Letter: Catholic board chair ‘a beacon of what is wrong with our system…’
To whom it hopefully concerns,
I am writing to you from the emergency ward at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, where my son is recovering from an attempted suicide.
Every day he curses that he is gay because of the bullying and abuse he experiences. I am not naïve enough to believe that all of his fellow teenagers are accepting of his orientation. If he could conform to what many believe is “normal”, he surely would.
I’d like to believe that our society is better accepting of sexual orientation and the like, but, it seems that we have a ways to go.
There are many days that I have had to wipe eggs off of our windows and our home while some of the public shows its disapproval for my son. This is truly the ugly (side) of our society. My son is a loving boy and it is extremely sad that he is so often judged by his sexual orientation rather than the wonderful qualities of his character.
Like many citizens of Halton Region, and it seems to be spreading into an international concern, I was appalled by the self-appointed moral authority that Alice Anne LeMay has taken with her publicly-stated beliefs with regards to what the Catholic school board (in this case Halton) needs to practice.
My immediate priority is to get my son out of the hospital and into safety. Once the urgency of this passes, I for one will be delving into what appears to be hateful and despicable beliefs by Alice Anne LeMay — someone entrusted by the public as a leader for the care and betterment of our children — supposedly ALL children.
The comparison of gay groups to Nazi groups is unforgivable. Even her attempt to apologize was a covert reflection of her draconian beliefs.
I strongly urge you to look into this matter of public trust and the danger of her comments and views to children like my son. Once my son is well enough, I am hoping to engage him back into a Catholic secondary school in Oakville. I fear for his safety and well-being with people like Alice Anne LeMay as a trustee of the Halton Catholic school board.
My God, unlike Alice Anne LeMay’s God, loves all children, not just the heterosexual ones. I will watch with interest how our political leaders deal with the issue.
Thank you for your attention to what I, and I believe many, many others, find to be outrageously offensive behaviour by a representative of our educational system.
Alice Anne LeMay is a beacon of what is wrong with our system and our world. In 2011, one could only wish for more tolerance from our leaders and representatives.
A concerned Oakville parent
via InsideHalton Article: Catholic board chair ‘a beacon of what is wrong with our system…’.
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