Ontario teachers union's plan to change Mother's and Father's Day 'quite silly'

LISA WOODS AND HER PARTNER SAMANTHA
WITH THEIR KIDS JAYDEN, 10, AND ALEXANDRA, 5.

TORONTO - Exactly who is it who wants Mother's Day and Father's Day changed to be more sensitive to families with gay and lesbian parents?

Not Lisa Woods and her long-time same-sex partner.

The Elementary Teacher's Federation of Ontario's (ETFO) has proposed the idea of coming up with alternative names for days set aside to honour mothers and fathers as a way to accommodate the children of same sex parents.

It "gave me a chuckle," said Woods.

Her GTA family does not need anybody to create special days to celebrate parenthood in their household.

Don't make any special accommodations for them.

"As a lesbian who has been with her wife for 13 years and married 10, with two in the public school system, I have to admit that changing Mother's Day and Father's Day is quite silly," she said.  (more...)

Ontario teachers union's plan to change Mother's and Father's Day 'quite silly'

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