Mandatory gay/straight alliances in Catholic schools

At LifeSiteNews.com, Patrick Craine reports:

All of Ontario’s Catholic and public schools will be required to set up gay-straight alliances if students request them, Ontario’s education minister said Thursday as Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government unveiled its new bill to crack down on homosexual bullying.

Premier Dalton McGuinty

Education Minister Laurel Broten told Xtra that there is “no more debate” on gay-straight alliances. “If students want a GSA, it must be provided,” she said. “I’m confident our Catholic schools will work with students on this.”

“‘Gay-straight alliance’ is language and terminology we all understand and support. Students will call the groups what they want,” she added.

The move could set up a showdown with Ontario’s Catholic school system. While the bishops have agreed to set up the homosexual “anti-bullying” clubs previously mandated by McGuinty’s government, they drew a line in the sand over gay-straight alliances (GSAs).

Suresh Dominic of Campaign Life Catholics said the bill’s purpose is to “force Catholic schools to allow the celebration of homosexuality.”

“All fair-minded people believe that bullying, for any reason, must be stopped,” he said. “However, McGuinty’s bill is a charade. He’s not interested in preventing bullying. Rather, Bill 13 is about forcing Catholic schools to allow the celebration of homosexuality.

“McGuinty knows that Catholic schools have the constitutional right, which the courts would uphold, to reject his anti-family propaganda and is hoping his pressure tactics will prevent Catholics from asserting those rights.”

“That’s what’s going on here and it’s despicable that he uses the suicides of teenagers suffering with depression, to further his sexual revolution agenda,” he added.

During Question Period Wednesday, McGuinty himself told the legislature that GSAs will now be required, in response to a question by NDP leader Andrea Horwath.