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Justin's Been Quiet.
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With real men being seen as a negative and emotionally-sensitive males cheered and being led around on
a dog-leash, Justin continues with his destructive locomotive ploughing Canada's culture under the high-heels
of diversity.

The reverse-side of the second coin says everything.


Quote:Canada unveils LGBTQ loonie -but some gay rights advocates are not impressed.

'Canada unveiled its new commemorative loonie Tuesday, paying tribute to the 50-year anniversary of the
decriminalization of homosexuality across the country. But the coin is also drawing controversy.

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Some LGBTQ activists and historians are calling into question the message behind the loonie, saying it mistakenly
suggests equality has been reached and that it was done so largely by the Canadian government -specifically by
former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

In 1967, then-justice minister Trudeau began calling for reforms to decriminalize homosexuality in Canada’s Criminal
Code, which passed two years later. “There were many gains gained by the gay community before this, but this coin
gives all the credit to Pierre Trudeau and 1969. It should be about our community, not the federal government,”
York University historian Tom Hooper said.

The Royal Canadian Mint “could have consulted people who have knowledge of this history, but they didn’t,” Hooper said,
adding that he hopes the agency will do so in the future.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveiled the loonie in Toronto, saying: “The equality coin encourages all of us to build a better,
more inclusive Canada because like the coin itself, the more equality we have in Canada, the richer we all are.”
The coin, which starts circulating Tuesday, combines the words “Equality-Égalité” with the work of Vancouver-based artist
Joe Average...'
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Messages In This Thread
Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 02-28-2019, 10:12 PM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by Mystic Wanderer - 02-28-2019, 10:57 PM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by Mystic Wanderer - 03-01-2019, 12:00 AM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 03-05-2019, 10:48 AM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by Mystic Wanderer - 03-05-2019, 06:06 PM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 03-30-2019, 11:40 AM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 04-03-2019, 11:51 AM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 04-26-2019, 04:42 PM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 06-24-2019, 09:44 AM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 09-20-2019, 09:23 AM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by OmegaLogos - 09-21-2019, 05:45 AM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by guohua - 09-20-2019, 05:44 PM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by guohua - 09-20-2019, 08:05 PM
RE: Justin's Been Quiet. - by BIAD - 09-20-2019, 08:11 PM

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