Canada’s largest bank has canceled its promotion of homosexuality with its employees after a pro-family organization sponsored a national boycott of the institution.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the Royal Bank of Canada directed its employees to “be supportive” of “gay, lesbian and bisexual issues” and to show that support by displaying the homosexual movement’s rainbow triangle symbol in the workplace. The statements were made in the first edition of a new newsletter called “Rainbow Space.”
“Voluntarily displaying this sticker shows gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered co-workers that they can feel safe with you, and shows unsupportive co-workers that you won’t tolerate homophobia,” stated the newsletter.
But after a boycott was launched by the Canada Family Action Coalition, the bank backed down, saying the rainbow promotion had “unintentionally created divisiveness.”
David Moorcroft, Royal Bank’s senior vice president announced the course reversal in a letter dated Oct. 14.
“Effective today, the sticker component of the program is being eliminated,” wrote Moorcroft.
The Canada Family Action Coalition hailed the move, saying bank executives heard from thousands of Canadians and “did the right thing.”
Said Dr. Charles McVety, president of CFAC: “The bank realized ‘based on the feedback received’ that the Rainbow Triangle Sticker program ‘has unintentionally created divisiveness’. Without such feedback, the Royal Bank would have continued its practice of marginalizing those who do not support homosexuality.”
According to Canada Free Press, Brian Rushfeldt, CFAC’s executive director, said, “Each person that acted by closing their accounts, sending e-mails, telephone calls or letters should be commended for taking a stand for freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”
The bank says the boycott was not the reason it changed its policy.
“Any time someone boycotts us, it’s a concern,” Moorcroft is quoted by LifeSiteNews.com as saying. “But that’s not the reason we made the decision.”
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