On Aug. 28, Global Affairs Canada amended its travel advisories website for Canadian travellers visiting the United States, saying, “Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state and local laws.”
But are LGBTQ people in any actual physical danger in any state in America? Same-sex marriages are the law of the land since the U.S. Supreme Court made that decision. The administration of President Joe Biden is the most gay-friendly in American history and is actively promoting gender ideology in the U.S. school system and in sports, including actively promoting sporting events where biological males can compete against women.
Yes, some states like Florida are insisting that parents are aware if their children decide they want to change their gender or pronouns. Yes, that same state has stopped very young children from being indoctrinated into gender ideology, viewing pornographic books, and discussing sexual themes that are totally inappropriate for their age.
But there is not the slightest hint of physical, psychological, or emotional harm affecting the LGBTQ “community.”
And that’s what a travel advisory is supposed to be about: when the conditions in a country constitute a direct threat to the safety of potential Canadian travellers.
But if we’re going to issue travel advisories on the basis that someone might just be offended by visiting another country, where exactly would we stop? When is the federal government going to start issuing travel advisories for every country on the earth where some policy or some behaviour is bound to offend some Canadian somewhere.
And perhaps the United States and other countries should issue a travel advisory for people who might be not just offended but shocked and outraged at the morally reprehensible behaviour that occurs at gay and trans fests across Canada.
But never mind these infrequent celebrations of increasingly extreme hedonism. Go to the libraries and schools of any Canadian city and you are bound to encounter the notorious phenomenon of the drag story hours where drag queens have managed to grossly sexualize something as quaintly innocent as reading a book to innocent children.
It’s enough to make you retch, and perhaps enough to issue a travel advisory over the new parameters of the federal government.
The upcoming Million Person March in support of parental rights should be a triumph for democracy and religious unity, but a very bad omen for out-of-hand progressive ideology.
