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Larry Spencer probably spoke for as many Canadians as elected the last Liberal government in Ottawa, when he blotted his copybook this week. Not, of course, the same people; just, I would estimate, about the same number of people. During an interview with the Vancouver Sun, the Alliance Party's soon-to-be-former family issues critic called his own party's bluff in the debate around "gay marriage". He, who was formerly a Baptist pastor, gamely attacked the whole project of homosexual activism, dating back to the 1960s, earning himself the title of "dinosaur". You might not guess it from the media reports, but...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Alliance MP who suggested homosexuality should once again be criminalized and hinted at a decades-old international conspiracy to "seduce and recruit" young boys was fired as his party's family-issues critic yesterday and at least temporarily removed from caucus. Stephen Harper, the Alliance leader, moved swiftly to quell the gay-rights furor sparked by MP Larry Spencer just as the process of merging with the Progressive Conservatives enters a crucial phase. Among other things, Mr. Spencer suggested in a Vancouver Sun interview that there are links between homosexuality and pedophilia. "These comments are neither responsible nor acceptable and...

OTTAWA -- Canadian Alliance MP Larry Spencer, his party's family issues critic, says he'd support any initiative to put homosexuality back in the Criminal Code of Canada. The U.S.-born former Baptist pastor also argues that the gay- rights movement's recent successes in areas like same-sex marriage stem from a "well-orchestrated ... conspiracy" that began in the 1960s. The conspiracy included the seduction and recruitment of young boys in playgrounds and locker rooms and the deliberate infiltration of North America's judiciary, schools, the religious community, and the entertainment industry, he said. The movement's progress in gaining public acceptance for homosexuality would...