From here:

Earlier this week the National Post ran an advertisement that has caused some controversy.

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In an open society, these positions are worthy of being part of a debate on this issue. They are also legitimate arguments to make in a paid advertisement in a media outlet.

Where the ad exceeded the bounds of civil discourse was in its tone and manipulative use of a picture of a young girl; in the suggestion that such teaching “corrupts” children, with everything that such a charge implies; and in its singling out of groups of people with whose sexuality the group disagrees.

The fact that we will not be publishing this ad again represents a recognition on our part that publishing it in the first place was a mistake. The National Post would like to apologize unreservedly to anyone who was offended by it. We will be taking steps to ensure that in future our procedures for vetting the content of advertising will be strictly adhered to.

The Post will also be donating the proceeds from the advertisement to an organization that promotes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.

The advertisement is below. It is no more manipulative than any other advertisement – after all, the advertisements that pay the bills at the NP are all designed to manipulate opinion.

If the Post is so afraid of offending the wrong people (it doesn’t seem to care if  anyone is offended by the ad’s cancellation) that it not only refuses to publish an advertisement questioning a contemporary sacred cow, but grovels at the feet of those it thinks it has offended by throwing cash at them, why bother to read it – why even call something so  blinkered by fads a newspaper?