Newfoundland teams up with homosexual activist group to promote gay-straight alliances
Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, January 24, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - After major efforts in British Columbia and Ontario , the push for gay-straight alliances in schools is moving east. The Newfoundland government announced Monday that they have allocated $90,000 for a new initiative to promote the controversial clubs in the province’s schools. The government is teaming up with the national activist group Egale to develop a new teacher resource for grades 7-12 called MyGSA that will help schools establish the clubs. Under the partnership, Egale will deliver teacher-training workshops on “LGBT” inclusivity and will produce an Equity and Inclusive Education Resource Kit tailored to the province. The program, set to be delivered in the spring of 2012, is modeled after a similar one in Ontario, though it appears Kathy Dunderdale ’s Progressive Conservative government is taking a less authoritarian tack than O