Lift the Ban on Gay-Straight Alliances in Ottawa Catholic Schools

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"all students deserve respect"

"Regardless of the views that the Catholic church takes on homosexuality, please give the children under your care a place where they can feel SAFE."

"It is a human right to have a place where you can feel safe. LGBT students are not second-class citizens, and they deserve a place where they can feel safe and respected."

"GSAs are absolutely essential in an era when sexual education in the classroom fails to discuss (let alone recognize!) the specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender-nonconforming students. PLEASE lift the ban and implement the sex-ed curr"

"Life is hard enough, schools, churches, and social gorups should endorse these types of gatherings, learn, and educate EACHOTHER so as to better understand the difference that make us unique and special."

"School's are a place for students to feel safe and to learn, there is no excuse for not allowing a GSA."

"we have a human right to freedom of association and banning these groups would be infringing on human rights. This is discrimination without a doubt and we need to seriously think about what this is saying about us. This is 2011, we need to get our act to"