The Toronto Catholic College Board (TCDSB) is urged to fly the “worldwide pro-life flag” outdoors its colleges subsequent month.
Final month, Mike Del Grande, TCDSB administrator for District 7 (Scarborough Agincourt), launched a movement asking all employees and college students to help the annual Nationwide March for Life by flying the official pro-life flag every Might and having all members take part within the upcoming anti-abortion march in Ottawa. This movement will likely be debated by the board at its subsequent assembly on April 23.
At the moment, the college board consists of 196 colleges and serves greater than 86,000 college students. Now Toronto has reached out to the TCDSB for remark, however solely acquired a response with the date of its subsequent assembly.
To help his movement, Del Grande refers to a number of Church teachings reminiscent of “Don’t kill the harmless or the simply” and “Human life have to be revered and guarded completely from the second of conception.”
If accepted, all TCDSB members will likely be required to attend the anti-abortion march on Might 9. Those that can not attend will likely be mandated to be taught pro-life curriculum throughout regular college hours that very same day.
“…The Board requires that throughout the time the March happens throughout the regular college day, the whole educating curriculum be devoted solely to explicitly educating the components of the Catechism recognized on this movement,” the movement mentioned.
This consists of the teachings of the Gospel of Lifetime of Pope John Paul II and the teachings of the Holy Bible.
The Nationwide March for Life is an annual protest that takes place on Parliament Hill. Organized by the Marketing campaign Life Coalition, the protest marks “the Day of Infamy, when the 1969 omnibus invoice handed underneath Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau decriminalized abortion.”
Since its launch in 1998, the occasion has solely elevated in attendance and followers of all ages.
Del Grande made headlines in 2019 when she made inappropriate feedback about 2SLGBTQ+ rights, linking them to bestiality, pedophilia, and cannibalism.
The previous Toronto metropolis councilor additionally mentioned including phrases like gender id to the board's code of conduct would result in a “slippery slope.”
Because of this, he has been in a authorized battle with the college board and the Ontario School of Lecturers, and the Marketing campaign Life Coalition has been crowdfunding to cowl his authorized charges.