Campaign Life Coalition says the ban was inspired by a viral video showing the board fleeing instead of responding to an anti-Christian tweet by its trustee Wendy Ashby.
One of the speakers said he found it 'disgraceful' that the YRCDSB had 'turned its back on our faith' by 'preaching confusion under the guise of inclusivity.'
Leaving out Church teaching against homosexual acts allows for a 'much richer dialogue' about people attracted to the same sex, says York Catholic teacher Michael Way Skinner.