Catholic school board uses Orlando massacre to push gay ‘solidarity’ on students
A Catholic school board in Ontario has used the tragedy of the massacre of 49 people at an Orlando gay night club last weekend to push the acceptance of homosexuality on students. The Waterloo Catholic District School Board asked all students and staff to wear purple shirts and for school flags to fly at half mast on Thursday as a way to “stand up to homophobia and all hate crimes” and to be in “solidarity with all LGBTQ persons.” “It will also be a way to signal that we must stand up to homophobia and all hate crimes, and give visible witness to our faith which teaches us about inclusion, kindness and peace,” wrote Director of Education Loretta Notten in a July 14 email to staff, students, and parents. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that persons with same-sex attraction must be “accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity,” but it calls homosexual acts “intrinsically disordered” since they are “contrary to the natural law” in that they “close the sexu