Pride Month in Canada Starts With School Walk-Outs, ‘Pray-Ins,’ Flags Flying

A "pray-in" organized by Campaign Life Coalition in response to Pride flags flown at schools takes place at the Ottawa Catholic School Board headquarters on June 3, 2024. Courtesy of Campaign Life Coalition

As many schools across Canada began flying the Pride flag on June 3 and scheduling various events for Pride Month in June, some parents opted to keep their children home in protest.

The flag isn’t about “inclusion” as some frame it to be, said Josie Luetke of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), a socially conservative group that organized school walk-outs. “It comes with a very controversial ideology,” she told The Epoch Times.