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Originally posted by MarchHare@Jun 30 2005, 04:43 PM
Our newly-won same-sex marriage rights, for one, as Harper has said that if the CPC forms the next government he plans to revisit that law.
And I hate to mention it, but the following facts are undeniable:
1. It has been reported in the Globe & Mail and elsewhere that radical Christian conservatives are winning a very large number of CPC riding nominations. These individuals are only concerned with one or two social issues, namely same-sex marriage and abortion.
2. It may be part of the official platform of the CPC not to overturn the law allowing legal abortions, but Harper himself has been quoted as saying he would allow a free-vote on the matter if it was introduced as a private member's bill.
3. There's very little doubt over how the majority of CPC candidates would vote on bills concerning abortion and same-sex marriage.
This isn't Liberal fear-mongering about a "hidden agenda". The facts speak for themselves.
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Please show me where these policies are laid out in thier party platform, because I've gone throughout thier platform papers and policy statements and have never seen a single thing on overturning abortion.. Its unlikely that the Conservatives would turn over abortion or gay marriage once they got into law, because then the party itself would be destroyed. And Its a consitancy thing that the eastern media continually pulls out the conservative christian boogeyman, can someone give me the names of the so called massive amount of conservative christians that are winning these elections, besides Harper's beliefs or anyones beliefs are not on trial as long as they follow the mandate of thier ridings in the truest sense. This whole evil conservatives destroying our civil liberties and taking away our rights is as much of a crutch for the Liberals and thier supporters to lean on as the Conservatives must want to destroy Canada because they worked with the seperatists, and The Conservatives want to destroy the public health care system and follow the U.S. lead.
What are the globe and mail sources?
I'm sorry but the globe and mail isn't exactly fair and unbiased when it comes to the conservative party, and they have taken creative direction on more then one occassion.
And I still don't have problems with a free vote, isn't that what true democracy is suppossed to be based on? But if the Conservatives went in and played with the charter of rights and freedoms without the support of the populous how long do you think they would last.