---------- Original message ---------- From: Saint John Chapter NB Right to Life <sjrighttolife@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:57:07 -0300 Subject: Re: Attn Vita Kipping RE: UNPLANNED versus Councillor David Hickey and his planned protest To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Cc: Saint John Chapter New Brunswick Right to Life <sjrighttolife@gmail.com>
Good day David,
Thank you for your email. We would love to meet you and have you join us for the movie! I watched the movie twice; it is well done, and as you know based on a true story. I invite anyone curious about the movie to come with an open mind and heart. Thankfully, we have the right and freedom to do so!
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If I decide to turn up to watch the movie tonight, trust that Dominic Cardy and his buddies Robert Jones, Steve Murphy and Chucky Leblanc all know that I won't mind arguing David Hickey and his cohorts.
Anglophone South School District superintendent Zoe Watson says the film is not being shown during school hours to students and is in no way affiliated with the school and district. (Matthew Bingley/CBC)
Saint John residents angry over the rental of a Saint John high school auditorium to show an anti-abortion film are planning a protest to coincide with the screening.
The anti-abortion group New Brunswick Right to Life is hosting the screening of the American film Unplanned on Friday evening at Saint John High School.
"Unplanned pregnancy disproportionately affects women and girls who are living in poverty. These are our most vulnerable people in our community," said Coun. David Hickey, who will attend the protest.
"When you're presenting them with rhetoric that there aren't options out there for them, and that there aren't viable, common and safe options to end pregnancy then it becomes unfair."
The film depicts the story of Abby Johnson and her conversion from a Planned Parenthood director in Texas to an anti-abortion activist.
Hickey said it's inappropriate for a public school to host the controversial film, even if school's out and there are no students in the halls. He sent a letter to Anglophone South School District superintendent Zoe Watson asking her to "step up" and cancel the screening.
Actor Ashley Bratcher, right, is shown in a scene from the film Unplanned, the controversial American anti-abortion film. (Soli Deo Gloria Releasing/The Canadian Press)
Vita Kipping with the Saint John chapter of New Brunswick Right to Life said the group has the right to use the space to gets its message out.
"You're free to choose whatever you believe but we also have to allow that for others as well," she said.
Protest organizer Sara Beveridge said the film shows "scare tactics," and inaccurate depictions of abortion.
Coun. David Hickey will protest the film screening Friday. (@DavidHickeyNB/Twitter)
She said the district should have better policies "to ensure that groups which are intent on spreading misinformation do not have access to our schools."
'Lawful ideology or beliefs'
Watson said the district has heard from people both supporting and opposing the screening, and the backlash has prompted some conversations among district staff about rental guidelines.
She said renting to a group doesn't mean the district is endorsing their ideals, and facilities are rented to the community without "partiality to lawful ideology or beliefs."
"We do not have, as a district, any list of groups that specifically we would rent to or that we would not rent to," she said. "And it has caused us an a leadership team within our district to have conversation around that point: about who would we refuse a rental to?"
Watson said if the renter was a group that was "illegal or promoting something that we felt was hate … we would take issue with that."
However, Watson acknowledged that procedures for refusing illegal groups or groups promoting hate are not in the district or the province's guidelines. The guidelines address mostly logistics like pricing, liability and facility maintenance.
The district's school rental policy has a clause granting it the right to cancel or alter a rental at any time.
Watson said there are no new guidelines in the works at the moment.
225 Princess St. Unit 1A, Saint John NB Saint John, NB Res.: (506) 650-5777 Cell: (506) 721-5690 david.hickey@saintjohn.ca Councillor Hickey was elected in May of 2019 in a by-election in Saint John’s Ward 3. At 24, Hickey is the youngest member of Common Council. David, his partner Nora, and their dog Sophie live in Ward 3, in the South End of the city.
Councillor Hickey works at the Heart&Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick in Marketing and Communications. He has former experience working in the Federal Government, on Parliament Hill and studied business at the University of New Brunswick.
David identifies his main areas of focus to be poverty, growth, neighbourhood sustainability, fiscal responsibility, and climate change.
UNPLANNED - the movie @ SJHS
23-Aug-2019, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Saint John High School Community Events
UNPLANNED – the movie* 7:00 pm, Friday, August 23 Saint John High School Auditorium 200 Prince William St, Saint John
Come see the movie that is sweeping North America and now the world! Unplanned is the inspiring true story of one woman’s journey of transformation. Tickets: $10** Get your tickets online: www.instantmovietickets.com *Rated PG **$1 service fee for online orders
Presented by Saint John Chapter – NB Right to Life
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David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos 3 hours ago Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
My Hat is Off to Mr Jacob but not to Mr Trudeau & his cohorts
"Canada is a country that believes in and rallies behind freedom of expression, but that isn't always an easy thing to do and it certainly doesn't always make you popular"
Anti-abortion movie ‘Unplanned’ to play in more than 24 Canadian theatres By Victoria Ahearn The Canadian Press
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