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Ontario’s new lesbian Premier promises to bring back explicit lower grades sex-ed curriculum

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TORONTO, Jan. 30, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Ontario ’s new Premier Kathleen Wynne promised to bring back a controversial sex-ed program at her first news conference after winning the leadership of Ontario’s Liberals party.  The curriculum, which would have had students learning about “gender identity” in grade 3 and anal intercourse in grade 7, was shelved temporarily by Premier Dalton McGuinty in 2010 after strong backlash from parents. Kathleen Wynne, Ontario's new Premier “We are going to evolve the physical health and sex education curriculum,” Wynne said on Jan. 27th, according to Xtra. “We have developed curriculum in this province for decades, and we have done it in a way that has integrity.” “We are committed to having a conversation with parents,” she added. Wynne  won the leadership contest  at the Ontario Liberal convention Jan. 26th and will step into the role of Premier when Dalton McGuinty officially steps down Feb. 12th. Wynne has indicated that

McGuinty stands behind effort to force gay activist clubs on Catholic schools

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TORONTO, Ontario , May 29, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Ontario ’s Catholic Premier Dalton McGuinty stood behind his government’s effort to force homosexual activist clubs known as “gay-straight alliances” on the province’s Catholic schools on Tuesday. Reacting to criticism from Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto, McGuinty insisted the publicly-funded Catholic schools will not be able to refuse a student’s request to launch a gay-straight alliance if his government’s newly-amended “anti-bullying” bill passes. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Ontario has “fundamental values that transcend any one faith,” he told reporters. “Cardinal Collins has his responsibilities and he has to provide leadership in keeping with his responsibilities,” he said. “But I have a different set of responsibilities. I’m accountable to all faiths, I’m accountable to people of no faith, I’m accountable to all parents.” The announcement Friday by Education Minister Laurel Broten that the governm

McGuinty Liberals fast track anti-bullying Bill 13, final vote in late May

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Dalton McGuiny (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) TORONTO, Ontario , May 2, 2012  - After a weekend protest outside his constituency office over the government’s controversial “anti-bullying” legislation, Liberal House Leader John Milloy moved Tuesday to fast track the bill so it will pass by the summer. Angered over the Tories ’ efforts to filibuster debate on the bill, which has sparked a huge backlash by parents and religious leaders over concerns that it threatens parental rights and religious freedom, Milloy invoked a time allocation order to push the bill into committee after only 40 minutes debate from each party. The bill could move to committee as quickly as next week and face a final vote by the end of May. Both the Opposition Progressive Conservatives and the New Democratic Party are upset over the rare move. “This is anti-democratic at its core. We never support time allocation,” New Democrat MPP Cheri DiNovo told Xtra. The Tories have been promoting their own anti-bullying b

Protests against McGuinty gay-focused ‘anti-bullying’ bill gathering momentum

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Dalton McGuiny (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) KITCHENER, Ontario , April 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The protest against the Ontario Liberal government’s controversial gay-focused anti-bullying legislation , Bill 13, is gathering momentum as a second rally is set to take place in Kitchener on Saturday April 28 at 10:00 a.m. The rally will be held at the constituency office of Kitchener-Centre Liberal MPP John Milloy , 6C-1770 King Street East, from 10:00 to 11:00 in the morning. It seeks to defend parental rights and religious freedom against what critics have called deeply flawed legislation. “This proposed legislation by Dalton McGuinty ’s Ontario government will subvert parental rights and freedom of religion. It will cause schools to teach children controversial sex ed theories that violate the religious and moral convictions of many parents about human sexuality,” said rally organizer Kim Galvao, head of Concerned Catholic Parents of Ontario (CCPO). Some 2,000 people attended a

Big Bully Ontario Premier readies to expel students over gay bullying

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TORONTO, Ontario , November 30, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – As part of an ongoing campaign to reform the province’s “attitudes” on homosexuality , Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Wednesday that he is proposing anti- bullying legislation with an emphasis on cracking down on homosexuality-related bullying in Ontario’s schools. Meeting with students at L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute in Toronto, the Premier said the bill will impose tougher consequences, including expulsion, for “bullying and hate-motivated actions.” Dalton McGuinty It will also require all schools to “support any students who want to lead activities that promote understanding, acceptance and respect for all,” according to a press release. Pro-family activists expressed concerned that the bill will be used to further clamp down on students, teachers, and schools that oppose the normalization of homosexuality. While the mainstream press is reporting on the initiative as a general anti-bullying initiative, McGuinty him