Alberta bans schools from telling parents about kids joining pro-LGBT clubs

[Tomm]

A bill banning schools from telling parents when their child joins a “gay-straight alliance” without the child’s consent, regardless of the age of the child, passed in Alberta’s legislature this morning.

The socialist NDP government’s Bill 24 or “An Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances” sailed through by a vote of 42-23 on third reading after three days of sometimes impassioned debate, reported the Edmonton Journal.

The Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms announced yesterday that it will challenge the bill in court on behalf of several parents, independent schools and other stakeholders, whose identity will be revealed when the JCCF files legal documents in early 2018.

As well as banning schools from notifying parents when their child joins a GSA unless the child gives consent, Bill 24 mandates that independent religious schools, including Catholic schools, allow GSAs if a student asks for one.

Newly elected UCP leader Jason Kenney, who has yet to gain a seat in the legislature, denounced Bill 24 last week as unprecedented government overreach.

Alberta bans schools from informing parents about kids joining pro-LGBT clubs

 

[Nithavela]

I think you should have bolded the word socialist (which you yourself added into the quote, by the way), too. Perhaps even use italics.

 

[JAM2b]

As long as there is a discrepancy on when kids become autonomous adults, there will be issues like this. We live in a world where laws and freedoms are inconsistent when it comes to minors.

 

[HereIStand]

Not good. The parents should be notified.

 

[Theodoric]

Well, if I'm still driving my kid to school, wouldn't that come up as part of our conversation? ("Dad, I have an...ummm...club meeting today after school.") Or are these "clubs" held during school?

This,

"Bill 24 mandates that independent religious schools, including Catholic schools, allow GSAs if a student asks for one."

is far more troubling to me than the headline. We're rapidly approaching a time where everyone has "rights", except Christians.

 

[JCFantasy23]

I'm not against this actually. Many kids are in abusive homes or can't come out to their parents yet, so the parents being informed they are joining these types of clubs may end up harmful to the child/teen.

 

[MariaJLM]

I live in Alberta and I can say it's a complex issue. Yes parents have a right to know what their children are up to, but at the same time a lot of children are abused for being LGBT. We're supposed to love and show compassion towards LGBT people, even if we don't support their sin. Some of my best friends are LGBT and it certainly doesn't make them any less of people. They're just lost and in need of guidance, imo.