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| Great White North |
| Canuck Conservatives Battle Liberal Moral Gag Law |
| 2004-06-22 |
| EFL While Canada’s newly merged Conservative Party’s upward thrust in the general election polls is tied to Liberal scandal after scandal being exposed, as well as the Conservatives own moderate platform of middle class tax cuts, according to the mail bags of senators and members of Parliament, (thousands and thousands of letters) a moral backlash could also be building. Topics that average Canadians are beginning to notice in spite of there being little to no mainstream media coverage include the definition of marriage as being one man and one woman and Bill C-250 that now protects "sexual orientation" in the criminal code. Bill C-250, the "moral gag law," represses moral opinion by adding the undefined term "sexual orientation," to existing hate crime legislation, passed through the Senate’s third reading, April 28, 2004, a few weeks prior to Paul Martin’s calling the general election. Bill C-250, an important part of the social-liberal agenda in order to stifle debate on the marriage issue, means that pastors, who are already being prosecuted for speaking out against homosexuality by Human Rights Tribunals in Canada, could also now be criminally charged. Canada has in fact now made "sin" a hate crime... Bill C-250 was originally a private members bill (how do they get away with talking about their private members in a bill?) brought forward by Member of Parliament Svend Robinson, a member of the socialist New Democrat Party. The bill died before Christmas but was reborn again this spring. Robinson has been involved in various radical stunts such as posing nude on the Internet for an environmental group and has been in favor of such things as lowering the age of consent in Canada (the age of consent is now only 14 years of age). Robinson graced the front pages of Canada’s newspapers after he was caught on videotape stealing a diamond ring for his lover, but has yet to be charged... Martin also tried to reclaim the party’s left wing component by promising to reintroduce a bill to decriminalize marijuana. The auditor general reports that less then $500 million is invested in fighting illicit drugs in Canada, and Canada’s burgeoning basement trade of high potency pot is spawning a wave of organized crime never before seen in Canada. But an unconcerned Martin lightened the mood while visiting a daycare center by joking he had not smoked marijuana but, "there is a rumor going around that I have eaten [marijuana] brownies." |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #4 Prolly just trying to catch up, er, down with Europe, a favorite of the (ex) Hollyweird crowd... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-22 1:03:31 PM |
| #3 there were trying to add such a law here in California. Very broad wording that said you can say anything bad about anyone else. HOW CHILDISH! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-22 12:07:30 PM |
#2 Didn't Conan O'Brien's friend go to Canada and make remarks about the homosexual population there? (formetopoopon.com)On a serious note. Personally I have a live/let live re: activities amongst adults, but if this gag stuff is true, particularly in regard to a religious belief, then something has to be said about freedom in Canada, and it isn't good. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-22 11:54:10 AM |
| #1 Age of consent is only 14 in Canada? I thought some of those chicks on Burrard looked a little young... I'd forgotten about Canada in the hubbub the other day over Virginia, but this is very interesting. Googling yields this page, kinda scary: www.ageofconsent.com |
| Posted by: therien 2004-06-22 11:03:57 AM |