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Catholic school board criticized from both sides over equity booklet debacle

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City Hall of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Peterborough Public Library, Peterborough, Ontario. Picture taken on Aylmer St., looking north-west. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) PETERBOROUGH, Ontario, May 3, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The Catholic school board in Peterborough, Ontario has recalled a teacher’s aid booklet that dealt with homosexuality after outcry from homosexual activists who said a quote in it was “derogatory, patronizing and discriminatory” and outrage from faithful rate-paying Catholics who lambasted the pamphlet for not being Catholic enough. Michelle Griepsma, trustee for City of Kawartha Lakes , confirmed to LifeSiteNews that the “booklet was taken back in from the teachers based on a parent concern”. One of the images from the booklet The original 29-page  Colour of Equity  booklet, produced by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic District Scho

Lesbian with kids in Catholic school demands removal of Catechism quote on homosexuality

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Image via Wikipedia Late Night Catechism (Photo credit: Mark Sardella ) BOWMANVILLE, Ontario , March 16, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A self-proclaimed ‘lesbian’ whose two children attend a Catholic school near Peterborough is demanding that the Peterborough Catholic school board remove a Catechism quote dealing with homosexuality from a school pamphlet. Ann Michelle Tesluk has started an online petition to pressure the board to action and describes her activities as gearing to make the Catholic Church into an “openly gay friendly church.” The  pamphlet in question , however, is controversial from more than one perspective.  While quoting the Catechism that the homosexual inclination is “objectively disordered”, the pamphlet also misrepresents Catholic teaching in numerous ways. The pamphlet calls on schools to highlight homosexual role models and familiarize students with terms like “ LGBTQQ ” and “two-spirited.” It indicates that Canada legalized same-sex “marriage” in 2005 without