The Centre for Inquiry - a vocal champion of the constitutional right
of students to form Gay-Straight Alliance clubs - has joined the
Ontario GSA Coalition in calling for the immediate passage of Bills 13
and 14.
CFI will participate in a rally May 12 at 1pm at Queen's Park and
will present in front of the Standing Committee on Social Policy on May
15 at 7:15pm.
"The emotionally-charged rhetoric of many testimonies thus far are
distractions from some simple facts," said CFI National Communications
Director Justin Trottier.
Research shows three-quarters of LGBTQ students feel unsafe at school
and that GSA clubs are one part of the solution. Supporting GSAs is not
treating one group differently. Those who oppose GSAs are guilty of
doing just that.
"Rants about government attacks on religion and social engineering
are completely backwards," said Trottier. "Continued government funding
to an institution that violates equality rights, namely the Catholic
school system, which is more publicly funded than the Public School
System, is tantamount to government endorsement - not attack - of one
particular religion."
"Children have rights too," said Trottier. "At the end of the day
this comes down to students voluntarily exercising their constitutional
right to freedom of association in a public institution. No one is
forced to join anything."
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