Canadian press finds homophobic minister gets it from U.S. upbringing
Canadians are still appalled by legislator Larry Spencer's declaration that gay sex should be a criminal offense, but now the Canadian press is looking into U.S. attitudes to see where the American expatriate could have gotten this stuff. Forty-one percent surveyed in the U.S. think gay sex should be illegal, and 44 percent think we could be heterosexual if only we'd try a little harder. Yeah, our countries are a wee bit different on social issues. "You can be a social conservative in the U.S. without being a wacko. Not in ," says McGill University economist Chris Ragan.
Vancouver Sun
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