Parental Rights Groups Express Concerns About Changes to Focus of Anti-Bullying Day
A shift in the focus of Anti-Bullying Day in Canada has raised concerns among certain parental rights groups in the country. This has led to a campaign advocating for a boycott of Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 28.
Culture Guard, an organization dedicated to upholding traditional family values and combating what president Kari Simpson calls the “pride-ification of the nation,” is leading this initiative. Simpson is urging parents and parental values groups to protest by either keeping their kids home from school on Feb. 28 or refraining from wearing pink.
A bulletin from Culture Guard highlights instances of activists diverting the anti-bullying message to promote a controversial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum, causing confusion among children with a different agenda.
“This is another example of how sex activists are using various means to indoctrinate kids with this propaganda,” remarked Ms. Simpson in an interview with The Epoch Times. “This new form of inclusion leaves no room for different perspectives of what Canada truly represents.”
Pink Shirt Day originated in 2007 in Cambridge, N.S. when two students responded to a bullying incident where a boy was harassed for wearing a pink shirt. The two Grade 12 students distributed 50 pink shirts at school the following day to show solidarity and support for the boy.
The subsequent year, a Vancouver radio station, CKNW, expanded on this initiative by launching its own Pink Shirt Day movement to raise awareness about bullying. The station also raised funds for anti-bullying causes.
‘No Kid Should Feel Bad’
Supporting the original anti-bullying strategy is crucial, according to Elton Robinson, co-founder of Parents for Parents’ Rights. However, he emphasizes that labeling some parents as adversaries is problematic.
“Bullying encompasses everything,” stated Mr. Robinson. “Every child, regardless of their identity or beliefs, should feel safe and accepted in school.
He criticized the infiltration of transphobia into Pink Shirt Day and highlighted the secretive policies in the Canadian school system that withhold information from parents.
