November 8 Edmonton The Alberta […]

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1978-11-08

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November 8 Edmonton The Alberta School Trustees' Association passed a resolution (329 in favour, 318 against) asking the Alberta government not to introduce legislation that would restrict local school boards "from dealing with proven instances of homosexuality among any of its paid employees, elected officials, or student enrolments." The resolution had been proposed earlier in the year by Willard Brooks of Cardston, Alberta, at a meeting of Southern Alberta school trustees held in Lethbridge, Alberta. The resolution's intent was to encourage the expulsion of gay students and staff from schools. It was proposed shortly after the Alberta Human Rights Commission released its recommendation to add sexual orientation to Alberta's Individual Rights Protection Act. The resolution was also made in response to the Alberta Teachers' Association's strong opposition to Anita Bryant's appearance in Edmonton on April 29, 1978. The action was controversial, and occurred the same week that voters in California had defeated Proposition 6, a similar initiative; the Edmonton Journal called it "outrageous and unwarranted."

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Lethbridge Cardston Edmonton

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Anita Bryant Willard Brooks

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Alberta Teachers' Association Alberta Human Rights Commission Government of Alberta Alberta School Trustees’ Association

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Edmonton Journal

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Individual Rights Protection Act

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"Rights Board to Discuss Claim of Homosexual Bias," Edmonton Journal, 11 December 1978, p. B5.Bob Radke, "Alberta School Trustees Oppose Gay Rights," Communigay (Edmonton), no. 2 (1978), pp. 4–6 "No Moral Example" (editorial), Edmonton Journal, final ed., 10 November 1978, p. A4 Robert Harris, "School Trustees Vote No to Gay Rights," Gay Calgary, 2, no. 4 (December 1978): 1–2 Robin Hardy, "Alberta School Trustees Launch Mini-Briggs Campaign," Body Politic, no. 49 (1978–79), p. 8 Cathie Bartlett, "Trustees Seek to Control 'Gays,'" Edmonton Journal, final ed., 8 November 1978, p. B4 "Anti-gay Rights Vote Splits Alberta Schools," Victoria Times-Colonist, 17 December 1978 "Alberta Trustees Pass Anti-gay Ruling," Body Politic, no. 47 (1978), p. 9 "ASTA Opposes Rights," Gay Horizons, no. 15 (February–March 1980), p. 2

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