Party on Garth...

There are a lot of reasons to knock up Garth Turner... er, I mean knock off Garth Turner in a nomination race.

Reasons like:

• He was the Chief Tax Collector of Canada.
• No one with a beard has been Prime Minister since the 1800's
• He flip-flopped on Nortel.
• He's a little bit nutty.
• He is a Tory.

However, his stance on same-sex marriage isn't one of them.

Funny thing is, as much as the anti-homosexualists at Canada Family Action Committee would like to dear old Garth's seat , even they admit that "the nomination process is so short it is unlikely they'll be successful in unseating him." or so says spokesthingy Charles McVety.

And I have to say it's odd to see a Tory asking for support from political progressives. Sure, Garth is homo-happy, but gee, some of his friends aren't.

Like his freakin' leader....

Which begs the question...

If Garth is such a die-hard same-sex marriage enthusiast... maybe he shouldn't be running as a Tory... Maybe McVety is right. And Garth is left. Or at least progressive-light.

And if same-sex marriage is such an important issue for a voter, doesn't it make sense to send an MP to Ottawa in party that won't re-open the debate?

For my money, I think Garth is just an anti- same-sex marriage wolf in a Tory sheep's clothing.

Sheer the sheep, I say.

Vote Liberal, not Liberal-light.