RoFo no like the Homo...

DaSleeper

DaSleeper

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Cobalt_Kid said:
The fact you couldn't care less about issues that millions of Canadians are concerned about is irrelevant.

Even if Ford doesn't share the racist and homophobic beliefs of some of the people he associates with, the fact he's not clear about the importance of respecting the basic rights of all Canadians when it comes to race, religion, sexual orientation and more sets a very poor example.

Which seems to be what he excels at.
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Keep diggin'......You're doing bloody marvelous......:p
 
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Cobalt_Kid

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Rob Ford: Mayor says he’ll choose cottage over Pride parade again this year | Toronto Star

Ford, a conservative and an opponent of same-sex marriage, made several inflammatory comments about the city’s gay community as a city councillor. He called it “disgusting” that council awarded a grant to a group making a video about coming out, said only drug users and gay people get AIDS, and once wondered aloud whether transgender means “a guy dressed up like a girl or a girl dressed up like a guy.” He was denounced again in May for appearing to use an anti-gay slur to describe Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in the video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine.

Pride executive director Kevin Beaulieu said Ford’s absence from the parade “has now become expected” but remains “unfortunate.”
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It sure doesn't sound like Rob Ford respects basic human rights that have become the norm in this country, if politicians like him are intent in turning the clock back on human rights in Canada shouldn't they be more open about it?

The three Toronto mayors before Ford – left-leaning Barbara Hall, right-leaning Mel Lastman, and left-leaning David Miller – all marched in the parade. The mayor had marched every year since 1995 before Ford declined in 2011.

Kristyn Wong-Tam, Toronto’s only openly gay councillor, said in a text message: “No surprises from our very predictable mayor. Everyone is welcome to celebrate the gay liberation human rights movement with us at Pride, even Mayor Ford. Of course, this offer would be rescinded if it was proven true that he uses homophobic and racist language or if he tried to defund the festival.”

The Pride festival begins on June 21. The parade will be held on Sunday, June 30. Its annual city grant, about $124,000 last year, will be debated at council June 11 or June 12.

In the radio interview, Ford noted that he attended the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia flag-raising ceremony at city hall on May 17. He said he has “no problem raising the Pride flag” as well, although he skipped the Pride flag-raising, and every other event in the 10-day festival, in both 2011 and 2012.
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When he goes out of his way to alienate significant portions of the cities residents, is it any wonder he meets with so much opposition and disapproval?
 
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