Youth For Christ, the global Christian ministry behind The Edge skate park, has policies restricting open 2SLGBTQ+ identification
The night Maddy Nowosad met her girlfriend two and a half years ago was magic – full of butterflies, pounding hearts, joy and wonder. It was frightening, too: “When I got home, I had the biggest panic attack ever. I turned my phone off. I felt physically ill. I had to come to terms with what was happening.”
Ms. Nowosad found her people there – queer friends who helped her feel safe and seen and comfortable being herself. She wanted to pay that forward, and approached The Edge about holding a dedicatedThe Edge’s co-director Geoff Reimer thought this sounded great. “Helping people support each other and come together – that’s my jam,” he told the Globe and Mail. “I love to do that.”
Problems arose last year when director Kim Hildebrand tried to hire a new staff member, a recent high school graduate who had long been involved with Masterworks. The prospective staffer was Christian, well-qualified and happened to have recently come out as a lesbian to friends in the dance program. Ms. Hildebrand says she was barred by Youth For Christ from hiring the young woman because of her sexuality. She couldn’t stomach the decision, and left. Four others followed.
Meanwhile, the controversy has provoked residents to begin asking a question that could ultimately have national repercussions: Should religious groups with openly exclusionary policies receive public funding?
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