I see the NDP are keeping up with this transparent strategy digging up comments from ages ago and pointing to the UCP as some socially conservative boogeyman. They can't run on their atrocious record and their platform lacks substance - mudslinging is the only route. It's insulting to the intelligence of Albertans.
The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of UCP membership and candidates hold socially progressive views and the policy platform is not socially regressive in the least. This guy is a preacher from rural Alberta - should he be expelled from the party for his religious views? What if these views are shared by a majority of voters in his riding?
For the record, I'm an atheist and I think the guy's comments are idiotic. Generally, I think the government should stay out of people's personal business and let them do as they please. That's essentially the UCP approach.
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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
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