National Post Apologizes for Homophobic Ad

The paper will donate all the proceeds from the far-right ad to gay rights group.

The editors at the National Post have issued a mea culpa for running an ad that said Ontario's sex education curriculum "corrupts" kids and confuses them over whether they might be gay or transgendered. A letter written by the Post says they did not follow their typical vetting process for ads, and will not run the ad again. The ad in question was paid for by a Christian right-wing group led by noted hate-monger Charles McVety and ran as a full-page ad in the 'A' section of the national newspaper this week.

From the letter:

"Where the ads exceeded the bounds of civil discourse was in their tone and manipulative use of a picture of a young girl; in the suggestion that such teaching 'corrupts' children, with everything that such a charge implies; and in their singling out of a specific group of people who have made choices about their sexuality with which the group disagrees."

Huh. While that comment about "people who have made choices about their sexuality" is kinda questionable (no one chooses whether to be gay or transgendered. Come on.), the Post says the proceeds from the ad will go to "an organization that promotes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people." One wonders what McVety and his cronies feel over thousands of their dollars going to promote the lives of people that they seem so hellbent on ruining.