September/October 2009

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Homosexual activists have a clear strategy to make society adapt to their purposes.  Their game plan is based on two arguments from which they do not deviate:

1.                  Same-sex attraction is hard-wired like race and, therefore, cannot be changed.

2.                  Since they are “born that way”, they are persecuted victims who require civil rights to protect them from others who must be prohibited from condemning or rejecting them, regardless of any moral considerations.

These activists have skillfully used the media to propagate these two presumptions.  For example, the National Post (April 5, 2008), stated in an editorial:

In fact, many Canadians still regard[ed] homosexuality as a lifestyle choice rather than what it is – a hard-wired aspect of a person’s identity, little different from their race or sex.

How valid is this presumption?  Not very.

Homosexuals Not Born That Way

No rigorous scientific, in-depth evaluation of homosexuality indicating that homosexuality is genetic has ever been produced.  Controlled studies have proven the contrary.  The media, however, have periodically reported scientific claims of a genetic component to homosexuality.  These studies appear to be “advocacy” studies conducted by those wishing to promote a particular perspective.  None of these studies has held up under analysis and none has been replicated – a necessary element for scientific validity.

The conclusion that homosexuality is not genetic, but rather a learned behaviour or characteristic, is confirmed by the American Psychological Association (APA), which has always been sympathetic to the homosexual cause.  The APA had shifted from its previous position, that homosexuality is innate, to the position that there is no scientific consensus on the cause of same-sex attraction.  In this regard, the APA ignored over 100 years of research that indicates treatment of homosexuality can be beneficial if change is desired.  Instead, it affirmed homosexuality as normal and positive.

A common sense indicator as to whether homosexuality is innate, or whether it is an acquired, learned characteristic is the fact that there are homosexuals who have changed their orientation to live out their lives, apparently in contented heterosexual marriages.  Obviously, these individuals wanted to change, and they did.

Are Homosexuals Victims?

The “homosexuals as victims” argument is not born out by the facts either.

Toronto Hate Crime Unit

The Toronto Police Services Board reported 130 cases in 2007 of hate and bias crimes, down 20% from the 160 cases in 2006.  It was the lowest number recorded, since 1993, when the Police Hate Crime Unit was established.

It should be pointed out that these statistics consist of unproved complaints, rather than actual convictions. The alleged complaints occurred mainly against blacks who are the most targeted group, followed by the Jewish community, then homosexuals, followed by Muslims, Pakistanis and Chinese.

That is:

1.       racial incidents were 34%;

2.       religious bias incidents 29%; and

3.       homosexual incidents (which includes homosexual, lesbians and transgendered) 17%.

In 2008, the Toronto Police Report stated that there were 34 complaints made because of sexual orientation, or 22% out of a total of 153 complaints.  The Jewish community made 56 complaints, or 37% of the total.

It is important to note that Toronto has the highest number of homosexual residents in Canada.  Consequently, it is highly unlikely that incidents of alleged offenses against homosexuals would be higher anywhere else in Canada. 

In June 2008, Statistics Canada also released a report on the national hate crimes for the year 2006.  Its figures represent hate crimes reported to police departments in three provinces: British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario – which cover 87% of the Canadian population.  In total, these police departments registered 892 hate-motivated crimes nationally in 2006.  They were as follows:

§         Race/ethnicity 62%;

§         Religion 21%; and

§         Sexual orientation 10%

According to this report, blacks were the most victimized racial group.

It is not acceptable that anyone of whatever colour, creed or orientation be threatened or assaulted, but the statistics indicate that offenses against homosexuals are not anywhere near the number of offenses based on racial and religious prejudice.  In fact, it is obvious that the alleged offenses against homosexuals are not based on the data, but are being highly exaggerated by activists.

Yet, if anyone objects to homosexuals who play the victim game, they become the objects of intense attack by homosexuals, who allege, “hate” and “homophobia.”

“Homosexuals As Victims” Succeeds

There are two areas in which homosexuals have been particularly successful in convincing others that they are helpless victims.  These are (1) in the courts and (2) in our educational system.

1.      The Courts

Homosexuals have never been required to provide evidence in court of alleged discrimination against them.  Instead, the courts have based decisions on the homosexual demands solely on the assertion by their homosexual litigants themselves that they have experienced discrimination and are victims in Canadian society.  That is, homosexual litigants are not required to provide the court with credible data or documentation to support their claims of discrimination.  Instead, the Canadian courts have accepted, without questioning, that homosexuals experience disadvantages or discrimination in Canada because of supposed stereotyping and prejudice against them and therefore are helpless victims who need protection.

2.      Crusade to Indoctrinate Children

Homosexual activists are using their alleged “victim” status as an excuse to gain access to the schools to undertake a program of indoctrination of children.  This has been made easier for them by the fact that same-sex marriages are now legal in Canada, which places their sexual relationship on the same level as heterosexual relationships, though same-sex relationships do not make a contribution to society similar to that of heterosexual relationships.  That is, same-sex unions do not produce children and their same-sex relationships, therefore, are merely a personal matter between the same-sex partners.  Consequently, their relationships are not as relevant to the State, which has an interest only in those relationships from which children are produced – because procreation is essential for the future of the State.

Notwithstanding this reality, to ensure that their sexual orientation continues to be respected and accepted by future generations, and acknowledged as equal to heterosexual relationships, activists are demanding that positive messages about homosexuality be included in the educational system.  In short, they wish to indoctrinate children in our schools on the homosexual issue, portraying it as only positive, with no information provided on its very real negative aspects.

Educational Programs on Homosexuality

In order to gain access to the schools, therefore, activists present homosexual/lesbian students as victims of intolerance and bullying, which necessitates special school programs to protect them.  There is no proof, however, that homosexual/lesbian students are singled out for bullying anymore than other students for whatever reason e.g., too fat, too thin, Christian, etc.

Gay-Straight Alliance Groups in the Schools

Homosexual activists have also been establishing so-called “Gay-Straight Alliance” groups in the schools.  Their purpose, of course, is to “educate” students on homosexuality and to provide support and acceptance of students having a same-sex attraction.  These clubs are simply indoctrination centres set up to give homosexuality a high profile and sympathy in Canadian high schools in order to normalize such sexual activity.

Human Rights Commissions

Another approach taken by homosexual activists is to indoctrinate students within the education system by way of Human Rights Commissions.  This occurred in B.C. when a “married” homosexual couple, Peter and Murray Corren, who reside in the Vancouver area, laid a complaint before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal alleging that the B.C. Department of Education was “discriminating” against homosexuals in the schools by failing to teach that homosexuals are equal to heterosexuals and need to have their diversity respected.

Instead of defending the integrity of the school system, the then British Columbia Attorney General Wally Oppal, in order to head off any litigation (the Human Rights Tribunal was sure to rule that the BC Department of Education was guilty as charged), capitulated to the complainants and entered into an agreement with them.  He agreed to include homosexual values and “tolerance” throughout the entire education system in every class from kindergarten to grade 12.  He also agreed to provide an elective course for grade 12 students on the subject of social justice and human rights, focusing on identities and orientation of homosexuals.  Parental authority to withdraw their children from any classes was not supported.   Further, the Correns, under this agreement, were to be given a privileged position over the public curriculum to determine whether it was sufficiently “gay-friendly”.  A draft of this new pro-homosexual teachers’ guide, “Making Space, Giving Voice”, was released by the B.C. Department of Education.  An extensive critique of it has been completed by the Catholic Civil Rights League and can be found at http://www.ccrl.ca/index.php?id=4932.

These pro-homosexual changes in the curriculum are being rigorously opposed by pro-family groups in B.C., including REAL Women’s B.C. Chapter.  Although opposition to this program is very apparent, the B.C. government has, to date, resolutely proceeded with its plans to change the curriculum in accordance with the Corren agreement.  Parents in B.C. are being requested to “resist, counter and protest” this new curriculum and pro-family groups are doing all they can to resist the implementation of these propaganda programs. 

All the above attempts to indoctrinate students by homosexuals is a red light flashing to all parents, who must resist this attack on parental authority with all their might.  For example, if homosexuals are successful in BC, we know that in a short period of time, similar programs will be implemented throughout Canada.  We cannot allow our children to be used as pawns in the promotion of a special interest group, carrying out a dangerous social experiment.

Inherent in the propaganda to normalize homosexuality are blatant double standards and hypocrisy: of course, the irony of this is completely lost on the “compassionate, inclusive” enforcers who are trying to bludgeon all of society into going along.

Homosexuality is Not Normal

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