Commentary
The Edmonton teacher who controversially tore a strip off a Muslim student for dodging school Pride celebrations isn’t the problem.
She’s just the symptom, her words merely the manifestation of growing demands by government that citizens conform to its beliefs and submit their children to its guidance.
If you haven’t heard the recording of the teacher declaring that failure to participate in Pride activities makes a person un-Canadian, you should listen up right here before reading further.
The teacher is clearly in an elevated emotional state and deeply offended by what has occurred. While there’s no indication the student did anything other than avoid the Pride activities by skipping school, she dresses the student down by noting that Ramadan was recently acknowledged during the school’s daily 20-minute assembly and that the student should have reciprocated….