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Alberta Education is bullying two Edmonton-area Christian schools over the issue of creating student gay-straight alliances, their lawyer says.

Education Minister David Eggen issued a ministerial order last week telling the two private schools run by the Independent Baptist Christian Education Society they must allow students to create a GSA if they request one.

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Calgary lawyer John Carpay said Friday no students have asked to set up such a group, so the schools haven’t violated the law.

But society officials want to meet Eggen to raise concerns about students being allowed to create a GSA without parents being informed, Carpay said.

“We believe parents have the right to be involved in something as important as this.”

In a letter to Eggen, Carpay wrote that his department undermines its goal of eliminating bullying by the way it deals with the society and other private religious schools.