COLLINS: Pride committee deserves praise for a great week
THE KAMLOOPS PRIDE COMMITTEE deserves a major shout-out for a great week of activities that ended last Sunday. The events reached out to a wide variety of groups in an effort to promote understanding of issues faced by the 2SLGBTQPIA+ community.
Gender rights are a controversial topic right now, and the subject of protests and laws that limit the human rights of that community. Some use religion as justification for their opposition, conveniently taking snippets from the Bible to prove their point.
Others just have preconceived notions that have no basis in fact to justify their point of view. They have the right to their opinion, but not the right to foist that on others through bullying tactics and more serious acts of violence. They must come from the Trump School of Ignorance.
One thing I thought the local Pride Committee did well was try to reach out to many different sections of society, to promote education, inclusion and understanding among those struggling with the issues.