Wed Aug 2, 2023 – 2:58 pm EDTWed Aug 2, 2023 – 2:58 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — When people tell you who they are, do them the courtesy of believing them.
Willow Reicht, the chair of the Board of Education in my hometown of Chilliwack, British Columbia, has issued an apology on behalf of the school district after trustee Teri Westerby shared this meme on social media:
Yes, you’re seeing that correctly. That’s a steamroller with the crusher painted with the LGBT rainbow running down a crowd of screaming people labeled “Traditional Family,” “Christian Values,” “Sanctity of Marriage” and “Etc,” just in case anything was left out. The steamroller is driven by “Barbie,” apparently a reference to the feminist film currently showing in theatres.
“The meme that Trustee Westerby shared on his personal Facebook page was intended to poke fun at online commentators who are upset that the Barbie movie has a feminist message,” Reichelt said in a statement sent to Fraser Valley Today. “If you know the history of the meme, you know that the intent is not to advocate crushing traditional values but to point out the absurdity of saying that the
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