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8 JUNE 13.2009-QNotes
GLOBAL
International News
Parliament supports school ban
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Parliament has
voted in favor of a bill that would ban discus
sion of homosexuality and LGBT issues in
public schools. The ban includes prohibitions
against references to homosexuality in any
public information that can be viewed by chil
dren. The bill is entitled, “Law on the
Protection of Minors against the Detrimental
Effect of Public Information.”
Not yet passed fully into law, the amend-
Lithuanian activists marched in Baltic
Pride on May 16,2009. Uthuania has seen
an increase in violence, discrimination and
intimidation against LGBT people.
Photo Credit: Amnesty International
ment places homosexuality alongside portray
als of physical or psychological violence, the
display of a dead or cruelly mutilated body of
a person, and information that arouses fear or
horror, or encourages self-mutilation or sui
cide, as information unsuitable for children.
“By voting to move forward with this bill,
the Seimas has reinforced discrimination
based on a person’s sexual orientation,” said
Nicola Duckworth, Europe and Central Asia
program director for Amnesty International.
“The amendment denies the right to free
dom of expression and deprives students’
access to the support and protection they may
need. The Lithuanian parliament must respect
everyone’s full rights and reject this amend
ment when it comes to the final vote.”
— by Matt Comer. Q-Notes staff
Controversial bill passed
EDMONTON, Canada — The Legislative
Assembly of Alberta passed a controversial
LCBT rights and parental choice bill at the end
of May. Bill 44 officially protects the rights of
LCBT people but also allows parents to pull
their children from classrooms when lessons
on human sexuality, religion and sexual orien
tation occur, The Calgary Herald reported.
Alberta Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett
^4 OT0S majority” supported
the bill. The most controversial
aspect of the bill was the parental choice section.
“For those people around the country that
think that’s somehow wrong, we in Alberta
believe in family values, because the family’s
at the core of what makes a great community^’
Blackett said. “We’re taking a lead, here.”
Blackett said it took courage to pass such a
bill. Other politicians scoffed at the idea.
“It takes courage to give our children an
uneven educational experience,” Edmonton-
Clare representative Laurie Blakeman asked. “I
takes courage to write crappy legislation
where you take something that belongs in the
School Act and ram it into human rights (leg
islation)? Thafs not courage.”
Blakeman was among several liberal politi
cians who sought to have the parental opt-out
options stricken from the bill.
Calgary-Buffalo representative Kent Hehr
said the parental opt-out clause was a compro
mise, used to pass protections for LCBT peo
ple. “I think, at the end of the day, it was a dirty
little trade,” he told The Herald.
— M.C.
Pnest to defy ban
BRISBANE, Australia — A Catholic priest
says he will not be “bullied” by the Roman
Catholic Church. He has vowed to continue
holding services despite a church edict ban
ning him from performing ecclesiastical
duties anywhere in the world.
Archbishop of Brisbane John Bathersby
imposed the ban on Father Peter Kennedy
after the priest established a rival church
when he was dismissed for allowing women to
preach and for blessing same-sex couples.
Kennedy says up to 1,500 people attend his St.
Mary’s in Exile services.
Kennedy says he will continue his quest.
“It’s not so much me that I’m concerned
about, it’s the communit)^’he told the
Australian ABC News. “But the community
will stand strong. I know that.”
Under the archbishop’s ban, Kennedy can
not say mass, officiate at weddings, preach or
hear confessions. Kennedy says the ruling is
“ruthless and vindictive.” He says he’ll ignore it.
“I will continue to celebrate liturgies and
eucharist,”he said. “Certainly it will make a dif
ference about children wanting to be baptised,
and certainly about weddings. I’ll have to get a
marriage celebrant’s licence. But this man may
be the Archbishop, but he has made, in the
opinion of many of us, a very unjust decision.”
— M.C.*
Charlotte Business Guild
Meeting Date:
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Program:
Annual Pool Party
Lake Norman
(home of a CBG member)
(Sponsored by Annin’s Catering)
Cost:
' FREE CBG members, $10 non-members
(BYOB, Food Provided)
• To get directions, call 704-565-5075)
or email businessguild@yahoo.com.
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