Ontario school board tells parents they can’t ‘opt out’ of gay lessons
Despite an explicit government promise ensuring that parents can opt their kids out of the controversial sex-ed program beginning in schools next week, the province’s second largest school board has declared that parents will not be able to opt their kids out of portions of the course dealing with homosexuality and gender identity . In a letter submitted to all mainstream media outlets yesterday, Peel Director of Education Tony Pontes was unambiguous that a request from parents to have their children opt-out would not be accommodated. “Where the work in the classroom is about inclusion—whatever form that inclusion may take—any of the protected grounds in the Human Rights Code—we will not provide religious or any other accommodation,” he stated. Jack Fonseca of Campaign Life Coalition called the move a “shocking attempt by the state to annex parental authority.” “Contrary to what this director says, there is no such thing as a human right to force your personal beliefs