Hurray students! Moving the Catholic schools forward

Forward, or into a collision course with the province?

An Ottawa Citizen article published yesterday, “Student Group Law Could Push Catholic Schools into Clash with Province, Observers Say,” is further proof of students’ pivotal role in society.

“Gay Kids Are Made Invisible,” from montrealsimon.blogspot.ca.

What’s the collision all about? The right to form gay-straight alliances and rainbow clubs, because to forbid them is a kind of subtle bullying.

There is something in the air: between France electing a socialist president, the American debate on gay marriage and our own anti-bullying laws.

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