Canadian Catholic School Bans GSAs

[Shana A]

Canadian Catholic School Bans GSAs
by Kilian Melloy
Tuesday Jan 11, 2011

http://www.edgeboston.com/news////114966/canadian_catholic_school_bans_gsas

A Catholic school board in Ontario, Canada came under fire for banning gay-straight alliances and then defending the decision by saying that Nazi groups would also be barred.

The story was broken on Jan. 6 by Canadian GLBT site Xtra!, which reported that the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) had decided not to allow GSAs, despite a policy in Ontario to promote non-discrimination in the schools.

Xtra quoted the chair of the HCDSB, Alice Anne LeMay! as saying, "We don't have Nazi groups either." Added LeMay, "Gay-straight alliances are banned because they are not within the teachings of the Catholic Church." The chair went on to say that GSAs are "not in accordance with the teachings of the church. If [students] wanted to have a club outside of school, fine, just not in school."

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Catholic Ontario School District Will Revote On Whether Nazi-Like GSAs Will Be Permitted

http://www.queerty.com/catholic-ontario-school-district-will-revote-on-whether-nazi-like-gsas-will-be-permitted-20110111/

Having referred to gay-straight alliances as the equivalent of student Nazi groups, the Halton Catholic District School Board chairwoman Alice Anne LeMay, in Ontario, now says her statements were taken out of context and she might vote to allow the student groups. Uh huh.

[Vicky]

Having taken a communion wafer (usually made of unleavened bread) made of shoe leather, they almost have to "re-consider" the idea.   

[CaitJ]

No Nazi groups allowed?
That's weird, Nazism is very Catholic - ask the current pope, who was in Hitler Youth.