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Originally Posted by First Lady
A common misconception about social conservatives (and no, I'm not one of them) is that they want to impose their views on others. This isn't true at all; they simply want the freedom "to be". IE: no government interference in religion, teaching their children, dictation on moral issues, etc.
Wildrose stands for protecting the freedoms of all. PC are (and have been for a while now) going down the wrong path in an effort to capture this niche voter.
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Let's lay it all on the table and talk about exactly what the common 'moral issues' they take issue with actually are.
The issues they have in this provincial election come down to that they want the right to continue to teach their children to believe that homosexuality is an evil sin, evolution doesn't exist because it's not in the Bible, and that premarital sex is wrong and since children cannot marry until 18, they shouldn't be taught anything about sex whatsoever until then.
The Libertarian in me says, go ahead and teach your kids those values. I have no problem with that in isolation. The problems with me begin when they want to be able to send their kids to public schools (or even publically funded private schools) and essentially pick what parts of the curriculum offend their sensibilities and exempt their kids from said instruction.
I say: Too f'n bad, if you want to pick and choose what you're kids are exposed to then teach them yourself at your own expense in time and money and they better f'n pass the diploma exams in science, biology, and social studies regardless of whether or not a few evolution/charles darwin or Sexual Orientation charter of rights and freedom questions find their way into the exams, in order to get an Alberta high school diploma.