Canadian Political Musings

Peter McKnight's article "Conservatives Confuse Science and Moralizing" (Vancouver Sun, September 1, 2007) brings the Conservative Party into sharp focus for what it is - an evangelical based political party.

My issue isn't with evangelicals, but with mixing religion and politics. Simply look at how the evangelical based Republican Party in the U.S. has polarized Americans. That same polarization is unfolding in Canada with the Conservatives.

McKnight's article reminded me of an Okanagan Shuswap Conservative nomination meeting I attended almost a year ago in which some of MP Colin Mayes' supporters referred to his non-supporters as "ungodly".

I found the religious aspect of that dialogue quite distasteful. It ultimately led to my "ungodly" departure from the Conservative Party.

Labels: Conservatives, Harper