“The Vancouver board of education says it plans to enforce a ministry policy that prevents parents from pulling students out of classes that deal with alternative sexuality.” [Vancouver Sun]
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Dubwise
Yay for VC! I’ll be ther later in the year (December).
Jaroslaw
What is the Vancouver school board thinking? Children are there to learn? NO. NO. NO. The board is there to reinforce whatever are the current whims of most vocal, obnoxious parents, especially if they advocate a particularly narrow brand of Christianity. Since after all, this is a Christian country founded on those principles right?
Dubwise
Jaroslaw…um, are you being sarcastic?
CitizenGeek
Of course Jaroslaw is being sarcastic.
I applaud Vancouver for taking this action. We don’t want the next generation to grow up as bigoted as this one, do we?
Jaroslaw
I thought that was tongue in cheek but maybe I’ll have to bone up (pun intended) on my writing skills.
(Thanks CG) 🙂
dubwise
Ok…..You never know when you are getting someone who actually has let them selves believe that sort of stuff.
michael
I and my partner moved from the states to Vancouver 3 years ago.
It fuckin rocks people! But beware, if you come for a visit between June and November you will never want to leave. And the pretty boys and girls from all over the world does not help either!
Jude
Yay for Canadians… hope this will soon be enforced in our other provinces too.
Shabaka
Okay, that’s it. Good bye, Ontario…Hello British Columbia!!
mds
Vancouver is a city consistently ranked as one of the top 5 cities in the world to live. Culturally diverse, world class, socially and environmentally conscious and a progressive, intelligent mindset.
Not to mention beauty beyond compare and some of the best food in the world. In Vancouver people are fighting to find housing for the homeless, Better care for the those with mental illness & substance abuse issues and for more off leash dog parks. It is wonderful to live in a place that war, equality and spying on people are not the primary news stories.