Ghost of a flea

An attack on religious freedom

Speaking at an anti-equality rally on Parliament Hill Stephen Harper, the man who may be Canada's next Prime Minister, described gay marriage legislation as an "attack on religious freedom".

Speaking for everyone who worships an octopus-faced alien who will soon rise and eat us all I resent Harper's capricious definition of religious freedom as everybody who agrees with Stephen Harper. Despite what should be a PR coup arising from the exposure of massive criminality and corruption in the federal Liberal party, Harper and all too many of his supporters are busy doing their level best to remind us Conservative policy stands for the imposition of some religious views at the expense of others. Harper has made it clear he will not stand for all Canadians and it is therefore impossible for me to consider him or his party as an alternative government. To those Christians whose faith is circumscribed by animosity toward what other people get up to and think that morality can be legislated I want to remind you of the many, many Christians - and people of other faiths - who think differently. Respect for equality before the law is the real Canadian value that needs to be defended.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 11, 2005 10:31 AM

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Posted by: Alan at April 12, 2005 10:32 AM