Canadians protest new coin celebrating decriminalization of homosexual sex acts
by Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSite:
Canadians demonstrated in Ottawa today at the country’s Royal Mint against a new coin to be released in the coming weeks that commemorates the decriminalization of homosexual sex acts.
Organizer CitizenGO released a statement yesterday saying that it had collected over 48,000 signatures in support of its “demand that the Mint cancel this release of this one dollar coin.” By mid-afternoon today, however, over 49,563 people had signed.
“I am very upset over the planned release of a pro-homosexual one dollar coin later this year. I do not want a ‘gay’ loonie,” states the petition. “The government must withdraw its plans for any design that celebrates homosexual acts. I do not want homosexuality forced upon me and my country,” it adds.
Volunteers from the international platform gathered outside the Mint, located at 320 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, at noon today to denounce the new design of the one dollar coin. The 48,000-person strong petition was also hand-delivered to staff at the Mint.
“It was a great event. We had about a dozen people join us in front of the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa from 12 to 1 PM. Together, we took a stand against the politicization of our coinage and the aggressive push of the LGBT agenda on ALL Canadians,” CitizenGo stated on its Facebook page about the event.
“Many of the pedestrians passing us by were totally supportive. We also got lots of positive honks from the traffic. Not a single counter-protestor showed up,” the group added.