A Calgary Muslim community group protested against the presence of gender ideology in the public education system this Saturday.
Several hundred parents and locals joined the YYC Muslims in front of the Calgary Municipal Building. They were also met by a group of counter-protesters.
Among the chief concerns expressed by the protesters were inappropriate content in school lessons around LGBTQ issues and supporting parental rights over education.
According to one protest organizer, Mahmoud Mourra, gender ideology content being peddled by school boards onto kids is confusing children.
“(I need) to protect my kids who are underage to have the freedom of choice to decide what they want to decide or do whatever they want to do when they’re eligible to make the right decision,” Mourra told the Western Standard.
Executive Director of the Alberta Parents’ Union Jeff Park also told the outlet that opposition to certain elements of the curriculum was not political.
“What we do support is parents having a say, parents having an influence over how their kids will be educated,” said Park.
“It’s been clear from plenty of the events this month that the balance has shifted.”
Opponents to the protest claimed that LGBTQ education was necessary and saved lives.
Several shocking stories have emerged from across the country of sexually explicit material being presented by sex educators to children in Canadian schools.
The latest incident involved Planned Parenthood bringing a “sex alphabet” card deck to a Grade 9 classroom in Saskatchewan which featured obscene and pornographic terms relating to sexual fetishes and activities.
Another educator at an Edmonton school was also recorded berating Muslim students who refused to participate in Pride events.
Schools in Ontario have also seen mass absences from largely Muslim families as a result of the aggressive push for Pride month celebrations and gender indoctrination.
Similar protests have also occurred in Ottawa.
