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‘Queer theory’ scholar confirms parental concerns about purpose of gay clubs in Catholic schools

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Earlier this week, a  Catholic blogger  tipped me off on Twitter , sending me the  link to a PhD thesis  published earlier this month titled, “ Gay-Straight Alliances and Student Activism in Ontario Public Secular and Catholic High Schools ,” written by Alicia A.  Lapointe of the University of Western Ontario . Lapointe’s thesis essentially confirms what many parental rights advocates have been pointing out for years:  That the prime function of GSAs is not simply to be a “support group,” as LGBT activists have claimed. Rather, these groups are intended to be a way of promoting a specific ideological agenda within the school system, especially within the Catholic school system. Lapointe is up front about this, laying out her thesis as an “in-depth examination of the educative and activist function of the GSAs in two public and two public Catholic Ontario secondary schools,” which she conducts through the lens of “queer theory,” “critiquing the heteronormative underpinnin

Alberta gov’t: ‘Unacceptable’ for Catholic schools to uphold Biblical sexuality

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The Alberta government says it is “unacceptable” for Catholic schools to uphold Church teaching on sexuality in school curriculum. Media in Alberta reported this week that the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta had said curriculum promoting the homosexual “lifestyle,” masturbation, anal and oral sex, or transgenderism would be problematic if required by the impending K-12 health and wellness curriculum. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has criticized the Catholic schools and insisted their proposed program will never be taught if its final form is as it has been advertised. “Under no circumstances will we enforce or condone a sexual health curriculum that normalizes an absence of consent, refuses to talk about contraception and other things that protect the health of sexually active young people, or in any way marginalizes sexual minorities. That's not on,” she told the Canadian Press. Jason Kenney , a Catholic pro-life candidate for the United Co