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Catholic school board criticized from both sides over equity booklet debacle

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City Hall of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Peterborough Public Library, Peterborough, Ontario. Picture taken on Aylmer St., looking north-west. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) PETERBOROUGH, Ontario, May 3, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The Catholic school board in Peterborough, Ontario has recalled a teacher’s aid booklet that dealt with homosexuality after outcry from homosexual activists who said a quote in it was “derogatory, patronizing and discriminatory” and outrage from faithful rate-paying Catholics who lambasted the pamphlet for not being Catholic enough. Michelle Griepsma, trustee for City of Kawartha Lakes , confirmed to LifeSiteNews that the “booklet was taken back in from the teachers based on a parent concern”. One of the images from the booklet The original 29-page  Colour of Equity  booklet, produced by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic Dist...