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At the June 16 Toronto Catholic school board (TDCSB) meeting on their controversial “equity” policy, the board’s student trustee invoked the authority of Ontario ’s bishops to urge the Catholic schools to implement “anti-homophobia” classes for elementary and high schools that recognize the “giftedness of sexual orientation ” ( see video ) as compared to all homsexual activity is immoral. Giftedness vs Immoral! Two other presenters at the meeting similarly invoked the bishops in opposition to parents’ demands for more explicit protections for authentic Catholic teaching . TDCSB student trustee Natalie Rizzo In her address, student trustee Natalie Rizzo backed the homosexual “anti-bullying” clubs to which many parents were objecting.   “Our schools should be able to allow and provide student and/or teacher-generated support, again in line with the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario, lending itself to the inclusion of students in Catholic schools who are gay, lesbian, bi-sex

Image via Wikipedia The stripes of the rainbow surround us. Little decals on storefronts, triangular logos on the noticeboards of liberal churches, flags, bumper stickers.  Pro-family folk may feel positively screamed at: “Diversity! Tolerance!” The rainbow is meant to send a message that certain people are welcome, and if others of us feel shut out, well, that’s just the price of inclusiveness, isn’t it? We may be tempted to resent the intrusion: first  they  took the word “gay,” and now they’ve taken the rainbow. Well, without resentment or malice towards anyone, our group aims to take the symbol back. We are Reclaim the Rainbow – Toronto (RTRT), and we are a policy group of Catholics who are faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church and who have experience of same-sex attraction either in ourselves or in our loved ones.  We came together in response to the disparagement of the Courage Apostolate by the president of the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (