Trustees voted at a May 25 meeting to raise the rainbow flag at Niagara Catholic high schools, continuing education schools and the Catholic Education Centre from June 1 to 6.
05/09/2021 at 10:15 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Pete Baklinski, LifeSite News, May 7, 2021
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The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) voted last night to declare June “Pride Month” and to fly the homosexual rainbow “Pride” flag at all schools within the board for the entire month of June in defiance of Catholic moral teaching that warns against the spiritual dangers of homosexual behavior and in defiance of the local Archbishop’s directives on the matter.
“With this vote, the TCDSB stepped into apostasy. It is no longer Catholic,” Jack Fonseca of Canada’s pro-life and pro-family organization Campaign Life Coalition told LifeSiteNews.
Last Updated Friday, May 7, 2021 9:02AM EDT Catholic schools in Toronto will raise the Pride flag next month for the first time ever. In a TCDSB virtual board meeting on Thursday evening, the board voted in favour of proclaiming Pride Month every June and raising the flag at the Board office and at all TCDSB schools. “We recognize that this is an important step required to demonstrate the TCDSB’s ongoing commitment to fostering inclusive environments that are safe and welcoming places for 2SLGBTQ+ students and staff, TCDSB Chair Joe Martino and Director Brendan Browne said in a statement Friday morning.
TORONTO Change is coming to the Toronto Catholic District School Board: the Pride flag will fly at all schools this June. Student Trustee Keith Baybayon says, having it fly, I felt more free. To say that I m more free to be myself. More free to express myself and who I am as a person. The grade 11 student at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School identifies as a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community. He says this moment is a symbol of progress. It means that it s a solidarity between the board and the students and staff, he says. The vote came after the LGBTQ2S+ advisory committee made three recommendations; that the TCDSB recognize Pride Month in June, that the Pride flag fly at all schools as well as at the board office.