In today’s National Post, Michael Coren exposes some interesting tidbits about Stephane Dion’s character – Stephane Dion finds God.
First of all, ‘his people’ apparently (and erroneously) told him that the majority of viewers were faith-based, so Dion dutifully mentioned God several times in the opening segment of the interview. Later Dion admitted to Coren that he had done so based on his handlers’ assumption about the audience makeup.
…He was, for example, anxious to "reconcile people with God’s environment" and was committed to the planet "given to us by God." Which is somewhat surprising. The deity is not a popular debating point for Liberal leaders. Actually, the Supreme Being is mentioned by ambitious Liberal politicians about as often as Brian Mulroney’s good points. So I was rude enough to ask Mr. Dion if he was doing this — sounding religious — because he had been told that the station on which my show appears each night, CTS, was faith-based. Frankly, I expected him to deny, obfuscate or simply lie. It says a great deal about the man’s integrity as well as his innocence that he replied on air with a simple, "This is true." A pause, then, "I have been told that this is important to the people who watch this show…"
So Dion doesn’t mind using God when it is politically expedient to do so. Unlike Coren, I don’t see how this could possibly show that he has integrity, but whatever.
Dion seems to parrot Obama with his ‘Hope’ references:
…I pushed a little further. Is this God of whom you speak an important factor in your life? "It is part of the hope I have" was the reply. "A creator who is full of love. I hope this is true. I am a man of hope. I will play hope but Stephen Harper plays fear."
Well, I have news for you, Stephane. A true Christian doesn’t ‘hope’ that God exists. A true believer knows.
Dion sees the Catholic vote as a slam-dunk:
…After the show, Dion asked about the denominational breakdown of those of our viewers who are Christian. "You see, the Catholics can be relied on to vote Liberal, always, but the Protestants much less so ," he explained. "It’s very difficult to get them to vote for us. I am a Catholic." As were Trudeau, Chretien and Martin. Men who championed abortion, same-sex marriage and many other policies that ran counter to basic Catholic teachings. In other words, they were Catholic by birth but Liberal by belief and works…
So the Catholics can be relied on to vote Liberal – Is that not something like Jennifer Wright being expected to be grateful for the mix-up with her website?
But Coren rightly makes the point that many ‘Catholic’ Liberal politicians seem to have a problem following the rules of their faith (including Dalton McGuinty) . That could be seen as a positive attribute since church & state are supposed to be separate in our society, but then why bring it up at all?
And why bring up the subject of abortion out of the blue?
Is Dion trying to say that he listens to God on the subject of the environment, but not when it comes to abortion?
And what about his hero Obama who voted for infanticide or a derivative thereof? Where does the true Christian draw the line? How long should babies be allowed to languish outside of their mother’s womb before medical help must intervene? And when do we call it infanticide? Or murder? What is the defining difference?
Is the whole point to flog yourself as a Christian and then take the glory for how far you can allow yourself to stray from the fundamentals of your faith?
Sorry, but I don’t see that as an example of integrity.
My point here is that if you really believe that church & state should be separate, please stop pretending to be so holier than the rest of us.
And please drop the ‘God’ routine, Stephane. It’s offensive.
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Update: Tories abandon ‘unborn victims’ bill’ – Globe.
Yet, Canada.com states that Ken Epp has "no intention of abandoning his bill…"
Freedom is my Nationality – The Great Big Liberal in the Sky.
Halls of Macadamia – The God Card.
Stephen Taylor – What of the Liberals and abortion?
A Step to the Right – "I don’t need you, God…"
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Tuesday Update : MP won’t retract unborn crime bill – Edmonton Sun.
