Protests over LGBT+ classes ramp up at Birmingham school as MPs back more inclusive curriculum

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Protests over lessons on same-sex relationships continued into their ninth day at a Birmingham primary school just hours after MPs voted in favour of a compulsory LGBT+ inclusive curriculum in schools. Megaphone-wielding demonstrators at Anderton Park Primary School want classes teaching respect for LGBT+ relationships to be suspended until a resolution can be reached with parents who oppose the lessons. But some Muslim parents at Anderton Park, who have been protesting daily outside the school since Monday last week, claim the children are too young to learn about LGBT+ issues. “I find it really disappointing that children are being pulled into this protest.” Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, headteacher of Anderton Park, told Sky News earlier this week that she had written to education secretary Damian Hinds urging him to intervene as her school faced a backlash.