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Originally Posted by GGG
I think dismissing this as political opportunism misses an important occurrence for Canadian society. It now costs you more votes then it will gain you even for a socially conservative party to be opposed to Gay marriage. This means that there will be less wackjob candidates in the future because the spectrum has shifted.
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My primary concern is that this may result in an occurrence similar to what we are seeing in the US right now; a hard shift in dialogue towards the far right in response to an increase in social freedoms.
Women's Rights goes "too far"? "Men's Rights" movement in response.
Transgender Rights goes "too far"? "Anti-Trans" movement in response.
The disenfranchisement of the far right wackjobs is palpable right now, and there will be a rise of (and already has been a rise of) socially regressive demagoguery going forward.