Your logic is flawed as what other religious leaders say does matter.
What leaders of other religions matters to Catholics in catechism class? I would have never imagined such.
I can only speak to myself and how I read and felt about CBC's post. Yet to your argument that
Also I believe he is old enough to speak for himself
I beg to strongly differ. His biological age notwithstanding, I haven't seen intellectual or emotional maturity from him to support your argument that he is old enough.