The state's Education Department has revealed it suspended the Performance in Schools program that included Focus on the Family's ''No Apologies Impact'' seminar.

But Christian lobbyists rallied to the cause, saying the bans are ''political correctness gone mad''.

Focus on the Family has been accused of demonising homosexuality, painting it in the same light as bestiality and giving religious education without parental permission in ACT public schools.

It promotes the ''No Apologies Impact'' seminar at the heart of the controversy in Canberra as a program authorised by the NSW Department of Education as part of its Performance in Schools program.

But in a short statement, the NSW department said it did not support or endorse any unlawful discrimination in its schools and would take action in cases where this is shown to have occurred.

For more, pick up a copy of today's Canberra Times