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LGBT activists take Ontario town to Human Rights Tribunal for refusing to fly ‘Pride’ flag
LifeSite News ^ | June 6, 2024 | Clare Marie Merkowsky

Posted on 06/07/2024 11:19:42 AM PDT by ebb tide

LGBT activists take Ontario town to Human Rights Tribunal for refusing to fly ‘Pride’ flag

Emo, a small town in Ontario, is being targeted with legal action by LGBT activists for its 2020 decision to refuse to fly the 'pride' flag and proclaim June as 'pride' month.

EMO, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A small town in Ontario has refused to bend to the demands of LGBT activists and will now have to appear in front of a Human Rights Tribunal for rejecting a 2020 motion to proclaim June as “Pride” month and fly the LGBT “Pride” flag.   

This week, Emo, a small township in Ontario, is attending a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario proceeding after an LGBT group filed a complaint over a 2020 town council decision not to celebrate June as “Pride” month, according to local news outlet Northwest Ontario News.  

“There’s no flags being flown for the straight people,” Mayor Harold McQuake had told the Emo council in 2020. 

At the 2020 meeting, the town council had voted 3-2 against proclaiming June as “Pride” month and flying LGBT flags from municipal buildings.   

The motion was requested by Borderland Pride, a local LGBT activist group.

Shortly after the motion was voted down, the group filed a human rights complaint, demanding the town apologize for their decision, proclaim June as “Pride” month, and fly the LGBT flag for one week.  

In April 2024, Borderland Pride offered to drop the case if the town agreed to the previous demands.   

“This is a good deal. You should take it,” Borderland Pride’s letter to Emo stated. “The alternative is to continue to waste taxpayer money fighting a losing battle in defence of bigotry and hate.”  

However, the township chose to reject the proposal, instead going ahead with the hearing.   

In addition to trying to force the town to celebrate “Pride” month, Borderland Pride is seeking monetary compensation in the order of $15,000 from the municipality, and $10,000 each from the mayor and two councillors who voted against the proclamation.  

LifeSiteNews reached out to McQuake for comment but did not hear back by time of publication. 

The town of Emo is not the only Canadian town to resist LGBT indoctrination. In February, residents of Westlock, Alberta, a small town of about 4,800 people, voted in favor of a bylaw to prohibit flying non-governmental flags from municipal flagpoles and painting crosswalks with any pattern other than the usual white-striped pattern.    


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: canada; fagflag; homos; homosexualagenda; lbgtq; lgbt; perverts; pridemonth; snownazis
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“There’s no flags being flown for the straight people,” Mayor Harold McQuake had told the Emo council in 2020.
1 posted on 06/07/2024 11:19:42 AM PDT by ebb tide
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To: Al Hitan; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; kalee; markomalley; miele man; Mrs. Don-o; ...

Ping


2 posted on 06/07/2024 11:20:12 AM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

The West is ruled by perverted homosexual deviants. It is the only way to explain the last 20 years.


3 posted on 06/07/2024 11:21:53 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: ebb tide

Tolerance means you will affirm and embrace or else.


4 posted on 06/07/2024 11:24:26 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: wildcard_redneck

It usually takes about a generation for a society to collapse after the tranny stuff kicks in. It’s been repeated over and over throughout history.


5 posted on 06/07/2024 11:24:48 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: ebb tide

“In February, residents of Westlock, Alberta, a small town of about 4,800 people, voted in favor of a bylaw to prohibit flying non-governmental flags from municipal flagpoles and painting crosswalks with any pattern other than the usual white-striped pattern.”

It’s sad that it has had to come to this point.


6 posted on 06/07/2024 11:25:59 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Rurudyne

We mean “Shame Month” don’t we?


7 posted on 06/07/2024 11:26:56 AM PDT by Walrus (I do not consent)
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To: wildcard_redneck

When God abandons a nation to depraved minds and it’s well and truly advanced expect more of this madness.


8 posted on 06/07/2024 11:27:19 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ebb tide

For such a “marginalized” group, perverts do a pretty good job of “marginalizing” anybody who doesn’t obey them.


9 posted on 06/07/2024 11:28:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Rurudyne

They do not just want acceptance.

They do not just want obedience.

They want loud screaming affirmation.


10 posted on 06/07/2024 11:29:54 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Walrus

Yep. You know who used the they/them pronouns in Scripture?

Demons. Said they were legion.


11 posted on 06/07/2024 11:30:54 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: cgbg

Why God commanded Israel to kill them.


12 posted on 06/07/2024 11:32:48 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Walrus

I think it should be mental illness awareness month.


13 posted on 06/07/2024 11:33:42 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: ebb tide

Fagscism.


14 posted on 06/07/2024 11:35:28 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: ebb tide
What's not to be proud of?


15 posted on 06/07/2024 11:37:32 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: ebb tide

They have the DOJ, FBI, CIA, White House, DEMs, RINOs, Soros, Gates, most tech companies, and nearly all of the courts on their side. We’ve lost because we refuses to fight back.


16 posted on 06/07/2024 11:38:00 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Good for Emo, it’s about 100 miles west and a little south from Toronto, or 70 miles northeast of London, Ontario.

“You have to accept us and celebrate us.”

Does this work for any other group in society?

Let’s try it ...

poker players
sex trade workers
left-handed golfers
people who don’t signal turns
idiots

Doesn’t seem to work for any specialized group but LBGT.

Instead of this “celebrate pride” attitude, I would counter with this, sexuality is a private concern and should remain so, I don’t expect anyone to react in any particular way to my sexuality, nor do I wish to burden the community with affirmations of it, and this should be the general rule. I don’t see any justification for “gay pride” or any other form of sexuality or gender pride, and frankly I don’t care if two people engage in gay sex (or change their gender), that’s between them and God and good luck to them.

If they say, no it’s not between us and God, or worse, that God celebrates them too, I believe they will be in for a nasty surprise and I don’t predict good things will come of it. But we’ve gone over this and they have chosen to ignore good advice. It’s their fate now. They should not be trying to pull down those who seek to resist their views. It will be a travesty if Emo is punished for their principled stand.


17 posted on 06/07/2024 11:49:43 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)
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To: cgbg

“Who wont’ wear the wrrribbon?”

Real life imitating a comedy. (Albeit the best comedy ever.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv2PgWmQ1Lo


18 posted on 06/07/2024 11:56:23 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: cgbg
They don't want loud screaming affirmation. They need it. They aren't trying to convince you its OK. They need you to convince them.
19 posted on 06/07/2024 11:58:22 AM PDT by henkster (He's got a day time job; he's doing all right)
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To: ebb tide
The sexual weirdo community - from victims to bullies in one generation. How disgusting.

20 posted on 06/07/2024 12:01:55 PM PDT by GOPJ (WOKE DEI hires - an easy way to place hard core commies and sexual weirdos into top corporate spots)
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