Thread by @Norlaine

"Wilson's ideal society, according to Gribben, would be run along biblical lines: same-sex marriage and abortion would be illegal; men would be in charge and women would be at home with the children."
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We are seeing a lot of this in Canada. The Take Back Alberta group in Alberta is taking over the UCP from the inside and seeks to control school boards and municipal councils as well as the provincial government. This Liberty Coalition is actively trying to do the same
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in other parts of Canada. Are they linked? Working together? They certainly have very similar goals. They seek to establish a theocracy where men rule and women and children are chattels. Where strict Old Testament interpretation becomes law.
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Lots of smiting and stoning and judging. They seek to stuff everyone back into little cages of quiet desperation. You see, the thing about rulers who claim to be God's Chosen, is they tend to be ruthless, rule with absolute power, and their deity-endorsed status makes them
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very difficult to dislodge. Look at the Ayatollahs in Iran. Believe it or not, Iran was once a pretty modern society. Women before the 1979 revolution were pretty much like women in the west. They had jobs, they went to school, they went out and had fun...
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And then some men took over the government and established a theocracy. They said this was all wickedness. They wanted everyone to live by their set of religious rules. Iranian women today live very different lives than they did 44 years ago.
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It's hard to know exactly what these evangelical groups that seek to take over government in Canada and in our provinces have in mind. Probably not burqas and hijabs. Maybe something more like this:
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Or this:
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Or this:
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Whatever they are envisioning, it sounds really, really bad. Whenever a bunch of men (and yes, I know, there are some women who, for inexplicable reasons support or go along with it) decide to install a theocracy, it is brutally bad for women and children and
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the LGBTQ community and racialized groups. Not just "kind of bad". Egregiously BAD. Incomprehensibly BAD.

Pay attention. In the US the evangelical far right and the Republicans are thick as thieves. They work together to the point where there is very little difference,
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if any, between them. The CPC and provincial conservative parties are very much like the GOP. They are also supported and funded by the evangelical right. They do not have a good future in mind for us. Pay attention. Always vote wisely. And
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