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[guillotina]

Yesterday I received a flyer in the mail from a group of wingnuts calling themselves "Concerned Canadian Parents". It was regarding my MP's support of Bill C-38. The jist of it was that same sex marriage will change MY life, that marriage is our "greatest Canadian treasure", etc., and that I should immediately mail in the card included with the

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[bowzerblack]

Ya I got one also
I was fuckin pissed off

[febrieze]

show me yours next time I come over... I wanna read this bullshit.

[profoundtruths]

Do you mind if I link to this in my lj and in a community or two of mine? I think it's a great example of direct action.

[guillotina]

No problem. :)

Keep an eye on your mailbox - this 'literature' has been mailed out all over Canada.

In fact, there's an article on this flyer here.

right-wing extremist Christian fundamentalist group from the USA

[observing_ego]

I watched parliament debate the bill on cspan yesterday, before changing the topic to the pope. We don't need to travel to the states to find religious fundamentalists. The sihk and christian communities as well as most of the reform/alliance party are close enough.

[observing_ego]

Sorry... CONSERVATIVE party... same thing.

[guillotina]

I'm definitely aware that there are religious extremists in Canada, but considering the fact that these people have no contact info aside from a post office box in a 7-11 in Toronto, and that more and more American-styled anti-human rights media seems to be crossing the border, that's just one of my guesses as to where the message originated.

It could've been from anyone really, but whomever it was has money to be pumping into the cause - every riding in Canada that has a non-conservative majority has/will receive this flyer.

My beef with it is that it looks misleading at first glance - it looks like it's *from* the MP and the MP is telling me to support his decision to vote 'no' on C-38. In a haze after waking up from a nap yesterday, I misread it and nearly called up my MP's office screaming!

[observing_ego]

I really don't understand the fuss. Maybe Gay people should marry without telling anyone. What we don't know won't hurt us. Maybe it's none of our business. There are clearly a few people who can't handle it.

And it's not as if they're hurting anyone.

We live in a strange time when the worst the queer community can do is marry.

"Those sick freaks! How do they /sleep/ at night!"

oy vey.

[dream_king]

You will find that people have issue with the Secular extremists just as much.

Not gonna be your favorite post :)

[nymphaes_man]

Let me just start out by saying that I completely respect your opinions on same-sex marriages and I can see you are very emotional about this subject

Re: Not gonna be your favorite post :)

[skaloop]

The only part I am going to take exception with (to avoid this spiralling out of control) is point #2. American groups have a strong vested interest in how this issue gets resolved in Canada. There is much news on it up here. I found one quick link for you: America's religious right are demanding Canadian politicians vote down a proposed Civil Marriage Act.

That, and numerous other stories I have read, make it quite obvious that religious American groups are doing a lot to influence how things turn out. They are contributing huge amounts of money. They are assisting Canadian groups in preparing and distributing literature to outline their points. They are very much involved.

Re: Not gonna be your favorite post :)

[rogula]

I was listening to some guy on the radio, probably CKNW... and he was saying that it is not our legalization of Pot that the US will get up in arms about so much as our Recognition of Gay Marrige.

Re: Not gonna be your favorite post :)

[observing_ego]

#3 - she probably made the mistake of thinking that people who bomb abortion clinics are also homophobes that think same=sex marriages will bring the world to an end.

probably because they actually are the same people.