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Quetzal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 10:51 AM
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U.S. Evangelists Invade Canada To Fight Gay Marriage
U.S. Evangelists Invade Canada To Fight Gay Marriage

(Ottawa) American evangelists are urging Canadians to oppose same-sex marriage. The anti-gay groups are using Christian broadcasters to spread the message.

Earlier this week, James Dobson, chairman of the Colorado-based Focus on the Family, in a broadcast heard on 130 radio stations across Canada denounced the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin which will bring in a same-sex marriage bill next week.

"Your prime minister, Paul Martin, has recently done things to subvert the will of the people," Dobson said.

"It is clear here in the United States that the American people do not want same-sex marriage," Dobson continued. "I would hope that Canadians who also do not want same-sex marriage would be encouraged by what has happened down here."

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U.S. Evangelists Invade Canada To Fight Gay Marriage

Get ready Canadians - The Fundies are coming out of the woodwork :P
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 10:54 AM
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1. Cue marching music from WIZARD OF OZ
Ooo-eee-ooo...yoooo-hoooo...
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:00 AM
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3. I had no idea the Gay Menace was such a threat
Perhaps we should deploy evengelists to other countries as well. It is the administration's policy "Freedom is on the march*!"

* except for those people with whom we disagree, in their case repression is on the way!
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Dark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 12:36 AM
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16. We should start by sending them to Iraq. The troops need all the help they
can get. And these idiots voted for four more years.
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 10:55 AM
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2. The Canadians will have the wisdom to kick their...
asses right back into the sewer they emerged from. Christians Indeed!
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burn the bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:18 AM
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4. shove em all over the falls and tell them that God will take care of them
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:21 AM
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5. "here, just sit in this barrel, eh. don't worry, you'll feel a few bumps,
but your god'll protect you. i'll just close the barrel's lid here.

"bye, eh!"
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:37 AM
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6. Last time I looked, the Canadian people...
couldn't care less. It's a non-issue. There's no outrage except with the minority of mouth-breathing RWers like the Conservative party. But that was pretty much expected.
I think that most Canadians detest the Fundagelicals from the south and their message of homophobia and hate. And the recent Sponge-Bob incident has further lowered our opinions of them.
And we are not a church-going people like our neighbors to the south.
About 70% of us do not attend churches regularly and that number is increasing.
We also have a dislike of Church leaders interfering in politics. One of our senior cabinet ministers just told the Catholic Church to take a hike on the same-sex marriage issue. They were told long ago that if they didn't believe in same-sex marriage, they didn't have to perform them or even recognize them and this was recently confirmed by a Supreme Court opinion.
And finally, like most countries these days, we detest the idea that the US is trying to dictate policy to us. GWB is VERY unpopular here and most people recognize that the fundamentalists are in bed with him.
So, I predict that they'll be roundly ignored by us and if they push it, there will be a backlash. We're not anybody's doormats.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 12:06 PM
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7. I hope the Canadians invoke their usual excellent common --
-- sense and put on a few Gordon Lightfoot CDs and let these goddam nutcase fundamentalists freeze their worthless asses off outside.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 03:00 PM
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8. More Faith-Based Christian Hatred And Bigotry... FIXATED On Homosex...

Geeze! What is WRONG with those people?!

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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 06:02 PM
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9. Too bad they don't go to Canada and never come back!
Ooh, I'm in a mood today. I'd better go take a nap.
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Duncan Grant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 09:50 PM
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10. The TRUTH behind their motivation revealed here:
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 04:17 PM
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17. This line was the best
"Dobson concluded his broadcast by calling on Canadians to pray on the issue and to donate money to Focus on the Family."
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Langley85 Donating Member (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 02:19 PM
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11. Such Arrogance
Apparently Dobson in his infinite Christian wisdom never heard of "turn the other cheek". What the hell does it matter what these people think about it, it's not their country and none of their business anyway.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 03:24 PM
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12. i hope they get stuck there
not to wish them on anyone, but it wouLd be nice to see them gone.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 04:26 PM
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13. keep them
we don't want them back!

we have too many the way it is
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booley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:27 PM
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14. couldn't we have Gay marriage on Aldebarron three?
and then send the fundies there to fight it?

Thier rank and file are just gullable enough to fall for it and it would keep them busy for the next few 100, 000 years.
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BTTB Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 09:05 PM
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15. ...
Haven't these creeps seen Carrie?

Those who have know what I'm talking about.
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