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Toronto schools will not ‘condone’ exemptions from pro-homosexual classes: board chair

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Image by eggrollstan via Flickr TORONTO, Ontario , November 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The chair of the Toronto District School Board has confirmed their policy of forbidding exemptions from the board’s radical pro-homosexual curriculum, insisting to LifeSiteNews that any attempts by parents “would not be condoned” in their schools. Chris Bolton, chair of the Toronto District School Board “Nobody will chase them down in the street,” board chair Chris Bolton told LifeSiteNews in a phone interview earlier this month.  If such a request were made, school officials would first “ask that they keep their children involved in the class,” he said. “If a parent doesn’t send their child to school, we mark them as absent,” he continued, adding that if the child racked up repeated absences, there would be “questions raised.” Earlier this month, Bolton  threatened action  against Tim Hudak and his Ontario Progressive Conservative Party over a flier the PCs circulated in the l...

Toronto school board threatens Tories over criticism of ‘no opt-out’ policy on homosexual classes

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TORONTO, Ontario ,  – The Toronto District School Board is threatening action against the Ontario PC Party after the party targeted the board’s mandatory “anti-homophobia” program in a flyer during last month’s provincial election campaign. In an October 24th letter to PC leader Tim Hudak , TDSB board chair Chris Bolton claims the flyer included “inaccurate and misleading comments” about the curriculum and wrongly alleged that the board was keeping it “secret from parents.” The curriculum, which begins discussing homosexual families in kindergarten with books like “Gloria Goes to Gay Pride,” and aims to transform students into social activists by the end of high school, explicitly forbids parents from opting their kids out of the controversial classes and advises schools not to alert parents in advance. The PC Party, led by Tim Hudak, has held firm and refused to apologize for criticizing the Toronto curriculum. The flyer, distributed in some GTA ridings the weekend before the O...

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.”  “...