Parents United Canada says it is filing an 鈥渦rgent鈥� human rights complaint after it was not allowed to rent a venue for a rally to inform parents about efforts to stop a curriculum program called SOGI 123.
The contentious program, according to , 鈥渆quips educators of all backgrounds and experiences with tools and resources for supporting marginalized LGBTQ students and for creating safer and more inclusive school environments for all students.鈥�
鈥淭hey can鈥檛 deny a service to somebody based on political, religious reasons,鈥� Kari Simpson, president of a group called Culture Guard, said. 鈥淭here will also be a letter from our lawyers going to the school district saying, 鈥楧o you want to go down this road?鈥欌��
Simpson says teachers are being told to not to refer to boys as boys and girls as girls 鈥渂ecause they can be anything they want and everything in between.鈥�
She called it an abuse of the public education system, and a 鈥減olitical program, brainwashing students鈥� from Kindergarten to Grade 12. 鈥淭hey circumvented parental notification.鈥�
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District spokesman Doug Strachan said Friday the district has a policy that it can deny use of a facility if there are 鈥渞easonable grounds to believe鈥� it could lead to a 鈥減rotest,鈥� adding there鈥檚 indication that that could happen.
He said the district鈥檚 concern is about liability for potential damage.
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