I know a lot of the attention has still been on the Elections Canada/RCMP raid on Conservative Party HQ, so in case you missed it, Charles McVety and his 2nd in command at Focus on The Family appeared at the Senate committee hearing looking into Bill C-10 (withholding funding money from movies deemed morally unacceptable by the Cons), and he and his companion got made to look really - and I mean REALLY ridiculous by the senators.
Funniest part of the exchange? I’d say this:
McVety quotes a Compas poll that he claims shows 80% of Canadians don’t support funding naughty movies…Having had a chance to look at the survey, the chair is now picking it apart, much to McVety’s discomfort. He brings up another survey by Angus Reid that asked specifically about the bill, and found 47% were against C-10 being passed in its current form..The exchange then descends into utter farce when McVety is forced to admit that the only way he got his poll to say what it did was by asking a ridiculous question like, “Should the government fund child pornography?”
My advice for Reverend Chuck: if you’re going to present a push-poll as evidence for your position, I’d suggest next time trying to word the question a tad more.. uh.. relevant to the actual issue.. before presenting it to a committee and being publicly embarrassed and made to look like a fool. Just some free advice, though personally, I hope you don’t take it, because you’re going to continue to make great blogging fodder if you insist on carrying on like this.
I don’t think there should be tax breaks for immoral productions that promote unnatural relationships and bestiality. Canadian children should never have to watch the abnormal relationship of Sharon, Lois, and Bram and their bestial friend, Elephant.