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Catholics’ Constitutional Rights No Safeguard Under Ontario Equity Strategy: CLC
By Patrick B. Craine
TORONTO, Ontario, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Assurances that Catholics’ constitutionally-guaranteed denominational rights will be respected under Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s equity and inclusive education strategy are a “distraction” and a “clever tactic” to stave off rebuke from Catholic leaders, says Campaign Life Coalition, which is waging a campaign to have the strategy scrapped. (To find out more, click here)
“By its very nature, McGuinty’s plan forces Catholic boards to violate Church teaching and accept the homosexual agenda because it forces all school boards to recognize special rights for homosexuals,” said Suresh Dominic of Campaign Life Catholic.
The equity strategy requires every school board in the province to develop an equity policy by this month that outlines their commitment to inclusion based on the grounds listed in the Ontario Human Rights Code, including “sexual orientation.” Catholic groups have expressed outrage, noting that the Vatican explicitly condemned such recognition of “sexual orientation” and warned that it opens the door to outright promotion of homosexuality.
In response to complaints about the strategy, a number of Catholic school board trustees have sought to assure concerned Catholics that the ability to authentically present Church teaching will be secure. They note in particular that the Ministry’s documents on the strategy state that it is “to be implemented within the context of the Education Act, which affirms the constitutional rights of Catholic and French-language rights holders in Ontario” (page 13).
But in their detailed analysis, CLC rebuts that argument by saying that the strategy is “fundamentally flawed.” “In our opinion, the belief that McGuinty’s [equity strategy] can be implemented ‘within the context of Catholic teaching’, is something like the patient who accepts a cancerous organ for transplantation into his body, and ‘hopes’ that it will not metastasize,” they write.
“We’re already seeing the homosexual lifestyle celebrated in some Catholic schools,” said Dominic. “Accepting the strategy will only make it easier for the dissident elements in the Catholic system to continue undermining Church teaching.”
A number of Catholic boards and high schools in Ontario have already welcomed homosexualism, through clubs or workshops, in the name of “equity
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10090708.html
By Patrick B. Craine
TORONTO, Ontario, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Assurances that Catholics’ constitutionally-guaranteed denominational rights will be respected under Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s equity and inclusive education strategy are a “distraction” and a “clever tactic” to stave off rebuke from Catholic leaders, says Campaign Life Coalition, which is waging a campaign to have the strategy scrapped. (To find out more, click here)
“By its very nature, McGuinty’s plan forces Catholic boards to violate Church teaching and accept the homosexual agenda because it forces all school boards to recognize special rights for homosexuals,” said Suresh Dominic of Campaign Life Catholic.
The equity strategy requires every school board in the province to develop an equity policy by this month that outlines their commitment to inclusion based on the grounds listed in the Ontario Human Rights Code, including “sexual orientation.” Catholic groups have expressed outrage, noting that the Vatican explicitly condemned such recognition of “sexual orientation” and warned that it opens the door to outright promotion of homosexuality.
In response to complaints about the strategy, a number of Catholic school board trustees have sought to assure concerned Catholics that the ability to authentically present Church teaching will be secure. They note in particular that the Ministry’s documents on the strategy state that it is “to be implemented within the context of the Education Act, which affirms the constitutional rights of Catholic and French-language rights holders in Ontario” (page 13).
But in their detailed analysis, CLC rebuts that argument by saying that the strategy is “fundamentally flawed.” “In our opinion, the belief that McGuinty’s [equity strategy] can be implemented ‘within the context of Catholic teaching’, is something like the patient who accepts a cancerous organ for transplantation into his body, and ‘hopes’ that it will not metastasize,” they write.
“We’re already seeing the homosexual lifestyle celebrated in some Catholic schools,” said Dominic. “Accepting the strategy will only make it easier for the dissident elements in the Catholic system to continue undermining Church teaching.”
A number of Catholic boards and high schools in Ontario have already welcomed homosexualism, through clubs or workshops, in the name of “equity
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10090708.html