Canada is officially a homosexual country

[d_rawk]

I realize that my political positions sometimes lead me towards what can really only honestly be described as pettiness. I also realize that my humourless tendency towards moral outrage can be offputting, and am sensitive to that. This will be one of my major life struggles.

Still, I can't help, when reading things like this, but to feel that outrage all over again. Such is my weakness.

Canada is Now "Officially" a Homosexual Country

By Dr. Charles McVety

President, Institute for Canadian Values

The official seat of power in Canada is manifest in the office of the Governor General. The GG is Canada’s Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Queen’s representative. Governor General Michaelle Jean recently installed new imagery in Rideau Hall on September 18th, just in time to swear in the next Prime Minister. Following the October 14th vote, Canada’s representative of the Queen will conduct the ceremony inaugurating the nation’s next Government Representatives, Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers. This official ceremony will be conducted with the backdrop of a large homosexual mural called "Androgyny", which means being both male and female.

The Governor General’s website describes the giant 20 foot mural as follows: "In the Okanagan, as in many Native tribes, the order of life learning is that you are born without sex and as a child, through learning, you move toward full capacity as either male or female. Only when appropriately prepared for the role do you become a man or woman. The natural progression into parenthood provides immense learning from each other, the love, compassion and cooperation necessary to maintain family and community. Finally as an elder you emerge as both male and female, a complete human, with all skills and capacities complete." Does the Governor General actually believe that in order to be a complete human you must be both male and female?

The homosexual lobby group EGALE, has pushed this issue for years. During the 2004 election they circulated a questionnaire to all federal candidates asking the question, "will you commit to fighting the discriminatory practice of labeling children male or female at birth?" Of course, most everyone thought this was crazy however a few Cabinet Ministers committed themselves. Many universities now talk about "self identified men and women" suggesting that it is discriminatory to label someone male or female unless they chose to identify themselves as a specific gender. Such political correctness has slithered all the way to the top, and now a mural depicting this insanity adorns the official seat of power of the Country of Canada.

This concept is not new. Adolph Hitler’s Nazi Party appointed Dr. Carl Jung as their head of the International General Medical Society for Psychotherapy. He taught the concept that in the uncouncious of man is anima (femininity) and in the uncouncious of woman is animus (masculinity). Dr. Jung westernized this concept from the teachings of the Dali Lama in the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

Some would suggest that "Androgyny" is only a mural. However, when you consider that the Governor General will officially invest governmental power in the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers in the shaddow of this homosexual background, the only conclusion is that Canada is "officially" a homosexual country.

Here is the painting in question, FWIW.

Here's a small snippet of the justification for the piece being on display

Our decision to exhibit this painting takes into account a recommendation made by a participant at the national Art Matters forum held in Banff last April, that is, that we support the capacity of First Nations artists and communities to create, produce, distribute and participate fully and fairly in the arts community. The installation at Rideau Hall of an imposing piece bequeathed to us by one of Canada’s greatest artists speaks loudly of the presence of Aboriginal peoples, of their priceless contribution to our culture, and of the meeting of civilizations so prevalent in our history.

And that bit about EGALE is totally out of context. That was about sex re-assignment surgery at birth.

[SaggyBalls]

Seems strange but i didn't see anybody wearing rubber in that mural.

Do I just not 'get' art? Was it abstract...or was it all the feathers that make it gay??

FWIW That mural reminds me of everyone hanging around my tent at CTMF looking at all the vibrant colours.

If Canada's really Gay then we have at least one giant dick trying to stand to attention at the ICV.

[d_rawk]

Do I just not 'get' art? Was it abstract...or was it all the feathers that make it gay??

I don't think McVety saw anything in the visual imagery either -- he just found something in the description of the piece on the GG's website to use as a blunt object against the side of both aboriginal and homosexual's heads.

[d_rawk]

Androgyny

1983

by Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007)

acrylic on canvas

366 x 610 cm

Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

In Androgyny, Morrisseau represents the Ojibway shaman’s world view, showing a thriving and bountiful world in which all the diverse elements are in perfect balance. With its impressive height of 3.66 metres and width of 6.1 metres, its brilliant colours, and the artist’s knowledge and understanding of the Ojibway cosmology, this artwork is a true masterpiece. Morrisseau donated this painting to the Canadian people on April 15, 1983. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1979. The loan of Androgyny to Rideau Hall is made possible thanks to a partnership with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and the Indian and Inuit Art Centre. The piece is on display until 2011 and will be seen by everyone visiting Rideau Hall.

Rideau Hall at the GG's website

Anyways, this isn't the first time I've let McVety get my blood pressure up. In the end, maybe he's almost right, in that Canada is an officially homosexually tolerant (I want to say friendly, but it is too early) country. And in that, he has lost.

Yours Truly - I meant to ask. What's the ICV?

[phishtaper]

What's the ICV?

I assume it's the Institute for Canadian Values ... now, whose values, that's another question.

...or was it all the feathers that make it gay??

now really, must you ask?

[hamilton]

I'm proud to live in almost-homosexually-friendly country. Or, at least, to be from one. And to one day return there.

[Kanada Kev]

I'm proud to live in almost-homosexually-friendly country. Or, at least, to be from one. And to one day return there.

Me too. Fuckwads like McVety put humanity back a century. We all know that things were so fucking wonderful then right?

I'm sure he would have been pissed if any of the imagery/laws/words/etc had included anything BUT white christians.

What depresses me too is the fact that my dad and his wife have spent time with that man and his minions. I'll crack him one if i ever hear him talk that shit with my kids.

[phishtaper]

LOL ... a little googling reveals that the good Doctor McVety isnt even a doctor. he's a fraud. He granted himself a degree from his own Canada Christian College and his other 'doctorates' are from diploma mills called California State Christian University and St. Petersburg State University, located virtually in California and Russia. for only $29.99, you too can become a doctor.

the larger question though, is why do mainstream media pay attention to these wingnuts?

[Kanada Kev]

AND he gets invited to be at public "town hall" type gatherings as a representative of the Christian Right (oxymoron?) I was pissed when I saw him on a debate here at CBC. Only good thing was that the other religious leaders essentially discredited him on his moronic comments.

[Tricky]

we all have homotions.

[SaggyBalls]

Canada is Now "Officially" a Homosexual Country

By Dr. Charles McVety

President,

Institute for Canadian Values

[d_rawk]

Canada is Now "Officially" a Homosexual Country

By Dr. Charles McVety

President,

Institute for Canadian Values

Haha, yeah, I realized what a ditz I am when phishtaper pointed it out.

Apparently if you ever need to confuse me, employ acronyms

[d_rawk]

Putting this here because it's close enough in subject matter that it prob. doesn't warrant its own thread. And I know how much 'Focus on the Family' gives us all the warm and fuzzies

Part disturbing, part hilarious.

Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama

By ERIC GORSKI and RACHEL ZOLL – 1 day ago

Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of the Boy Scouts. All are plausible scenarios if Democrat Barack Obama is elected president, according to a new addition to the campaign conversation called "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America," produced by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family Action.

The imagined look into the future is part of an escalation in rhetoric from Christian right activists who are trying to paint Obama in the worst possible terms as the campaign heads into the final stretch and polls show the Democrat ahead.

Although hard-edge attacks are common late in campaigns, the tenor of the strikes against Obama illustrate just how worried conservative Christian activists are about what should happen to their causes and influence if Democrats seize control of both Congress and the White House.

"It looks like, walks like, talks like and smells like desperation to me," said the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell of Houston, an Obama supporter who backed President Bush in the past two elections. The Methodist pastor called the 2012 letter "false and ridiculous." He said it showed that some Christian conservative leaders fear that Obama's faith-based appeals to voters are working.

Like other political advocacy groups, Christian right groups often raise worries about an election's consequences to mobilize voters. In the early 1980s, for example, direct mail from the Moral Majority warned that Congress would turn a blind eye to "smut peddlers" dangling pornography to children.

"Everyone uses fear in the last part of a campaign, but evangelicals are especially theologically prone to those sorts of arguments," said Clyde Wilcox, a Georgetown University political scientist. "There's a long tradition of predicting doom and gloom."

But the tone this election year is sharper than usual and the volume has turned up as Nov. 4 nears.

Steve Strang, publisher of Charisma magazine, a Pentecostal publication, titled one of his recent weekly e-mails to readers, "Life As We Know It Will End If Obama is Elected."

Strang said gay rights and abortion rights would be strengthened in an Obama administration, taxes would rise and "people who hate Christianity will be emboldened to attack our freedoms."

Separately, a group called the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has posted a series of videos on its site and on YouTube called "7 Reasons Barack Obama is not a Christian."

The commission accuses Obama of "subtle diabolical deceit" in saying he is Christian, while he believes that people can be saved through other faiths.

But among the strongest pieces this year is Focus on the Family Action's letter which has been posted on the group's Web site and making the e-mail rounds. Signed by "A Christian from 2012," it claims a series of events could logically happen based on the group's interpretation of Obama's record, Democratic Party positions, recent court rulings and other trends.

Among the claims:

_ A 6-3 liberal majority Supreme Court that results in rulings like one making gay marriage the law of the land and another forcing the Boy Scouts to "hire homosexual scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with young boys." (In the imagined scenario, The Boy Scouts choose to disband rather than obey).

_ A series of domestic and international disasters based on Obama's "reluctance to send troops overseas." That includes terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that kill hundreds, Russia occupying the Baltic states and Eastern European countries including Poland and the Czech Republic, and al-Qaida overwhelming Iraq.

_ Nationalized health care with long lines for surgery and no access to hospitals for people over 80.

The goal was to "articulate the big picture," said Carrie Gordon Earll, senior director of public policy for Focus on the Family Action. "If it is a doomsday picture, then it's a realistic picture," she said.

One of the clear targets is younger evangelicals who might be considering Obama. The letter posits that young evangelicals provide the margin that let Obama defeat John McCain. But Margaret Feinberg, a Denver-area evangelical author, predicted failure.

"Young evangelicals are tired — like most people at this point in the election — and rhetoric which is fear-based, strong-arms the listener, and states opinion as fact will only polarize rather than further the informed, balanced discussion that younger voters are hungry for," she said.

In an interview, Strang said there are fewer state ballot measures to motivate conservative voters this election year and that the financial meltdown is distracting some voters from the abortion issue. But he said a last-minute push by conservative Christians in 2004 was key to Bush's re-election and predicted they could play the same role in 2008.

Kim Conger, a political scientist at Iowa State University, said a late push for evangelical voters did help Bush in 2004, "but it is a very different thing than getting people excited about John McCain," even with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential pick.

Phil Burress, head of the Ohio-based Citizens for Community Values, said the dynamics were quite different in 2004, when conservative Christians spent some energy calling Democrat John Kerry a flip-flopper but were mostly motivated by enthusiasm for George W. Bush.

Now, there is less excitement about McCain than fear of an Obama presidency, Burress said.

"This reminds me of when I was a school kid, when I had to go out in the hall and bury my head in my hands because of the atom bomb," he said.

Source article - Associated Press

In somewhat related news, apparently both Apple and Google have joined the likes of Levi Strauss and PG&E to campaign against California's proposition 8 (to outlaw gay marriage in the state [edit: just to be clear, in case it isn't .. Prop 8 is against gay marriage, Apple and Google are for gay marriage]), and Apple has poured $100,000 into the initiative.

Here (Apple to oppose anti-gay marriage ballot question) and here (Google opposes anti-gay marriage measure).

Edited October 27, 2008 by Guest

[SaggyBalls]

Canada's so gay.

[Thorgnor]

"Our homo and Native land..."

Fuck McVety!

[phishtaper]

hats off to apple and google for taking a stand.

[timouse]

Canada's so gay.

not that there's anything wrong with that.