That same month, two school boards in Renfrew County, Ontario also issued statements clarifying litter boxes had not been placed in the schools. There is no evidence that any school has deployed litter boxes for students to use because they identify as cats,” the report noted. “Every school district that has been named by those 20 politicians said either to NBC News or in public statements that these claims are untrue.
The unsubstantiated rumour was then pounced on by politicians and commentators, spreading the hoax further.Īn NBC report from October of last year found that at least 20 Conservative candidates and elected officials had claimed schools were placing litter boxes on campuses to accommodate students. In December 2021, a litter box rumour began to circulate in Michigan after a parent told a school board meeting she was stunned to hear that schools had litter boxes in unisex bathrooms for students identifying as cats, according to a report in the New York Times. “It seemed to me like it was a backlash against some of the progressive things that our schools are doing, and we would have many that would say this is rooted in hate and transphobia and homophobia and that message needs to be clear, it’s not acceptable.” “I think a lot of people thought this was a joke, and it’s not a joke,” Carpenter told CBC. schools for students who identify as cats.Ĭarpenter said he made the statement after months of emails and phone calls about the issue. The rumour appears to have first surfaced in Canada in October 2021, when Norbert Carpenter, director of the Public Schools Branch of P.E.I., issued a statement noting that litter boxes were not being placed in P.E.I.
So people were saying, ‘Well, if we let two same gender men or two women marry, what’s next? Are we gonna start marrying our horse and our dog and our pet cat?'” Greenbaum added. “It’s very similar to what we saw back in the day when we were fighting for marriage. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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