…The web site EGALE.ca, (“Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere”).
The name EGALE started out as E.G.A.L.E. but as they began to also lobby for bisexual and transgendered issues, it was felt that the acronym was “uninclusive”, therefore the change to simply “Egale”). That organization and web site promotes acceptance of all things gay, acceptance of all things transgendered and all things cross-dressed, and of course all things gay marriage.
They also provide us with a glimpse into the Canadian liberal-left “progressive” push, but I found it revealed more too. Something worth looking into at a much greater depth.
First some examples.
Actually no. First, let me once again remind all the homo-extremist-nutbars out there that I’m not a homophobe, I’m what a Toronto Star columnist calls an “extreme” and “ultra” and “strident” (it depends on the day) “right-winger” and member of a “hatred front” against the CBC. As we know, I’m also called a “Nazi” and a “Bush ass-kisser” by some on the liberal-left (you know who you are—it’s nearly all of you), and I’m told at least a couple of times a week that I must, under no uncertain terms, leave this country, preferably for Texas. Actual truth be known, I count gays among my friends and family, yes family—but the fringe left nutbars don’t care about “truth”. mmmmso anyway….
EGALE.ca’s “Election 2006” section makes no bones about supporting anyone BUT the Conservative Party and Stephen Harper. They outline it with what to me was an air of hatred toward all that is conservative —much as you’ll find at the state-run CBC or most any liberal-left media, but much more openly so, because here, they aren’t even trying to pretend not to be anti-conservative (unlike the media which does try to pretend).
While they make a transparent effort to appear as earnest, fair, sincere victims of centuries of social intolerance the likes of which the planet has never known, they actually betray themselves as quite clearly intolerant of Stephen Harper and any conservative thought, since that kind of thought doesn’t jive with their kind of thought. If you don’t fully accept cross-dressers and gay marriage, you’re not worthy of, well, any positive consideration as a human, and you must be shut down. And they would appear to view anything Christian as a major handicap, as if I had to tell you that.
There’s a section called:
“evangelical activist Tristan Emmanuel (of Equipping Christians for the Public Square), were keeping mum about attending a meeting of clergy opposed to equal marriage.
[…] · In North Vancouver, Cindy Silver’s website makes no mention of the fact she was Executive Director of the Christian Legal Fellowship from 1998 – 2000. She claims her advocacy work there and for the six years before that when she worked at Focus on the Family did not reflect her personal views. However, she was one of a group of 35 lawyers who in their personal capacity wrote to all MPs and Senators at the height of the C-38 debate last April to ask them to vote against equal marriage.
[…] · In Hamilton, David Sweet’s website and bio fail to mention he was President of Promise Keepers Canada from 1998 to 2004, a fact that was clearly stated when he ran in the 2004 election. All references to Mr. Sweet were scrubbed from the Promise Keepers website as well, and several articles quoting him have disappeared from the Canada Christian Week website…
Then there’s many articles like this —almost all anti-Harper and anti-Conservative, and they speak of Christianity as being a decidedly negative factor and something worthy of hiding from voters. More examples—this time from the post-Harper victory file:
Harper victory narrowed by marriage issue
[…] However, despite polls last week suggesting he might win a majority in Parliament, he wound up with only a minority, and with a lower percentage of the vote than recent polls had indicated.
The loss of momentum and downward shift began when Mr. Harper made comments about his government being constrained by the courts and the Senate, and when it became known that many Conservative candidates with extreme right wing social views were hiding this fact from voters.
Last Wednesday, Egale made it known that it reviewed the websites of 34 non-incumbent Conservative candidates with extreme views on equal marriage and other social issues. Egale found that some contain hints and code words, but only three identified equal marriage as an election issue. None presented an accurate picture.
Only 10 of these 34 candidates were elected, fewer than expected. The clearest example of the public’s negative reaction to hidden agendas came in North Vancouver, where Cindy Silver was defeated. Though it was widely predicted she would win, the revelation in the final week of the campaign that she was an anti-equality activist dealt a death blow to her campaign.
And this dour article:
Election 2006: Equal marriage not part of Conservative mandate
Harper stated his intention to re-open the same-sex marriage issue on the first day of the campaign but then, realized that it was dragging down his support from mainstream Canada. So he tried to downplay the issue and didn’t bring it up during the campaign’s remaining 55 days.
Harper avoided raising the issue except during the first leaders’ debate, in response to a question, he promised not to use the notwithstanding clause. None of his 121 press releases mention equal marriage. The Conservative website’s 37 announcements and 38 ads, videos and speeches are also silent.
Harper managed to muzzle his most vociferous anti-equality candidates or they self-censored themselves so to not scare voters. For instance, only 3 out of 34 non-incumbent Conservative candidates with extreme views on social issues identified equal marriage as an election issue on their website. Only 10 of them were elected — fewer than expected.
When the public learned of their hidden agendas, reaction was negative. For instance, Cindy Silver was defeated in North Vancouver. She tried to downplay her anti-equality views, hiding the fact she was Executive Director of the Christian Legal Fellowship from 1998-2000. Rondo Thomas in Ajax-Pickering was devastated, handing an even bigger victory to incumbent Liberal Mark Holland.
The election results underline that the Conservatives don’t have a mandate to roll-back same-sex marriage. Harper should think twice before moving to take away equal marriage. Canadians want Parliament to deal with issues like health, education and the environment, not spend its time mired in a divisive and legally pointless debate.
And they are helpful if nothing else. They provide what I would call this helpful “anti-conservative checker” with a number of questions to ask candidates in the last election. For example, see which Conservative Party candidates might pass this question number FIVE:
The Criminal Code currently prohibits some private sexual activities between consenting adults merely because they are considered immoral by some, even when such activities do not harm others. For example, heterosexual sex clubs or gay bathhouses accessible only through a locked door can be deemed criminal “common bawdy-houses” even though no member of the public could possibly gain access without knowing the nature of the club.
Q. 5: Do you support ending the criminalization of private sexual activities between consenting adults?
And there’s much much more there for your gayness acceptance and promotion needs, which they seem to think means both mainstream Canadian needs, and anti-conservative needs, which actually are one and the same to them.
However I remember looking into this site a couple of years ago during the gay marriage debate, when the liberal-left were trying to change the definition of “Canada”, “Canadian family”, and “marriage”, and ultimately succeeded if only in their minds and on legal paper. I noted that EGALE was supported with hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money so that they could advance their cause.
At that time, EGALE proudly presented on their “Support” page a list of their sponsors, which included what I now consider to be a horrendous relic of liberal-left government, the ubiquitous stamp of Liberal government sponsorship, the Canada logo—
Indeed, Egale listed among its sponsors in this February 2005 screen-capture several Government of Canada departments.
Strangely, however, there is now no link to their sponsorship page. In light of their obvious anti-Conservative campaigning during the last election, I wonder just when they stopped listing the Government of Canada as an official agent of the anti-conservative movement.
Now that the Conservatives are in power, I wonder if it is now official policy to continue to provide government support for all things that might help defeat their own selves. That would seem rather strange. Maybe moving forward, taxpayers would agree that taxpayer dollars should help build a huge anti-Liberal Party and anti-NDP organization and web site.
I imagine the left will have no problem with that.
In the meantime, I have an email message pending, asking them to please provide information as to what their current level of support from the federal government is, and when it stopped if it did.
While I’m waiting for my email, here’s an email sent out to EGALE supporters the day after the election. I imagine mine will take longer to arrive.
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