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**Edmonton archbishop: ‘We cannot adopt’ NDP’s gender mandate for Catholic schools **
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by Pete Baklinski Fri Jan 22, 2016 * Life Site*
EDMONTON, Alberta, January 22, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Alberta’s top bishop has left no room for doubt that Catholic schools will indeed not be using the NDP’s new transgender guidelines for forming school policy, telling LifeSiteNews that they are “not congruent with fundamental Catholic doctrine.”
“The Bishops of Alberta are of one mind on this issue. The principles underlying and informing the guidelines offered by the Government are not congruent with fundamental Catholic doctrine pertaining to the meaning of the human person as created by God,” said Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith, who is currently in India, to LifeSiteNews via email.
“Therefore, we cannot adopt them as guidelines for the formulation of policy; to do so would be inconsistent with our very Catholic identity, which permeates all aspects of the life of a Catholic school,” he said.
The Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA), a group overseen by the bishops, released last year two separate guidelines that govern the formation of school policy governing bullying, sexual orientation, and gender. One is “ Framework,” which offers guidelines for the formation of student clubs, and the other is “A pastoral Approach to Supporting and Guiding Students in Inclusive Communities – Gender Identity and Expression.”
Last week the NDP’s Education Minister David Eggen released some “best practices” guidelines that he expected all school boards in the province, including Catholic ones, to use in forming mandatory transgender policies that must be in place by March.
The guidelines state that schools should no longer have a universal dress code for boys and girls because it might not respect a student’s preferred “gender identity and gender expression.” Schools must also stop having gender-segregated activities for the same reason…
Good for ya, Bishop!
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by Pete Baklinski Fri Jan 22, 2016 * Life Site*
EDMONTON, Alberta, January 22, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Alberta’s top bishop has left no room for doubt that Catholic schools will indeed not be using the NDP’s new transgender guidelines for forming school policy, telling LifeSiteNews that they are “not congruent with fundamental Catholic doctrine.”
“The Bishops of Alberta are of one mind on this issue. The principles underlying and informing the guidelines offered by the Government are not congruent with fundamental Catholic doctrine pertaining to the meaning of the human person as created by God,” said Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith, who is currently in India, to LifeSiteNews via email.
“Therefore, we cannot adopt them as guidelines for the formulation of policy; to do so would be inconsistent with our very Catholic identity, which permeates all aspects of the life of a Catholic school,” he said.
The Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA), a group overseen by the bishops, released last year two separate guidelines that govern the formation of school policy governing bullying, sexual orientation, and gender. One is “ Framework,” which offers guidelines for the formation of student clubs, and the other is “A pastoral Approach to Supporting and Guiding Students in Inclusive Communities – Gender Identity and Expression.”
Last week the NDP’s Education Minister David Eggen released some “best practices” guidelines that he expected all school boards in the province, including Catholic ones, to use in forming mandatory transgender policies that must be in place by March.
The guidelines state that schools should no longer have a universal dress code for boys and girls because it might not respect a student’s preferred “gender identity and gender expression.” Schools must also stop having gender-segregated activities for the same reason…
Good for ya, Bishop!
