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Catholic parents’ group: trustees obliged to refuse to implement Gay-Straight Alliances

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Dalton McGuiny (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A Catholic parents’ group is urging Catholic trustees to refuse to comply with Ontario ’s anti-bullying law that forces Gay-Straight-Alliance clubs (GSAs) into separate schools. Instead the parents are asking trustees to follow the bishops’ “Respecting Difference” strategy for tackling bullying. “A legal opinion we obtained [from lawyer Geoff Cauchi of RZCD Law Firm] argues Catholic trustees are obliged to refuse to implement Gay-Straight Alliances in Catholic schools ,” said Teresa Pierre, head of Parents As First Educators (PAFE), at a news conference in Toronto on Thursday. “Trustees have the legal right to avoid anything that would undermine the school’s religious character.” Pierre called portions of the anti-bullying Bill 13 “unnecessary and unconstitutional” in a  press release , arguing that mandatory GSAs “undermine” the Church’s teachings on the purpose of “sex and family” and forces Catholic schools to “violate” constitu

McGuinty gvmt announces it will force GSAs on Catholic schools: court battle expected

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TORONTO, Ontario , May 25, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Dalton McGuinty ’s government threw down the gauntlet Friday as they announced that they will force Catholic schools to allow student clubs called “ gay-straight alliances .” The move is expected to spark a court battle with Ontario’s bishops as they defend Catholics ’ denominational rights over the Catholic schools enshrined in Canada’s constitution . Minister of Education Laurel Broten Minister of Education Laurel Broten told reporters at a news conference Friday afternoon that she is introducing an amendment to the controversial homosexual anti-bullying bill that will require schools to let students name the clubs what they want. In an address to the annual general meeting of the Ontario Student Trustees Association, Broten said her amendment will state that “neither the board nor the principal shall refuse to allow a pupil to use the name gay-straight alliance or a similar name.” The move is a direct rebuke to

Protests erupt across Ontario against Liberal gvmt ‘anti-bullying’ Bill 13

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Ontario general election, 1999 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) KITCHENER, Ontario , May 2, 2012  – Protests against the Ontario Liberal government’s controversial anti-bullying legislation erupted across the province over the weekend as more and more people become aware of the threat it poses to parental rights and religious freedom. On Saturday, about 60 parents from a variety of faith traditions and ethnicities held a protest rally at the constituency office of MPP John Milloy ( Kitchener-Centre ), who serves as Dalton McGuinty ’s Ministry of Community and Social Services . Concerned citizens collect signatures against McGuinty's Bill 13 at a gathering of 60,000 Punjabs in Toronto . Rally organizer Kim Galvao, head of Concerned Catholic Parents of Ontario (CCPO), said McGuinty’s Bill 13 is a “Trojan Horse piece of legislation which pretends to be about bullying in order to sneak a homosexual agenda into the classroom.” “This proposed legislation by Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario 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

Ad counters Toronto school board pro-homosexual curriculum

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TORONTO, September 29, 2011 - A full page ad was published in the National Post on Saturday, Sept 24, arguing that the Toronto District School Board ’s pro-homosexual curriculum is corrupting and confusing children. The ad , sponsored by The Institute for Canadian Values (ICV), shows a large picture of a little girl with the header, “Please! Don’t confuse me.” Below the photo, the youngster says, “I’m a girl. Don’t teach me to question if I’m a boy, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed or two spirited.” The ad specifically addresses the TDSB’s policy of forbidding parents to opt-out of the pro-homosexual curriculum. “Mr. Premier, you promised to remove this from my classroom but my teachers are still being forced to teach your curriculum. “My Mommy says she is not allowed to withdraw me from class. You are forcing her too.” The TDSB Equity curriculum, called ‘ Challenging Homophobia and Heterosexism ,’ instructs teachers to encourage boys and girls “to play opposite roles.”  “At t