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Ontario Catholic School GSA story: history and documents

ONTARIO NEWS / A collection of the articles and documents related to the GSA ban

Xtra staff / Toronto / Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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Check out some of the stories related to the Halton Catholic School Board Gay Straight Alliance Ban.

STORIES ON THE HALTON CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE BAN


Halton Catholic schools ban gay-straight alliance groups.	Xtra story on Halton Catholic GSA ban sparks outrage.


Why is Ontario funding an anti-gay school system?	Halton Catholic policy and GSA ban remains in effect.


Halton Catholic students may launch human rights challenge	Catholic bishops vs anti-discrimination policies. Who wins?


Gay students feel betrayed by Halton board	A clash between two constitutional rights triggered in Halton


GSA ban lifted by Halton Catholic school board	Bishops prohibit GSAs in Ontario schools


Halton Catholic schools continue to ban GSA	Leveraging public outrage


Politicians stay silent on Catholic GSA matter	Local man tackles Catholic school board


Mississauga Catholic students demand GSA	Politicians silent on Mississauga Catholic GSA


McGuinty Dodges GSA question	GSA ban puts Catholic school funding at risk

Are you a student that has tried to start a GSA? Have some information related to this you think we should know about? Feel free to email Andrea Houston.
Or call 416-925-6665.

Also, feel free to leave a comment below.

Ontario Catholic School Board contact info and Equity and Inclusive Education policies. This is a live document and will be updated daily as we confirm information.

Minutes from the Halton Catholic School Board meeting at which the trustees banned "gay-straight alliances":
Halton Catholic School Board Meeting Documents BOARD 2010-11-02 MINUTES

"Advice" by the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario the board used to justify their decision: Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario to all Ontario Catholic School Boards

Letter from the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario to all Catholic school boards: Ontario Bishops Equity and Inclusivity in Education Oct 4 2010

Copy of the special Catholic version of the Ministry of Education's Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy: OESC - EI Education Policy Engl Catholic V6 0 Final (1)

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Reader Comments

Excellent information repository!
Thank you Andrea and Justin (and Matt?) for putting together all the relevant documents and articles in one convenient place. It makes it much easier to get the bigger picture. One of the Halton Catholic trustees last month said: “a homosexual lifestyle is not in accordance with the Catholic Church.” On the matter of "accordance with the Catholic Church", let me ask her this: Is the insistence on public funding in accordance with the Church? If the Church is so keen on preserving medieval bigotry, why won't it foot the bill itself? Why force the taxpayer to cough up $1 billion every year in duplication costs for the benefit of a (usually) silently discriminatory system that is in direct conflict with modern Canadian human rights? PS - Come out to the Prom this June.

Rick, Ottawa ON
03/07/11 10:52 AM EST

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Catholics will provide for their students.
The debate surrounding Homosexual/Straight Alliances (GSAs) in Catholic high schools is being complicated by the fact that people are not distinguishing between an objective and a strategy. GSAs are a strategy that some people propose to achieve an objective with which the Bishops of Ontario are in agreement: that all students in schools feel safe and respected. The Catholic objective is that each student be treated with dignity, for each is a child of God. It is not right or fair to suggest that one particular strategy is the only way to achieve a given goal. Catholics seek to achieve the goal of a safe and loving environment for all students in a way that is in harmony with their Christian faith.