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| Remember Stockwell Day? |
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Here is just a little reminder of who lead the Alliance Party before Stephen Harper. From http://www.flora.org/mai/foru... On whether his moral views should play a role in governing, part one: ".we often hear that 'moral' questions have no place in modern politics. But political discourse itself is essentially a series of moral questions." Speech to Civitas Conference, April 28, 2000 On whether his moral views should play a role in governing, part two: "[It is not] possible to demand that the convictions I express on Sunday should have nothing to do with the way I live my life the other six days of the week." Speech to Civitas Conference, April 28, 2000 On urging an Alberta cabinet colleague to cancel a museum grant to study gay history: "We all make mistakes, and they make a mistake in pursuing a project which purports to reflect choices of one per cent of the population." Red Deer Advocate, August 15, 1997 On using governmental powers to curtail a woman's access to abortion, part one: "Women who become pregnant through rape or incest should not qualify for government-funded abortions unless their pregnancy is life-threatening." Edmonton Journal, June 9, 1995 On using governmental powers to curtail a woman's access to abortion, part two: "We need to analyze the legal and medical aspects of it.also the moral implications." Stockwell Day - His life and politics, Claire Hoy, Stoddart, 2000, p.54 On why he opposed, while in cabinet, offering gays some human rights protection: "[It] legitimizes a lifestyle choice that doesn't deserve this kind of attention." Edmonton Journal, August 20, 1997 On his attempts, as a cabinet minister, to drop abortion from medically-insured services: "The medical evidence is clear that abortions are not medically required, and therefore this is worth looking at." Calgary Herald, February 15, 1995 On supporting a call to use the law to ban books, or edit out "profane" language: "When you're talking about school children, you have to respect the fact that most Canadians profess to be of the Christian faith and they're sending their kids to school.They don't need to be exposed to the name of Jesus Christ being taken in a blasphemous sense." Calgary Herald, March 3, 1994 On opposing measures to prevent discrimination against gays and lesbians: "The freedom for homosexuals to choose their lifestyle is there. But when I'm asked to legislate, in some way, approval of their choice, then I have a problem.How can I do this without a mandate to alter in public policy a centuries-old definition of what a natural family is?" Calgary Herald, April 9, 1998 On the introduction of the leaders of gay groups to the Alberta Legislature: "[It was an] offence to the Lord." Calgary Herald, July 5, 1986 On how AIDS is God's punishment for gays: "I believe that everybody has the freedom to make their own choices on how they're going to live.My personal belief in scripture leads me to believe there are negative consequences incurred when we engage in activities the Bible warns us of our engaging in." Calgary Herald, July 5, 1986 On the links between abortion and child abuse: "The thinking is, if you can cut a child to pieces or burn them alive with salt solution while they're still in the womb, what's wrong with knocking them around a little when they're outside the womb?" Edmonton Journal, March 10, 2000 On bars that feature nude dancers: "It wouldn't bother me at all to see them closed down." Stockwell Day - His life and politics, Claire Hoy, Stoddart, 2000, p.54 On living common law: "Clearly, something has gone awry in our culture to have caused these escalating social problems. More and more children are being brought up in common law unions." Speech to Civitas Conference, April 28, 2000 On whether gays and lesbians are even discriminated against: "You know what? People miss this, but people are not being fired because they are homosexual." Calgary Herald, April 9, 1998 On official bilingualism:"[We] frankly are bothered that hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on a policy over the last number of years that has, among other things, increased the number of people who claim on their census forms to be bilingual." Transcript, Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons on a Renewed Canada, January 22, 1992 On the Playboy Channel being "fine for Canadian airwaves:"The path we have been pursuing over the past thirty years has not been to promote or respect.institutions, but to undermine them at every turn.It is policies like these that have helped lead to this weakening of our social fabric." Speech to Civitas Conference, April 8, 2000 On single parents and their children, part one "[T]he percentage of single parent households with children between the ages of 12 and 20 is significantly associated with rates of both violent crime and burglary." Alberta Legislature Hansard, May 3, 1991 On single parents and their children, part two "Kids who have.been raised by single parents are statistically more susceptible to social problems, emotional problems, behavioural problems.That can lead, in some cases, to juvenile crime. It can also lead to drug and substance abuse. That's the statistical reality." Calgary Herald, June 1, 1992 On his father, who calls gays "sodomites" and opposes immigrants who do not "look like us:" "He's got whatever right to say whatever he likes." Globe and Mail, February 25, 1999 On the mental stability of gays "Homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured through counselling." Alberta Report, February 3, 1992 On what his 1982 campaign literature says about his motivations: "[My life] is based on the supremacy of God and strong biblical principles." Edmonton Journal, April 2, 2000 On his bid to use the law to restrict sex education: "We've all heard the figures that say sex education leads to fewer teenage births. That is quite true, but it's also misleading. There are fewer births because, in fact, there are more abortions." Edmonton Journal, April 2, 2000 On using his ministerial powers to restrict sex education: "I am pleased the Premier has agreed we should have fences around certain types of legislation so that certain things are protected. I think people need the right to say 'no' to sex education programs that would include homosexual material." Edmonton Journal, April 10, 1998 On homosexuality generally: "[It is] not condoned by God." Edmonton Journal, April 2, 2000 On where adopted children belong: "I feel that's what's best for children, to be placed in natural families." Alberta Report, August 11, 1997 On what to call children born outside of marriage: "Our social policies have not adequately supported marriage and have led to an increase in illegitimacy." Speech to Civitas Conference, April 28, 2000 On the threat posed by sex education: "The bottom line is there is a growing body of literature suggesting that, as sex education becomes more comprehensive, there is a corresponding increase in sexual activity." Stockwell Day - His life and politics, Claire Hoy, Stoddart, 2000, p.60 On a Bentley Christian school teaching that democracy was "totally alien to God's word," evolution was "depravity and sinfulness" and francophone settlers were "immoral:" "God's law is clear.[s]tandards of education are not set by the government, but by God, the Bible, the home and the school. If we ask for [the education minister's] approval, we are recognizing his authority." Edmonton Journal, April 2, 2000 On whether, in the year 2000, he regrets his 1984 statement about the Bentley school: "I was working with that school, that was their position, and I certainly did believe that." Edmonton Journal, April 2, 2000 On what he believed in 1984 about the education of children: "We can't allow them [government] to be the ones in authority when it comes to educating children." Edmonton Journal, April 2, 2000 "Yes I am pro-life, yes I believe that life begins at conception, yes I believe that these are issues that citizens want to talk about. They can bring forward those issues ... and I will never say to any group of citizens or to any individual that I don't want to bring that forward because it could hurt us politically." Said he would "undertake measures that will allow MPs and private citizens to bring forward legislative measures [on abortion] through free votes and citizens' initiated referenda." (Ottawa Citizen, June 10, 2000) |
posted by: Andrew (reply)
post date: 06.02.04 (3:31 am)
Yes - social conservatism is not cool - however their fiscal policies are far superior to anything the Liberals can cook up.