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GOVERNMENTS FUND CHILDREN'S BOOK PROMOTING
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Jumping the gun on the legality of same-sex
marriages, the federal government's Heritage Department and
the Ontario Government's Ministry of Culture forked over taxpayers'
money to a feminist / lesbian publishing company in Toronto
called Second Story Press, to produce a children's book promoting
same-sex marriage. The book was written by a Toronto homosexual,
Ken Setterington.
This all came to light in February, when the
publishing company sent a copy of the book, titled "Mom
and Mum are Getting Married!", to every Member of Parliament.
The book was accompanied by a letter stating that Second Story
Press would like to offer its full support regarding the passing
of Bill C-38, and that " … the legal recognition
of same-sex unions, is an important step in creating a just
society". The publisher calls this book, "a gentle
story for young children that celebrates the joyous planning
of a wedding where the happy couple happens to be two women."
There is no hint in the book that a father
exists anywhere in the child's life, or that same-sex unions
are not acceptable to a majority of Canadians. Instead, the
book paints a rosy picture of grandparents, uncles, aunts
and friends all joyously celebrating the wonderful event without
a single reservation or moment of hesitation. This book was
obviously published for the purpose of the indoctrination
of children on the same-sex marriage issue. The book also
exposes the fact that activists for same-sex marriage know
that same-sex unions have nothing to do with equality rights,
but everything to do with fundamentally changing the meaning
of traditional marriage and the family. The book is essentially
all about exchanging a heterosexual society with a homosexual
one. This book is just the beginning of what's in store for
our schools if same-sex marriage is ever passed into law.
Although homosexual activists can publish
what they like, they surely should not do so at taxpayers'
expense. Yet, the Government of Canada and the Ontario Government
have made this controversial book possible by giving generous
grants to its publisher. The government departments funding
the controversial publisher are as follows:
Government of Canada
a) Heritage Department
Heritage Canada, under its Minister, Liza
Frulla, awarded a grant of $73, 903.00 in the fiscal year
2003- 2004 to the feminist / lesbian publishers, Second
Story Press through the Book Publishing Industry Development
Program.
b) Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts was established
by an Act of Parliament in 1957 to foster and promote the
study and promotion of the arts, offering grants to Canadians
in music, theatre, writing, etc.
It has an 11-member board, appointed by
an Order in Council, ie rubber stamped by the Cabinet. Salaries
are paid by the government. The Council received $50,000,000.00
to establish an Endowment Fund from which it makes awards.
In the fiscal year 2004 - 2005 the Canada Council gave $47,100
to Second Story Press.
This is not the first time that the Canada
Council has attempted to fund the homosexual agenda. In
March, 2001, the Canadian Council for the Arts awarded $1,000.00
to a filmmaker, Ken Takahashi, to make a film on man / boy
sexual relationship, i.e. pedophilia. The director of the
film stated that he believes that individuals who have an
attraction for pre-pubescents, should not be denied their
sexuality. (Ottawa Citizen, March 28, 2004) The funding
of this film, "The Last Night with Jesse", fortunately,
was stopped because of public outrage against the council's
grant.
Ontario Government Funding
The Ontario Minister of Culture, Madeleine
Meilleur, through for the Ontario Media Development Corporation's
Book Initiative, gave a grant to Second Story Press in 2004
- 2005. However, in spite of numerous enquiries about this
programme's grant to the feminist publisher, the programme
has refused to release the amount. Why? Shouldn't the taxpayers
know how the government spends our money?
It is obvious from the above that this feminist
/ lesbian publishing company, Second Story Press, exists only
because of the taxpayers' money handed over to it by sympathetic
bureaucrats and politicians. This must stop. Please write
to The Department of Canadian Heritage, Canada Council for
the Arts, and the Ontario Ministry of Culture to object to
taxpayers' money being given to a feminist / lesbian company
to publish propaganda. Also, write to the Minister of Culture
for the Government of Ontario asking for a release of information
on the grant it gave to Second Story Press.
Provincial
Ontario Ministry of Culture
The Honourable Madeleine Meilleur
Room 4320, Whitney Block
99 Wellesley Street West
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1W3
General_Info@mcl.gov.on.ca.
Government of Canada
Department of Canadian Heritage
The Honourable Liza Frulla, MP
25 Eddy Street
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5
Deputy Minister, of Canadian Heritage
Ms Judith A. LaRocque
Book Publishing Industry Development Program
Department of Canadian Heritage
15 Eddy Street, 15-4-D
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5
e-mail bpidp_padie@pch.gc.ca
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