British Columbia played host to protests and counter-protests over school resources meant to counter bullying against LGBTQ2 students in schools on Friday.
Turnout to what was billed as the “1 Million March 4 Children” in B.C. was sparse in comparison to previous years. Similar events were staged across Canada.
About 100 people protested in Surrey in opposition to SOGI, the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity resource package, on Friday.
Just a handful of people turned out in Coquitlam and Kelowna, while protests failed to materialize at all in Victoria or Vancouver, though counter-protesters turned up.
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Opponents claim the tools “sexualize” children and are a form of indoctrination.
“If you wish to learn about these ideologies or concepts, people should have the right to do so,” protester Graeme Flannigan said in Kelowna.
“But when the children’s mind is still forming at such a young age we believe they cannot comprehend what is being …