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Topic: Harper: One Size Won't Fit All Families
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Gir Draxon
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posted 23 May 2004 07:39 PM
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The ad was supposed to say it all simply: "We believe in Mom and Dad. We Believe in Marriage."
But in fact, the ad left a lot unsaid, and left out a lot of people.The ad in question has recently appeared in a variety of Canadian daily and weekly newspapers, and also runs as a radio commercial. It is part of a media campaign sponsored by the organization Focus on the Family...
Article by Jackie Harper [ 23 May 2004: Message edited by: Gir Draxon ]
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Newbie
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posted 23 May 2004 10:35 PM
Why Scribblet?Are you one of those idiots who actually thinks it's bigoted to not accept bigotry? Harper is a bigoted piece of shit, who has proven it time and time again. Saying so is not bigotry, it's called HONESTY. Something you're not even remotely acquainted with.
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posted 24 May 2004 11:02 AM
I'm not a Christian and have as much compassion for the filth in your party as I do for a bunch of murderers and rapists. I'm as interested in your brand of religion as that of any of those fucking bible-thumping bastards.You want to sell your bloody compassion, sell it the scum you hang out with and fuck off. You are knowingly and deliberately trying to put those vermin in power. Morally you are not even a tiny little bit better than Larry Spencer -- you are trying to put a bigoted anti-gay government in power and for all your Christly compassion, gay people will suffer legalized discrimination if the government you are trying your utmost to elect gains power. Indeed, since you claim to know better, you are morally far, far worse than even the most bigoted Alliance MP. You are in no position to lecture ANYONE on morality or compassion, because despite the way you lie to yourself, you have none. There is no place for decent, moral people in the Conservative Party. None. You are in the Conservative Party. You are either cynically opportunistic or stupidly naive. [ 24 May 2004: Message edited by: Newbie ]
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steffie
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posted 24 May 2004 06:31 PM
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Rather than focusing solely on the form of family, do we not also need to invest as much energy in supporting the functioning of healthy families? Isn't the role of family to provide a secure environment for nurture, growth, and development, and to contribute to the spiritual, social, psychological, sexual, physical, and economic wholeness of its members? It is my experience that many forms of families can fulfill this function just as well as the one depicted in the Focus on the Family ad.
Totally. I agree with the author, too, and I'm not a Conservative. I did, however attend a United Church as a young person. This article on their web site encourages me.
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Gir Draxon
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posted 24 May 2004 08:07 PM
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Originally posted by skdadl:
There was an amusing letter in the Grope and Flail responding to the FoF ad. A guy wrote in asking for more info about the cute model who is playing the dad in the photo. 
w00t! That guy has some serious chutzpah  quote:
Originally posted by steffie_slick:
Totally. I agree with the author, too, and I'm not a Conservative. I did, however attend a United Church as a young person.
Nothing strange about that. The United Church has been nicknamed "the NDP at worship" for a reason 
Newbie sure does like to throw that word "bigot" around. Let's consult a dictionary:
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big·ot
n.
One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
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Originally posted by Newbie:
I'm not a Christian and have as much compassion for the filth in your party as I do for a bunch of murderers and rapists. I'm as interested in your brand of religion as that of any of those fucking bible-thumping bastards.You want to sell your bloody compassion, sell it the scum you hang out with and fuck off. You are knowingly and deliberately trying to put those vermin in power. Morally you are not even a tiny little bit better than Larry Spencer -- you are trying to put a bigoted anti-gay government in power and for all your Christly compassion, gay people will suffer legalized discrimination if the government you are trying your utmost to elect gains power. Indeed, since you claim to know better, you are morally far, far worse than even the most bigoted Alliance MP. You are in no position to lecture ANYONE on morality or compassion, because despite the way you lie to yourself, you have none. There is no place for decent, moral people in the Conservative Party. None. You are in the Conservative Party. You are either cynically opportunistic or stupidly naive.
I guess you are in no position to lecture ANYONE on bigotry. And this thread is not supposed to be about me, it is supposed to be about family values in the context of progressive Christianity, so quit talking about "[my] party". [ 24 May 2004: Message edited by: Gir Draxon ]
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