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So Prime Minister Justin\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0marched in Toronto’s pride parade last month. It was all very exciting and social-media worthy, obviously, as who doesn’t love a flamboyant family man enjoying a good colorful parade with way more skin on display than would allow him to actually bring said family along?<\/span><\/p>\n

While I’m sure this politically-safe publicity stunt\u00a0won over a few fans, I think it’s also safe to say that basically every other minority group should assume that this isn’t going to be standard behaviour. The LGBTQ movement\u00a0continues to hold some kind of political spell where they are one of the most recognized, lauded minority groups in Canada (although brief mention was given to another worthwhile minority group who seem to be being pushed too quickly out of view,\u00a0the Syrian refugees,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as one was given the honor of marching beside\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0for the duration of the parade.)<\/span><\/p>\n

We seem to have a Prime Minister who is always up for being front and center at\u00a0a party (recent Calgary Stampede photos<\/a> back this up), but quick to\u00a0quietly fade into the background when an issue surrounded by real debate calls his name. Basically any minority group could jump in here with agreement and examples, and one issue where this is the case is that of abortion and the right to life.<\/p>\n

Trudeau\u00a0openly supports “choice” – which, ironically, means\u00a0one\u00a0<\/em>choice, the choice to end the life of children in the womb.\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0joins thousands to march in the Pride Parade, but turns a blind eye to the equal thousands who marched in the March for Life in May. Despite how efficiently euthanasia legislation was passed, with consideration and discussion and solidifying of legal limitations, we\u00a0continue\u00a0in our on-going allowance of absolutely\u00a0unlimited\u00a0abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To allow abortion at any stage of a pregnancy, with no laws protecting our choice as women to\u00a0carry\u00a0<\/em>a baby, no law protecting perfectly healthy girls from being dismembered because their father wanted a boy, and no law to protect a baby with Down’s Syndrome from being eliminated as not perfect enough, it is clear our lawmakers are not having a discussion that very much needs to be had.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trudeau\u00a0is quoted in the\u00a0Globe and Mail<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as saying,\u00a0“We have to speak up any time there is intolerance or discrimination.\u201d We couldn’t agree more, and we’re speaking up. If the annual death of approximately 100,000 children who have never been given a chance at life isn’t discrimination, I don’t know what is. If the elimination of people with disabilities\u00a0is not discrimination, I don’t know what is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And we’re not going to stop speaking up. We look forward to the day when a Canadian Prime Minister will make headlines for marching in the\u00a0National March for Life<\/span><\/a>, and his (or her!) decision will be supported and celebrated with the same media enthusiasm we saw for Mr.\u00a0Trudeau\u2019s attendance at the Pride Parade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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