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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
It's almost worrisome, there's zero need for them to campaign on the GSA at this point. Zero. Anyone who has issues with the current GSA to the point that it was an election consideration was going to vote for UCP, that's a given. They didn't need to bring it up.
Making it known, really going out of their way to do so, that they will no longer force principals to try and help the LGBT students just shows how backwards they are. This isn't posturing to get the old Wild Rose vote, this is strictly "Gay people are against our religions, #### them."
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This move alone tells me it's not just about pipelines and jobs, it's about ideological implementation. There was no good reason to revert back to the Education Act. None. This is purely a politicking move with no upside other than to appease a part of his voting base, who voted in favor of a motion to inform parents when children join GSA's.
Ric McIver and a couple of other MLA's pleaded against them doing this:
UCP members ignore MLA pleas to vote against gay-straight alliance motion
The motion passed with 57 per cent support even though members were being urged to vote against it by Calgary-Hays MLA Ric McIver, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Jason Nixon, and Chestermere-Rocky View MLA Leela Aheer.
"This is about outing gay kids," McIver said, as he was jeered by the crowd. "Don't be called the Lake of Fire party, I'm begging you.
"This will really severely hurt our chances at winning. Don't do that to yourself."
Brian Coldwell, a pastor, said the motion is about parental rights.
"Governments and activists cannot have more authority over children than parents," he told the crowd. "It's not about anti-gay. It's about fundamental, God-given freedoms."
Aheer argued freedoms extend to everyone, including the right for children to have safe spaces.
"Please vote against this resolution," she said.