charles mcvety

Sexual orientation isn’t a lifestyle. It’s a life sentence.

The NDP says the Conservatives and Liberals have conspired to extend the mission in Afghanistan. Evangelical leader Charles McVety says someone in the government told him that the Conservatives and NDP have a deal to pass a bill on human rights for the transgendered. And the Hill Times says that the Conservatives are in cahoots with the Bloc Quebecois to keep the government in power and fund a hockey arena in Quebec City.

The text of a press release received a few hours ago.

The Lancet laments, Bob Rae worries and Maureen McTeer warns.

John Geddes dissects allegations of “out-of-control lawmaking”

Teachers at Canada’s Christian universities can prove their open-mindedness by denouncing Ontario’s anti-gay right-wing evangelists.

Canadian Press reveals that, as widely suspected if tersely denied, Industry Minister Tony Clement may, indeed, have dethroned erstwhile marquee event program czarina Diane Ablonczy just days after her decision to fund Pride Toronto raised the ire of Charles McVety’s anti-sex parade brigade:

Yes, in this week’s webisode of the Charles McVety Show, ITQ gets a shoutout from McVety himself. You can watch the whole show here, at least for the moment — I’m not sure how often he rotates them out for new material — and the segment on sex parades, and more specifically, his self-proclaimed success in putting a stop to the federal funding thereof, kicks off just before the 20 minute mark. Happy viewing, all!

In this old column I made extravagant fun of the notion that the Harper government was overly beholden to an assortment of picturesque Christianists. Tonight I’m not so sure I was right.

At least, as far his understanding of why Diane Ablonczy is no longer in charge of handing out money to festivals.

Kady notes news of Diane Ablonczy’s potential demise as a result of a grant for the Toronto Pride parade. The controversy itself was actually raised nearly two weeks ago, the Sun getting comment from Charles McVety.

After what happened last weekend in Surrey, it’s not hard to see why the Conservatives would want to retreat to less perilous pandering grounds: taxpayer dollars and naughty words. A classic combination – all this story needs is a gloatbyte from Charles McVety, and it’s C-10 all over again: