Rob Ford wants Pride flag — just raised at City Hall to support gay rights at Sochi — taken down
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[QUOTE=Geeray;43838772]Lots of Canadian cities doing this, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Halifax, St.Johns, Vancouver, even Whitehorse. Surprising Toronto of all places is having this problem.[/QUOTE]
The mayors of large Canadian cities generally aren't social conservatives, or at least they're neutral on it.
Rob Ford however is about a socially conservative as you can get
Let's not forget that Rob Ford, who was pretty much obligated to be there as the Mayor of Toronto, boycotted Toronto's Pride parades. I'm not really surprised.
[QUOTE=archangel125;43839748]Let's not forget that Rob Ford, who was pretty much obligated to be there as the Mayor of Toronto, boycotted Toronto's Pride parades. I'm not really surprised.[/QUOTE]
I'm not going to fault him for not going to Pride. Just because Miller went doesn't mean Ford has to if he doesn't want to, and he doesn't want to. He's not really obligated to march in the parade at all, though raising the flag and showing up at the opening of Pride would have been nice.
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;43839915]I'm not going to fault him for not going to Pride. Just because Miller went doesn't mean Ford has to if he doesn't want to, and he doesn't want to. He's not really obligated to march in the parade at all, though raising the flag and showing up at the opening of Pride would have been nice.[/QUOTE]
No, he's not obligated to march. But he does have to show up at such public functions whether he agrees with them or not, because he is an elected official that is supposed to represent all of Toronto. Not just the redneck idiots who voted him in.
[QUOTE=Jimmymi1;43825500]Then you dont completely support it.[/QUOTE]
If anyone's wondering, this is a prime example of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;43835193]How is it offensive to you for straights to have a flag?[/QUOTE]
it's not offensive it's just stupid
[editline]9th February 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Tetsmega;43840269]If anyone's wondering, this is a prime example of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.[/QUOTE]
how can you completely support gays if you're gonna throw anyone flamboyant under the bus?
[QUOTE=Lachz0r;43840306]it's not offensive it's just stupid
[editline]9th February 2014[/editline]
how can you completely support gays if you're gonna throw anyone flamboyant under the bus?[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't they be throwing flamboyant people under a bus based on that trait?
Remember, gays != flamboyant.
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