October 19 Toronto About 250 to 350 […]

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1980-10-19

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October 19 Toronto About 250 to 350 people attended the Festival Celebrating Freedom and Family, held at Nathan Phillips Square. Billed as a show of strength against "gay power politics," and aimed at Mayor John Sewell and the Toronto Board of Education in particular, the event was organized by Stu Newton of PPO. The rally was like a religious revival meeting, complete with prayers and choruses, and was also addressed by Rev. Ken Campbell and Andy Koornstra, an ex-gay. (See also November 10, 1980.)

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November 10 Toronto George Hislop […]September Toronto Stu Newton formed […]

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Nathan Philips Square Toronto

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Andy Koornstra Ken Campbell Stu Newton John Sewell

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Toronto Board of Education

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John Paton, "Zeroing In on Schools: Turf Out the 'Gang of Nine,' Urges Evangelist. Anti-gay 'Revival' Rally," Toronto Sun, 20 October 1980, p. 5.Patricia Hluchy, "250 Protest Homosexual 'Power Politics,'" Toronto Star, four star ed., 20 October 1980, p. A3

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Andy Koornstra

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