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By Mike Morrison

Re: “Diversity includes all,” Editorial, Aug. 10.

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Recently, the Calgary Herald published an editorial in which it declared that the Calgary Pride committee was wrong to reject the United Conservative Party’s application to march in this year’s Pride Parade.

The editorial painted the LGTBQ+ community as the villains in the story. I’m sure UCP Leader Jason Kenney loved it, since that’s what he’s always trying to do himself.

The editorial wonders whether “the entire point of the parade is to celebrate tolerance and acceptance of different lifestyles, different ways of looking at life.”

Simply put: no. At its core, Pride is an LGTBQ+ civil rights march. Would the March for Jesus parade allow the Atheist Society of Calgary to join their parade? Would the Calgary Stampede welcome PETA with open arms?

There are literally dozens of Pride related activities throughout the province; so far, Kenney has attended none of them. There are 8,760 hours in a year; why is it the UCP only feigns interest in LGTBQ+ rights for two of them?