EGALE Takes Aim at Ted Morton
May 28, 2006 · By kaqchikel
Equality for Gays and Lesbian Everywhere (EGALE), a rights lobby group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified people, is taking aim at Alberta MLA Ted Morton. Morton is a candidate for the provincial Tory leadership. The cheap shots come courtesy of Gilles Marchild, EGALE’s Executive Director.
Suggesting that Alberta Bill 208, a private member’s bill introduced by Morton, was designed to silence teachers, Marchild writes:
The original Bill 208 also included provisions to allow teachers to not [sic] talk about same-sex marriage and other issues contrary to religious beliefs. In other words, it would have allowed them to stick their heads in the sand, pretending they could hide from the outside world and its realities… just like the ostrich.
Clearly, Marchild has not read the proposed bill, for it does no such thing. The portion of the bill which Marchild maligns simply proposed that parents be notified and allowed to withdraw pupils from a classroom when the topic of homosexual marriage would arise. Hardly the gay-hating attitude that EGALE would love to see.
Morton’s Bill 208 related posts here, here and here.
Crossposted to Civitatensis.ca
Reading the text of this bill it is evident that Morton’s intent in the bill id to free Orgasnizations and individuals from the tyranny of the jurocracy’s intrusive pseudo legislating to placate string same sex political lobbies.
The civil atrocities which will get a temporary band aid from this legislation include punishing a student or endangering his educational potential because he disagrees on principle/religious conviction with school administrators about sexual preference indoctinating.
Freeing the clergy and churches from criminal liability when they dissent to the dictates of the state which are at odds with their religious convictions.
Freeing the individual to exercise the right of personal choice based in his concience and faith…which recent civily malevolent gay legislating has corrupted into an act of criminal discrimination.
I’m sure many citizens of minority faiths like Sikh, Muslim and Baha’i have breathed a sigh of relief that they will not be made a criminal for their religious convictions on homosexuality.
Bravo Dr. Morton and best of luck in the PC leadership race…we need more liberty minded MLAs like you and less agenda driven social engineers.
Cowards! Right. You’ve really seized the marrow of the issue here. It’d be nice to have a wee bit more understanding and a little less hot air.