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19Yzerman19 · 04-09-2014, 08:56 AM

^It would be naive to see this as anything but a political move intended to point the finger at WR and others and call them homophobes. And as far as I'm concerned if that tactic works, more power to you, because I legitimately will not vote for bigots. This isn't a deal breaker on voting for them in itself, but if they intend to run the province with a divisive social agenda of any kind, particularly this unforgivably awful one, I'll do everything I can to help someone else get elected.

Consequently, everything like this needs to be flagged and catalogued and presented to the WR leadership next go-around... pressure must be exerted for them to make an unequivocal statement that they are not a party of bigots and want no bigots among them. I required a similar litmus test to vote for a party led by the now PM, and I'll require it again here. It's not a major request: keep this BS out of your politics and spend your energy elsewhere.

Clever move by Kent Hehr though, no?

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19Yzerman19 Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jun 2013 Exp:	^It would be naive to see this as anything but a political move intended to point the finger at WR and others and call them homophobes. And as far as I'm concerned if that tactic works, more power to you, because I legitimately will not vote for bigots. This isn't a deal breaker on voting for them in itself, but if they intend to run the province with a divisive social agenda of any kind, particularly this unforgivably awful one, I'll do everything I can to help someone else get elected. Consequently, everything like this needs to be flagged and catalogued and presented to the WR leadership next go-around... pressure must be exerted for them to make an unequivocal statement that they are not a party of bigots and want no bigots among them. I required a similar litmus test to vote for a party led by the now PM, and I'll require it again here. It's not a major request: keep this BS out of your politics and spend your energy elsewhere. Clever move by Kent Hehr though, no? Last edited by 19Yzerman19; 04-09-2014 at 08:59 AM.