The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att...
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
A colleague of mine brought this story to my attention. First of all I wonder how accurate it is when the school's side of it is not represented. There isn't even a line that says the school was contacted but declined comment.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, it's a private school, not a public school And do Catholics really want to start the precedent that a teacher in a private school can not be fired by having an opinion of some aspect of sexuality that differs from the administration of the school?
Michael: Here's a follow up story from the NP on the school. It seems to back up the first. As to your point about Catholic schools, remember that at least in Ontario, they are in effect 'public schools' since they receive all their funding from the province and their teachers are unionized in the same manner as the public system. The rights of staff and students are pretty much the same in each system.
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P.S. Bundle up tight down there. There's some nasty cold winds coming down from the northlands over the next few days. The temps are already dropping like a stone around here.
Oops... here's the link: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/christie-blatchford-posh-vancouver-school-places-staff-under-gag-order-after-teacher-fired
DeleteThe point is here is that this is a private school, in this case one that specializes is language bases learning disabilities. Its teachers are probably not unionized and the administration does not have to follow the same guidelines as a publicly funded school board. There are private Catholic schools in Ontario (the excellent St. Michael's College School comes to mind) and they have the same say in teachers talking about abortion in class at this school does. If you protest one teacher who speaks his or her mind if you agree with that point, shouldn't you protest the other?
DeleteI've dug out my good winter coat and boots, got a face cord of wood for the fireplace and got my skates sharpened. I'm ready, I hope.
Changing my profile picture. The dog's name is Tully.
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