Freedom Flyer December 1994 Cover

Freedom Flyer 26

the official newsletter of the
Freedom Party of Ontario

December 1994



DISCRIMINATION NOT THE ISSUE, SAYS METZ

LONDON (October 21, 1994) - Fp president Robert Metz found himself in the hotseat because of his public support of London Board of Education trustee Robin Ainslia's motion to allow parental input into any process establishing official board workshop, or policies on "alternate family lifestyles." As a Ward 6 trustee candidate during the municipal elections, Metz was contacted by Debbie Normand, a concerned parent who also supported Ainslie's motion. Through their efforts, the Board of Education's public gallery was filled to capacity by people supporting the motion on the night it was debated, but the motion was nonetheless soundly defeated.

In the ensuing controversy, a half-hour episode of the BBS television program INQUIRY was aired across most of Ontario featuring Metz and Normand in a debate with gay activists David Brownstone and Louise Karch, who argued that discrimination against gays in the public education system was a critical problem. But when Metz pressed for a specific example of where such discrimination exists, they could not produce one.

Metz questioned how the issue of "alternative lifestyles" would even come up in a classroom dealing with science, math, language, shop, etc., and argued that sexual preferences should have no place in the classroom. Both he and Normand suggested that gay activists were deflecting the issue from the right of parental input to one of discrimination. By the program's end, there was no clear resolution to the debate. but it was clear that both gay activists and London public school board trustees did not want parental input on "alternate lifestyle" workshops.




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