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McIver draws fire for part in march with anti-gay group (Canada) [View all]
the Calgary HeraldMcIver draws fire for part in march with anti-gay group
By Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald June 17, 2014
EDMONTON — Albertans will decide whether it was a mistake for Tory leadership candidate Ric McIver to support a march led by a vocally anti-gay religious group, says one of his contest rivals.
Thomas Lukaszuk said Monday he has turned down invitations to participate in events involving the street ministry headed by controversial pastor Artur Pawlowski because it promotes views that are not inclusive of all Albertans...
...McIver cut the ribbon to start the annual march organized by Pawlowski, who claimed last year’s flood in southern Alberta was caused, in part, by God’s unhappiness over homosexuality.
“He is weeping for the perversions of homosexuality,” Pawlowski wrote in his blog....
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