LGBT Group Pressures Canadian City into Removing Billboard against Gender Mutilation of Children
The ads were planned to run for 12 weeks, but only lasted two days. The billboards featured a simple message noting ARPA, which was one "opposing medical transitions for minors."
(Canada) — [LifeSiteNews.com] A Canadian city forced the removal of billboards warning about the dangers of gender mutilation surgery in minors that were placed by a pro-family advocacy group after pressure from a local "Pride" group. (Screengrab image: via Association for Reformed Political Action press release)
In a press release dated September 6, the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada noted that a series of billboards placed in St. Catharines, Ontario, by its local Southern Ontario chapter were taken down.
"A series of billboards urging that children be protected from harmful, irreversible medical interventions were taken down today from the side of the QEW near the Garden City Skyway after Pride Niagara pressured the Mayor of St. Catharines to intervene," ARPA stated.
According to ARPA, St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe contacted the advertising company that placed the signs after pressure from LGBT activist group Pride Niagara.
ARPA Canada executive director Mike Schouten blasted the move, saying it was a "troubling" course of action by Mayor Siscoe, especially considering the billboards were on private property.
"What is particularly troubling about Mayor Siscoe's actions is that it shows that even billboards on private property are not safe from political censorship," he said.
"The City isn't even responsible for the property these billboards are located on, yet Mayor Siscoe still went out of his way to stop people from sharing this important message."
The ads were planned to run for 12 weeks, but only lasted two days. The billboards featured a simple message noting ARPA, which was one "opposing medical transitions for minors."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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