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‘In-your-face sexuality is the point of the damn thing’: Toronto columnist on nudity at Pride

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TORONTO, March 11, 2014  – The thin veneer of Toronto ’s annual homosexual parade, ostensibly promoted as "family friendly," has been further chipped away by a mainstream media columnist who insists that “in-your-face sexuality is the point of the damn thing." "Ultimately, there are worse things than seeing a penis flopping down Yonge Street ,"  Canada.com News Editor Lauren Strapagiel wrote in an  article  attacking the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustees who  raised questions  about the legality of public nudity at the pride parade. The Toronto District School Board's float at the annual Pride parade . Strapagiel called the trustees' concern "a fuss over what is essentially a red herring" and a "profound display of ignorance." The homosexual festival "as a whole does not make 'family friendly' claims," she argued, and so "the fuss about nudity is a manufactured controversy." She q...

Toronto school trustees threaten to back out of Pride unless city enforces nudity laws

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TORONTO, March 5, 2014  – A group of Toronto school trustees are seeking assurance from the city that laws against public nudity will be enforced at this year's gay pride parade . The Toronto District School Board is known for its promotion of homosexual activism in the schools and puts a float in the parade every year. Trustees Sam Sotiropoulos, Irene Atkinson and John Hastings put forward a motion requesting that the school board agree to ask Mayor Rob Ford and city councillors to clarify its position on upholding the law. The Toronto District School Board organizes a float at Toronto Pride every year. The trustees’ initiative has won praise from a pro-family who is urging ratepayers to support the motion. ( Contact TDSB trustees  here .) Sotiropoulos told the  Toronto Star  that the board supports the event because it is touted as being "family friendly," but he objects to the lack of police enforcement of a law that is in place to protect the publ...

Toronto school trustee called ‘homophobic’ for questioning nudity at ‘family friendly’ Pride parade

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TORONTO, February 17, 2014 – Homosexual activists have  slammed him  as a ‘homophobic a**hole’ and an ‘outrageous bigot,’ but Toronto District School Board trustee Sam Sotiropoulos says that he’s just concerned about children viewing illegal public nudity at the city’s annual Pride parade. Sotiropoulos created a  firestorm on Twitter  last week after he tweeted the Toronto Police force asking if it would enforce Canadian law against public nudity. “As #TDSB participation raises questions of age-appropriateness, do you enforce Canada 's public nudity laws at Pride?” he asked. Sotiropoulos, who says he has nothing against “ LGBTQ ” people and says he would attend the Pride parade if invited, was immediately accused on twitter of insulting and hating gays and was labeled “homophobic.” “Interesting to remark how readily those who don't want to be labelled cast labels and slander at others,” Sotiropoulos responded . “To think, these are t...