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- From: golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy)
- Subject: Re: Gay Rights and Political Parties
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.125743.22068@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
- References: <murphy.727951759@well.sf.ca.us>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:57:43 GMT
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- In article <murphy.727951759@well.sf.ca.us> murphy@well.sf.ca.us (Daniel A. Murphy) writes:
- >
- >I'm curious is Canada's five major political parties have any
- >significant differences of opinion on gay and lesbian civil rights
- >and all that?
-
- The Supreme Court in Canada is slowing leading on the issue...the
- Reform Party and the Progressive Conservative Party both have a
- vocal minority opposed, which probably mirrors the state of the
- Canadian public. The Liberals and the NDP are more unambiguously
- supportive.
-
- The Progressive Conservative or Tory Party in Canada is really
- most like moderate Republicans, and many Tories would even not
- feel that uncomfortable in the Democratic Party. Bill Clinton
- could easily be a Tory in Canada...a slightly Red Tory, as
- they are called in Canada, but most Tories are Red Tories.
-
- There basically is a huge overlap in Canada between the "left"
- wing of the Tory party and the "right" wing of the Liberal Party.
-
- The strangest thing in Canada is that it is the Liberal Party
- which has the most vocal minority opposed to abortion.
-
- Gerald
-