加拿大爆发百万大游行! 拒绝洗脑: "性别只有2种, 不是500多种"!
他们为了自己的孩子而发声,将游行称为“百万儿童大游行”(Million People March 4 Children),口号是“保护家长的权利”和“保护孩子不被洗脑”。
多伦多市政府雇员可免费做变性手术
虽然这场大游行的主要目的,是反对政府在学校推行“另类的性教育课程”,但参加的人也打算顺便抗议多伦多市政府最近的一个决定——用纳税人的钱替市政雇员支付变性手术的费用。
加拿大的组织者Kamel El-Cheikh说:“全国很多家长都转发这条消息。我们要求多伦多市政府停下这个计划。要做变性手术,那是个人的选择,应该自己负责。”
他还说:“我们很担心,多伦多市民可能要为这笔高达4亿加元、甚至更高的费用埋单,因为手术可能带来并发症。这边加拿大正有很多无家可归的人,通胀严重,物价飙升,政府应该把钱用在修基础设施、服务市民上,而不是去推什么跨性别理念……问题是,界限到底画在哪里?为什么要让纳税人来买单?”
可以想见,这次游行肯定会闹得很热。
组织方相信,今年的“百万儿童大游行”会比前两年规模更大,可能创下新纪录。
El-Cheikh说:“人要不要出来参加,当然是自己决定,但我们的目标是超过去年的150万人。”
他说,去年很多家长怕被“封杀”,或者觉得言论会被压制,所以人数没达到预期。“他们被骂成‘恐跨、恐同’,”他说,“可那根本不是事实。”
他觉得今年情况会不一样,家长不会那么容易被吓住。“家长们会坚持到底,他们清楚这事关重大。今年的9月20日,他们会为孩子走上街头,以后每年的9月20日也都会这样做。”
他说,现在家长们反而更有底气了,不怕恐吓、不怕阻挠。今年无论是在多伦多的省议会广场、渥太华的国会山,还是加拿大各地其他城市,热度都很高。
“这是全国性的活动,统一在加拿大国旗下。” El-Cheikh说。
他还说,这次一定会“很震撼”。
“参加的人来自各种背景——基督徒、穆斯林、犹太人、锡克教徒、佛教徒、无神论者、退伍军人,各种各样的加拿大父母,但他们都达成了一点共识。”
那就是:他们不希望孩子在学校课堂上,学习他们认为的“激进的性教育”。
El-Cheikh 说:“很多宗教都认为性别只有两种,不是什么五百多种。家长不反对成年人自己去做变性,但孩子绝对不能在没有家长同意的情况下,被引导去接触甚至尝试这些东西。”
不过,也有人批评这场运动,说它其实带有“恐跨”色彩。
加拿大反仇恨网络(Canadian Anti-Hate Network)的教育顾问 Hazel Woodrow 就曾在 Xtra 的报道里说:“这些抗议活动背后有很多右翼和阴谋论团体的支持,包括基督教民族主义者、保守派穆斯林、新冠阴谋论者、不承认政府权威的人,以及反公立教育的群体。”
但El-Cheikh强调:“我们不是要歧视、也不是要妖魔化LGBTQ群体。”
“我们只是希望家长有权决定孩子学什么。如果不同意,就该有权让孩子退出相关课程。”
他表示,今年游行的主题是:“相信加拿大的父母能教育好加拿大的孩子”,并且强调“任何年龄的孩子,都不应该在学校接受性教育灌输”。
可以预见,如果跟第一次活动一样,加拿大各大城市都会很热闹。大家都有权利游行抗议或者举行反抗议,只要保持和平就行。
WARMINGTON: Million People March to fight sex education in schools expecting massive turnout
Organizers say parents not feeling as intimidated this year and they believe there could be more than the 1.5-million who came out in 2023
Protesters march on Bank Street in Ottawa during a demonstration against sexual orientation and gender identity programs in schools on Sept. 20, 2023. The protest was one of many across Canada, organized by "1MillionMarch4Children," as they protest against so-called "gender ideology" being taught in schools. PHOTO BY JUSTIN TANG / FILES /THE CANADIAN PRESS
Added El-Cheikh: “We are incredibly disheartened and concerned that the city of Toronto taxpayers may be on the hook for potentially a $400 million tab that might elevate due to health complications. We have been observing Canadian homelessness, inflation, an unbearable consumer price index, funds that can go to the cities infrastructure and serving its citizens is somehow being sidelined to promote transgender ideology … Where do you draw the line after the transition? Why are the people of Toronto on the hook?”
Organizers of Saturday’s One Million Person March 4 Children across Canada believe they will surpass the previous two years and set a new record.
Last year, he said, there were so many parents feeling threatened to be cancelled and others felt censored that the numbers were lower than hoped. “They were called fascists, transphobes and homophobes,” said El-Cheikh. “It’s just not true.”
But El-Cheikh believes parents will not be scared off as easily this year.
“Parents are relentless and know what is at stake,” he said, adding “they will be marching for their children Sept. 20 this year and every Sept. 20.”
Parents, he said, feel emboldened to fight back from any intimidation or roadblocks. This year, he said he sees there’s a huge buzz whether it’s the one at Queen’s Park in Toronto, the one at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, or all the other locations across Canada.