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TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – As a Hamilton father  fights his school board  in court for the right to protect his children from classes on sexuality that he considers objectionable, Ontario’s Education Minister is backing the board. In a statement to LifeSiteNews about whether she supports the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board ’s decision to forbid religious accommodation to students seeking to withdraw from classes dealing with homosexuality, Education Minister Laurel Broten says school boards may refuse parents’ requests for religious accommodation if they deem fit. Education Minister Laurel Broten “Boards have the autonomy and flexibility to make accommodations based on individual requests, on a case by case basis,” Broten  told LifeSiteNews Tuesday afternoon. “We will continue to support a province-wide curriculum, and local approaches to religious accommodation.” Some pro-family leaders are questioning the government’s motives,...

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” cons...

TORONTO, Ontario , June 25, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Dalton McGuinty ’s Education Minister has been named a “co-grand marshal” of this year’s Toronto Gay Pride parade . The honor comes in the wake of her efforts to push through the government’s homosexual “anti-bullying” bill that forces schools to accept “ gay-straight alliance ” clubs. Minister Laurel Broten will join New Democrat MPP Cheri Di Novo , who was named “co-grand marshal” as well for the recent success of her transgender bill, which enshrined non-discrimination protections based on “ gender identity ” and “gender expression.” Minister Laurel Broten The parade, which tops off ten days of festivities, takes place in Toronto on July 1st, Canada Day. Though organizers have tried to paint the parade as “family-friendly,” Toronto Pride is infamous for its public displays of full nudity, sado-masochistic attire, and public sex acts. “I feel really honoured and I’m very excited about it,” Broten said at the On...

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...

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 ...

Image via Wikipedia DUNDAS, Ontario , February 17, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A Hamilton-area public school is drawing fire from parents after holding a school-wide gay-straight alliance assembly in November with a guest speaker who tried to convince the audience that biblical teaching on homosexuality is obsolete, archaic and “wrong.” Parkside High School in Dundas held the assembly Nov. 23, inviting the entire student body of approximately 480 students, in addition to faculty. Parkside High School The speaker identified herself as a lesbian “youth worship leader” from a synagogue and held herself out to be an authority on Old Testament Scripture, a concerned parent informed LifeSiteNews.  The information has been confirmed by at least two other families. When informed of parents’ concerns, Parkside’s principal Paul Barwinski did not deny the information. “If there are any students or parents that have concerns please have them contact me directly,” he said. LSN’s source repor...

TORONTO, Ontario , January 31, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – After Ontario ’s Catholic trustees took a strong stand against homosexual activism in a new anti- bullying plan  last week , Ontario’s government has slammed the plan for failing to allow for single-issue clubs for homosexual students. Premier Dalton McGuinty “We’ve been absolutely crystal clear that we expect students to participate in groups and have the issues important to them talked about,” Education Minister Laurel Broten told the Catholic Register ’s Deborah Gyapong on Monday. In a Jan. 25th document titled Respecting Differences, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association (OCSTA) established a framework for student-led clubs to combat bullying related to racism, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. The document insists the clubs remain faithful to Catholic teaching, be overseen by a staff advisor who knows and believes the Church’s teaching, and cannot engage in activism against Catholic teaching. It...

Image via Wikipedia TORONTO, Ontario , January 27, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Ontario’s Catholic leaders are taking a strong stand against homosexual activism in the province’s Catholic schools . In a long-awaited framework for anti-bullying clubs in the schools, they insist that the clubs remain faithful to Catholic teaching, be overseen by a staff advisor who knows and believes the Church’s teaching, and that the clubs cannot engage in activism against Catholic teaching. The Catholic schools’ stand could set up a confrontation with Dalton McGuinty ’s Liberal government. Parents and pro-family activists have been concerned for months that the clubs would simply be gay-straight alliances under a Catholic name. But the framework document, sent to school boards by the Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association (OCSTA) this week, insists GSAs are “not acceptable in Catholic schools.” “We are very grateful to Ontario’s Bishops for listening to the concerns of the many parents regarding...