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I usually check CBC News as part of my morning internet routine. Sometimes, I read articles. Sometimes, I don't. Today, I read this one: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ycdsb-meeting-safe-space-stickers-1.6765341 about a school board meeting and parents who are getting their gitch in a twist over inclusivity. Oh noes! Not inclusivity! *rolls eyes*
This article was nested in it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francies-homosexuality-1.6725182. I mean, I get that Francis is trying, but the church moves slowly, if it moves at all. It took them, what, almost 360 years to admit that Galileo was right and administer an official apology to the man. I was in HIGHSCHOOL when that happened (yes, I'm old) and one of the science teachers had a shirt made (remember when that was a thing?) that said, "So NOW Galileo is right?"
I think what burns my water most about all of this is not the papacy or church doctrine or any of that, but this: why are we funding a CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD from public funds? There should only be one kind of school board in Ontario: the public one that serves ALL students, regardless of religion. You want to send your kid to a religious school? You pay the tuition, me bucko. You're not special because you go to a supposed holy place once a week, believing in a 2000 year old mythologized history while never actually doing what your supposed "Saviour" instructed. No more free ride for you.
(And hey, if some flavour of religion gives you comfort, that's great. I honestly could not care less. But you don't get to impose it on others or shove it down kids' throats.)
This article was nested in it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francies-homosexuality-1.6725182. I mean, I get that Francis is trying, but the church moves slowly, if it moves at all. It took them, what, almost 360 years to admit that Galileo was right and administer an official apology to the man. I was in HIGHSCHOOL when that happened (yes, I'm old) and one of the science teachers had a shirt made (remember when that was a thing?) that said, "So NOW Galileo is right?"
I think what burns my water most about all of this is not the papacy or church doctrine or any of that, but this: why are we funding a CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD from public funds? There should only be one kind of school board in Ontario: the public one that serves ALL students, regardless of religion. You want to send your kid to a religious school? You pay the tuition, me bucko. You're not special because you go to a supposed holy place once a week, believing in a 2000 year old mythologized history while never actually doing what your supposed "Saviour" instructed. No more free ride for you.
(And hey, if some flavour of religion gives you comfort, that's great. I honestly could not care less. But you don't get to impose it on others or shove it down kids' throats.)
