REGINA, Saskatchewan (LifeSiteNews) — Saskatchewan courts are allowing an appeal against the province’s pro-family laws protecting children from LGBT ideology in schools.
In an August 11 decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled 4-1 to allow an appeal by LGBT activists against Saskatchewan’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights” to proceed through the court system but it has not blocked the law from taking effect.
“It is the government’s position that parents do have a right to be involved in their children’s education, the classes they choose, the decisions that they’re making,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe told reporters after the decision was announced.
“Second to that, we have asked the school divisions who operate and provide policy and procedures within the very schools in our communities across this province to work with parents and to work with families to come up with policies that are acceptable and supported by the very families that they represent,” he continued.
Saskatchewan’s “Parental Inclusion and Consent Policies” include provisions that ensure parents are allowed to opt their kids out of sex-ed and that third-party presentations from groups such as Planned Parenthood will be prohibited from taking place. It also requires parental consent for children to go by different pronouns at school.
Shortly after the bill was passed, it was challenged by LGBT activist group “UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity” at the University of Regina, represented by Egale Canada.
When the judge ruled in favor of the LGBT group, Moe announced in response that he would invoke his government’s notwithstanding clause to protect the legislation from the courts.
Now, the courts have voted to allow an appeal of this to be heard. Importantly, the ruling does not state that the Parents’ Bill of Rights infringes on Charter rights nor does it prevent the laws from taking effect.
Recent surveys have shown that Moe is acting with the support of Saskatchewan parents by introducing legislation protecting school children from LGBT propaganda.
According to an August 2023 survey, 86 percent of Saskatchewan participants advocated for parental rights, supporting the province’s new approach to the LGBT agenda in schools.
Furthermore, over 40,000 Canadians have pledged their support for Saskatchewan’s fight for parental rights in the classroom, also calling on all other provinces to follow suit.
Additionally, a Saskatchewan teacher wishing to remain anonymous previously told LifeSiteNews that she feels guilty about keeping secrets from parents and supports the decision to keep parents informed.
“I fear that we are not supporting students or parents when we keep secrets,” she explained. “We have many students using alternate names, which sometimes changes frequently during the year, and then are asked by parents if we were aware of the changes after the fact. I feel responsible for keeping the secret and I don’t think it’s fair. I think schools are already taking on too many ‘parent roles’ and it’s important that parents play the ‘parent role,’ not teachers!”
