30/5/12
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Catholic trustees vow fight over student club name ‘gay-straight alliances’
TORONTO — Ontario’s Catholic School trustees are vowing to fight a move by the Liberal government allowing students to name anti-homophobia clubs “gay-straight alliances.”
The Catholic School Trustees Association calls the word gay “a distraction” and says anti-bullying legislation is supposed to protect all students, not just those bullied because of their sexual orientation.
The Liberals first said that while Catholic schools must allow the clubs, they would not have to let students call them gay-straight alliances.
Education Minister Laurel Broten says she announced an amendment changing that after hearing from students who don’t want her or principals and trustees dictating the names of their clubs.
