again: what's the problem here, exactly?

it's one thing to just not say it. it's another to say it and then backtrack on it. what is the implication: that the ndp considers the catholic church a moral authority? and, what are the implications of this?

i really don't like the new ndp. at all.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-shawn-dearn-ndp-mulcair-twitter-apology-1.3220283

Think Berta Cáceres
I'm a Catholic but frankly his criticism understandable. Certainly some over the top vitriol and a little viscous but the Church hurt a lot of people.

Agent J
The problem is not with you nor with his tweets. The problem is with Mulcair attempting to keep his hold on Quebec since it has a very large Catholic community. If Mulcair is smart he will drop this guy before it becomes a political mess for him. I am betting he will do nothing and show Canadians that Mulcair is no better than Harper for choosing people to be close to him with questionable ethics. Remember, people have already read this mans tweets and this story just made them even more public, seeing is perception.

Myself I hope Mulcair will do nothing and the other parties pounce on him for this. I do not trust anyone that was very quick to point fingers at a problem and then go and do the very same thing.

Jessica Murray
does quebec really still have a practicing catholic majority? i mean, the quiet revolution was a long time ago, now.

Fascism Lives
I lived in Montreal for 20 years. Quebecers are largely Catholic, but they're also very open-minded. They know and recognize the problems with the Church. They will not hold Mr. Dearn's past tweets against him.

Jessica Murray
when did you live in montreal? the 60s? the quiet revolution was a pretty dramatic shift towards secularization in quebec. i'd hazard a guess that it might actually be one of the least religious places in the western world.

if you look at public polling on issues in quebec, it's just about the most socially liberal place you could find. iirc, support for assisted suicide is something like 80%. there's consensus support on abortion, birth control, gay marriage. you won't find anywhere else in north america that is as consistently opposed to catholic doctrine on these issues.

the reality is that a practicing catholic would never consider voting for the ndp in the first place.

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letsgetreal
Well, his comments are pretty legit, if a bit harsh...

Jessica Murray
can you name me another group that is misogynistic, homophobic and seems to have an institutional problem with child molestation, and yet continues to fancy itself some kind of moral authority - despite it's history of every depravity you could possibly imagine?