{"id":165094,"date":"2017-04-21T09:14:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=165094"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T20:38:51","slug":"canada-university-leaders-ban-pro-life-flag-display-creating-unsafe-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canada-university-leaders-ban-pro-life-flag-display-creating-unsafe-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada: University leaders ban pro-life flag display for creating &#8216;unsafe environment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/post\/32204\/\">The College Fix<\/a>)\u00a0Pro-life students at Wilfrid Laurier University say they will no longer be able to put up their pro-life flag display, with campus leaders explaining such exhibits are too traumatic after one last fall caused an uproar on the Canadian campus.<\/p>\n<p>The display used 10,000 pink and blue flags to represent the 100,000 abortions each year in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Student Union President Tyler Van Herzele, in a <a href=\"http:\/\/yourstudentsunion.ca\/a-letter-from-the-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> shared campuswide, stated that \u201cthe visceral nature of the display interfered with the ability of some members of the Laurier community to safely attend class, travel to work or remain on campus to study.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adversarial tone of the event evoked a confrontation which eliminated the possibility of respectful dialogue and created an unsafe environment for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DefundAd-400b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to his December 2016 letter, several offices, including the Diversity and Equity Office, have worked together \u201cto ensure this does not happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/post\/32204\/\">Continue reading\u00a0the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article\u00a0was originally published at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/post\/32204\/\">The College Fix<\/a> on April 20, 2017, and is reprinted here in part with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(The College Fix)\u00a0Pro-life students at Wilfrid Laurier University say they will no longer be able to put up their pro-life flag display, with campus leaders explaining such exhibits are too traumatic after one last fall caused an uproar on the Canadian campus. 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