Canada has it right- NDP resolves to deny charitable status to ex-gay organizations

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http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/NDP_resolves_to_deny_charitable_status_to_exgay_organizations-10445.aspx

At its mid-June policy convention in Vancouver, the NDP voted unanimously to call on the Canada Revenue Agency to revoke the charitable status of Exodus Global Alliance and to investigate other so-called ex-gay organizations.


NDP queer issues critic Randall Garrison says ex-gay organizations prey on vulnerable members of our community.(Dale Smith)“These organizations prey on vulnerable members of our community, often young people in difficult family situations at grips with self-hatred and depression,” says Randall Garrison, the party’s queer issues critic. “They bully them into believing that gay, lesbian and bisexual people are sick and lead sad and lonely lives, and that the only hope is to become straight. The federal government must not support this kind of unscientific falsehood.”

Garrison says a second resolution on blood transfusions was referred to federal council, like all other resolutions that didn’t reach the floor. As a BC MP, Garrison says he was pleased to host NDP MPs and delegates from elsewhere around the country.

“We were joking that all the Quebeckers get to find out what jet lag is all about,” Garrison says.