Ontario Liberal leader wannabes get gay progress report
COMMUNITY NEWS / Queer Ontario wants focus on education
Xtra staff / Toronto / Wednesday, November 07, 2012
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With two openly gay politicians, MPP Kathleen Wynne and MPP Glen Murray, vying for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, some activists see an opportunity to force more gay issues into the campaign.
 
“It will be an opportunity for these candidates to speak to the issues that affect our community,” says Nick Mulé, chair of Queer Ontario. “And it will be possibly a bit of a test to see how far they are willing to go in terms of addressing the kind of issues that we identify as being important for ourselves.”
 
Ontario’s education system and, in particular, the Catholic school system, are high on Queer Ontario’s list of things that need to be changed.
 
“Pastoral guidelines continue to exist in Catholic schools that basically denigrate queer youth -- and that is a problem,” Mulé says, adding that funding for Catholic schools must end.
 

Mulé finds this “unfortunate.”
 
“Three provinces have already dropped religion from their education systems – those being Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland and the same can be done here in Ontario."
 
 
 
Nick Mulé, Queer Ontario.
Queer Ontario's Nick Mulé talks about the Ontario Liberal Party leadership race.


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Anachronistic policy with no place in the 21st c.
What did you expect? Neither the Liberals nor the NDP will touch the thorny issue of funding the separate school system. On this, the public and public opinion is way ahead of them. The Green Party is the only party in Ontario that has been unequivocal about ending taxpayer support of the Catholic school system, as they made clear two elections ago when John Tory supported expanding school support for all religions, as if that would somehow be the solution (but it is manifestly unfair to choose one and leave out the rest - that I get). They'll continue to get my support as long as that's the case. It isn't just about lesbian/gay issues, it's the entire notion that in a modern secular state there is official support and money to teach children religion. It's like something from another century. Queer Ontario - which seems to be two people - always seems to be whining about this and that, but on this issue, we agree.
Alex, Toronto ON
11/08/12 2:43 AM EST
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religion must go and so must Queer Assholes Inc.
Alex, well said. All religion is poison and must be removed from the public realm by any means necessary. In terms of "Queer Ontario", who the fuck are these people (this person)??? Who is their constituency? They claim a provincial mandate yet their web site is a PC nightmare of queer and gender theory crapola that has NOTHING to do with this old fag's life. Nick Mule is an ass and his organization is a farce. The last thing we need to fight religion is a group like Queer Anything and their watered down assinine selfish anti-sex queer twaddle bullshit.
david, Toronto Ontario
11/08/12 7:53 AM EST
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Green Party?
The Green Party is basically a party for green Conservatives. I get it, you want one school system and you hate the poor. Ugh. No fan of the Pope or his homophobia, but I hate regressive economic policy that hurts the economically alienated far more.
Grownup, Adult Ontario
11/08/12 12:31 PM EST
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