Canadian MP Suffers from Sally Kern Syndrome

Homophobe bigot Rep. Sally Kern of Oklahoma doesn't have a monopoly on anti-gay bigotry it seems. Stealing some of Ms. Kern's spotlight is Saskatchewan MP Tom Lukiwski who is attempting to apologize for video taped comments from 1991 in which he described gays as disease carriers, etc. It is interesting that "convervatives" both north and south of the border employ the same tactic - dehumaize and malign those who are different and act towards them in a decidedly un-Christian manner. They obviously have picked the Pharisees from the Gospels as their role models as opposed to Christ. As for Lukiwiski's apology, I suspect that in reality he is only sorry that his bigotry was made public. His crocodile tears are less than convincing. Here are some story highlights (http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=420097):

An amateur video taken 17 years ago came back to haunt Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and a Tory MP on Thursday as the pair had to publicly apologize for making offensive remarks -- including homophobic comments by MP Tom Lukiwski.

The footage, made public by the provincial opposition NDP, shows Wall speaking in an exaggerated eastern European accent and mocking then-NDP leader Roy Romanow.

However, opposition MPs are now calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to throw Mr. Lukiwski, 56, out of the Conservative caucus for his remarks that insulted gays. "I am truly, truly sorry," said Mr. Lukiwski, appearing visibly shaken as he spoke to reporters in Ottawa outside the House of Commons.

New Democrat MLA Pat Atkinson told a news conference Thursday her party found the videotape when it moved into the opposition offices after its loss in last fall's provincial election. Ms. Atkinson called the comments "hateful." "I think I can say that it was disturbing. His comments were rather disturbing. And it made me sick," she said. Ms. Atkinson said Mr. Lukiwski, who served as executive director of the Saskatchewan Party before being elected to the House of Commons, should not run again. "I don't believe Mr. Lukiwski gets any slack on this," she told reporters at a news conference, noting he was over 40 at the time of the comments.

"What's troubling is that all this is not surprising. In this [Conservative/Reform/Alliance] party, there's a sentiment of homophobia [within its structure] . . . Ever since I first became an MP in 1993, the Conservatives voted nine times against the rights of homosexuals."