Things got heated at a meeting of the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) in Aurora Tuesday evening as attendees discussed raising the Pride flag at schools during Pride Month in June.
In a video posted to social media, parent Paolo De Buono is also seen being accosted by a loud, angry mob outside the meeting.
De Buono, who is a Catholic teacher in Toronto and has long-advocated for equal rights for LGBTQ students, made a five-minute deputation. In a tweet, he said that he told those protesting the raising of the Pride flag that, “I am not afraid,” before being escorted into the board room by a school superintendent.I was surrounded in the lobby by York Catholic parents against flying the Pride flag, & I told them:
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