An anti-bullying video featuring 1,500 elementary and secondary school students dancing to Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" is drawing scorn from a group of parents in Burnaby, who call the pop anthem's message about inclusion and acceptance offensive.

The YouTube clip was posted online Tuesday in advance of Pink Shirt Day, an annual anti-bullying event, and showcases students from 10 Metro Vancouver schools dancing in shirts that read "Acceptance."

But Helen Ward of The Parents' Voice, a political party that formed in opposition to a Burnaby school district anti-homophobia policy, said the organizers' song choice only stands to divide the community.

Ward, who describes Gaga as "the queen of raunch," said the lyrics contain references to God that could offend atheists and believers alike, and references to homosexuality that "some people may take issue with."

"Something in there can offend just about anybody," Ward said.

The chorus of the song goes: "I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes, I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way."

Many of the students involved are also bound to view the shocking songstress's original video, Ward added, which includes images of simulated group sex, a birthing scene and "lots of crotch shots."

None of the choreographed dance moves employed by students in the video are of a sexual nature.

Parents' Voice issued an open letter Monday calling on Premier Christy Clark and Education Minister George Abbott to intervene with the project, but the issue didn't appear high on Clark's agenda by the following day.

The premier was filmed Tuesday dancing and singing along to Gaga's tune on the steps of the legislature, along with hundreds of students wearing pink shirts to protest bullying.

Asked about the controversy brewing over the song, Clark said she was "sure there must be people who listen to the words more closely than I do. I just like the beat."

Opposition New Democrat MLA Spencer Chandra-Herbert said the video and similar anti-bullying campaigns are essential to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gendered youths.

Chandra-Herbert described Parents' Voice as a homophobic group that fights "every instance where we actually try to stop bullying."

"This is just what they do and it's really unfortunate," he said. "I think they should be ashamed of themselves."

But Parents' Voice says someone needs to watch out for students who aren't represented in Gaga's message about inclusiveness, such as children who can't dance or are obese.

Pink Shirt Day began five years ago in Nova Scotia, where students rallied behind a boy who was bullied for wearing pink to school, and has since spread across Canada.