Hmm...
Pros and cons of democracy, eh?
Listen to me... "eh"... big ol' canuck over here! And thank goodness for that! I'm damn happy to live in a country that - compared to some others - is quite progressive.
Sex, race, and religion just don't seem to come into play during our electoral showdowns... sweater-vests appear to make more headlines than what church our candidates attend. Whom our candidates share a bed with, however, has potential to sell some papers.
What if Harper were gay? That would be news... but would it be an issue?
In fact, if it were an issue, would that not imply that there is something inherently wrong with the fact that hypothetical Harper is gay?
I would hope that we're well enough into the 21st century to collectively realize that homosexuality isn't wrong, and it isn't wrong because it isn't a choice.
Being gay is as natural as the color of our skin. Period.
Yet, in the afterglow of a crowning moment for civil rights, there's still a shadow, a space to be filled, progress to be made.
People have marched before... they've protested before, they've shouted and cried and fought and died before... but when the time is now, and the message echoing in the streets, it's a good time to stop and listen.
But anyway, back to the sweater-vest... what is up with that anyway? Not exactly "Mr. tough guy" in the world leader's club, eh?
Ha ha... eh...
Cheers all!
Ian
Listen to me... "eh"... big ol' canuck over here! And thank goodness for that! I'm damn happy to live in a country that - compared to some others - is quite progressive.
Sex, race, and religion just don't seem to come into play during our electoral showdowns... sweater-vests appear to make more headlines than what church our candidates attend. Whom our candidates share a bed with, however, has potential to sell some papers.
What if Harper were gay? That would be news... but would it be an issue?
In fact, if it were an issue, would that not imply that there is something inherently wrong with the fact that hypothetical Harper is gay?
I would hope that we're well enough into the 21st century to collectively realize that homosexuality isn't wrong, and it isn't wrong because it isn't a choice.
Being gay is as natural as the color of our skin. Period.
Yet, in the afterglow of a crowning moment for civil rights, there's still a shadow, a space to be filled, progress to be made.
People have marched before... they've protested before, they've shouted and cried and fought and died before... but when the time is now, and the message echoing in the streets, it's a good time to stop and listen.
But anyway, back to the sweater-vest... what is up with that anyway? Not exactly "Mr. tough guy" in the world leader's club, eh?
Ha ha... eh...
Cheers all!
Ian
1 comment:
Hey Ian, I don't think we would ever be able to actually ask the question if Harper was gay, because Canadian's (especially as conservative as we seem to be) would never elect a gay prime minister.
At least not in our lifetime.
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