Ontario publicly funded Catholic school bans rainbows, appropriates student donations for LGBT ca...
SOURCE: BOINGBOING • 2011-06-11
TOPICS:
Discrimination • Hate • Homophobia • Phobias • Ethics • Human Behavior • Social Psychology • Social Issues • Religion_belief • Education
A reader writes, St. Joseph Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario [ed: a publicly funded institution, due to a quirk of Canada's constitutional history] has banned rainbows from a display in an anti-homophobia event. Worse, they're also banning literature on sexual orientation, sexual health and safe sex. And students were prevented from donating money raised at the event to LGBT organizations, instead being forced to donate to a Catholic shelter for the homeless. This is just ano... read more »