal: Official Journal of American Pediatrics Article: Health Effects

of Media on Children and Adolescents Published online March 1, 2010

Pediatrics Vol. 125 No. 4 April 1, 2010 pp. 756 -767 (doi:

10.1542/peds.2009-2563)

IV Meeting the Challenges

The conclusion will canvas the legal responsibilities and our deferred liabilities if

we do not meet these matters seriously. Further, I will briefly suggest that our

vision for Seventh-day Adventist Education include a plan for meeting the needs

of our youth who are caught in the very real and present dangers of our modern

day culture.

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1985 Supreme Court of Canada says ‐ Sunday laws in Canada are unconstitutional

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The same court said a year later that Sunday laws were not in violation of the constitution 

if they were drafted for secular purposes. 

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Canada’s only evangelical university was floundering financially ‐ its only income was 

through its education degree ‐ in 2000, the province of British Columbia Ministry of 

Education threatened to deny TWU graduates a license to teach because of the TWU code 

of conduct that requires that students cannot have sex outside a marriage between a man 

and woman. Every student signs this code of conduct.

The Supreme Court of Canada sided with TWU and stated that there was no nexus 

between a discriminatory held belief and oppression  ‐ or discriminatory practice.  The 

focus of the case was on the graduates.  In the years since there have been persistent 

inquiries as to whether there has ever been discriminatory practices.  There is not even 

one reported instance.  

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BUT  the legislation provided religious exemptions… 

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Almost two years ago Trinity Western submitted a proposal for a law school.  The Ministry 

of Education approved the application… although it took over a year to do so.  It could not 

find any legal reason to deny the request. 

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In the spring of 2014, the British Columbia law society voted to license graduates of the 

TWU proposed law school…  However, Ontario voted to deny licensing as well as Nova 

Scotia.  The reason given is the TWU code of conduct that requires students to agree to no 

sex outside of a marriage between a man sand woman. This amounts to a religious test ‐ in 

order to practice law. Albeit in a narrow context… one that involves a little known 

evangelical university in British Columbia.  However, in the 2001 Trinity decision it was 

stated that an attempt to bind an institution would lead to repercussions for individuals 

and in particular individuals wishing to express their collective rights. In other words, an 

attempt to restrict an institution would lead to the restriction of individual conscience.

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There are presently two legal actions. One is brought against the BC Ministry of Education 

by a gay man appealing the decision to approve the TWU law school as discrimination 

against his rights as a gay man.  The second is an appeal with respect to the revocation of 

the BC law society decision to license TWU law graduates.  

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Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms begins by stating "Whereas Canada is 

founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law". The 

Bank of Montreal has decided to turn its back on these principles with a campaign against 

Christians. BMO's opening salvo was to attack the Christian standards of Trinity Western 

University. BMO has now expanded their war by attacking Christian legal suppliers doing 

business with the bank. On March 26th, 2014 the Bank of Montreal wrote a scathing letter 

to the Law Society of Upper Canada entitled "RE: Accreditation of Trinity Western 

University's ("TCU") proposed law school program". The missive states "The purpose of this 

letter is to request the Law Society deny the accreditation of any legal educational 

programs, recognized for the admission of the bar of Ontario, that are discriminatory." 

BMO was successful as the Law Society denied Trinity Western.

This isn't the end of the story… almost all Canadian Banks are now demanding diversity 

numbers from the law firms they retain.  I can assure you that banks as clients are coveted 

and mean a lot of money.  However, if a firm cannot substantiate that it hires and retains 

LGBTQ that firm will be terminated from any retainer. 

Thinking back to TWU 2001 and the concern that restrictions with respect to 

institutions will spread to oppression against individuals ‐ how long will this evolution take 

to spread in Canada if we lose TWU in the courts 

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An invitation to this workshop popped into my email a few weeks ago.  I was turned away 

with my first phone call but I persisted.  After all, I was invited because I retain the firm 

putting the workshop on and I represent 800 students in Ontario alone.  Finally, I was given 

permission to attend.  

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It was a blatant brainwashing. The accompanying adults were not allowed near the 

students when they were sequestered off with the judges and lawyers.  We were 

subjected to three dramas, all which involved crass language ‐ acted out by lawyers ‐ and 

were all same ‐sex or lgbtq in nature. The most inflammatory was the scenario set out 

below.  Sex change operations are irreversible ‐ there is conflicting research with respect to 

the satisfaction of recipients and the students at the workshop were given ‐ none ‐ of this 

information, except to say that the Ontario Medical Association is homophobic for making 

youth wait until they are 18 for this operation. I pointed out all of this with the sequestered 

adults as we waited for the students to finish the private exercises. The leader was a child 

lawyer who was very sure that sex changes should be allowed at any age.  It was unreal!  

Andrea and Dan met when she was in grade 9 and he in grade 11. Andrea is 15 years old, 

Dan is 17 years old. They started dating towards the end of that school year. Dan’s a good 

student, not especially athletic, working hard to be accepted at universities of his first 

choice. Andrea is quite athletic, good enough to be a member of the girl’s school soccer 

team in her first year of high school. The school team made the OFSAA soccer quarter 

finals, with Andrea having been a part of the team. The OFSAA is the Ontario Federation of 

School Athletic Associations. It is a federation of 18 regional school athletic associations 

geographically spread across the province, comprised of student athletes, teacher coaches,

principals, and sport administrators.

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Andrea was born a male, as Andrew. She transitioned when she was in grade 8 in the school year, 

attending a different school than her present one. She attends her present high school as a female 

student, and none of the students know that she was born a male. She has transitioned from male to 

female, except for transgender surgery. She is going through hormone replacement  therapy, and 

looks completely female as a result of this treatment. She wants to have sex reassignment surgery 

immediately, but has been asked to wait until she is of age by her treating doctor.

One evening in November of her grade 10 year, when Dan is in grade 12, he is over at her home. 

While Andrea is in the kitchen making them some snacks, he discovers a yearbook from her old 

school. He sees Andrea in a class picture as “Andrew”. He is shocked to find out about Andrea’s past, 

and the fact that she used to be a boy; that Andrea used to be Andrew. When Andrea comes upstairs, 

he questions her about it. Andrea gets flustered and their attempt at a discussion ends up becoming a 

loud, tearful confrontation with Dan becoming very angry, Andrea very apologetic. It ends with Dan

leaving by slamming the front door, with no understanding being reached.

The next morning Andrea meets with Michelle. Michelle is Andrea’s good friend since Andrea started 

attending her present high school. Michelle also knows Dan. Her older brother is a friend of Dan’s 

and he has spent time at Michelle’s home. Andrea is starting to tell Michelle what happened between 

Dan and her when Michelle tells Andrea that Dan just posted something unbelievable on Facebook. 

She starts to read the explicit post to Michelle.

Once on the internet, this becomes a serious problem at the school. For example, Dan is attacked by 

a group of male students who physically push him around and make fun of him

for having dated Andrea. They laugh at him, saying that he slept with a guy. As Dan is picked on, he 

reacts by increasing the amount of blame on Andrea, saying he wouldn’t have dated her if he had 

known. Andrea, meanwhile, stops attending school. She locks herself in her room at home and is 

speaking of committing suicide. Some parents have become involved. They want to know how it was 

that Andrea was admitted into the school as a girl, and why the school condoned Andrea behaving 

like a girl. One such parent organizes a petition to have Andrea’s school disqualified from the OFSAA 

tournament. Andrea continues to not attend school for the time being, but the situation is escalating 

with students taking sides and some parents lobbying the school to take all kinds of remedial action.

The principal of the school speaks to the superintendent about the situation. The superintendent 

refers the principal to the school board’s lawyer. As a result, the principal serves a notice of 

suspension of 20 days on Dan and a notice of exclusion on Andrea. A student can be suspended or 

expelled as a disciplinary measure. A student can be excluded when the school is unable to provide 

the student with an appropriate education for reasons usually to do with other than discipline issues, 

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but which may include that as a consideration as well. More typically, exclusion occurs due to a 

student’s physical or emotional challenges that prevent the school from being able to safely and 

appropriately accommodate the student. Both sets of parents appeal.

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We are constantly being pommelled with legislation that will enforce gay straight alliances.  

Or courses that teach religion in a secular worldview and in which the teachers may not 

give the worldview of the denomination for which the school operates. The constant attack 

is fuelled by the lgbtq groups.  They threaten schools, businesses, churches and individuals 

with biblical standards.  We are constantly spending vast amounts of resources to meet 

these attacks in the courts and in the court of public opinion.