LBGTQ+ lack self-awareness when criticizing Christian organization

Vincent J. Curtis

18 Feb 20

On this date, the Saltpork & Rind ran an op-ed piece by the two authors betow.  They are activists with the LGBTQ+ community, and wrote a hate-filled piece opposing an application by Cardus to rent and restore the Balfour Estate in Hamilton, ON.  Cardus is a Christian think-tank, and have tradition views on homosexuality and abortion.  The Balfour Estate, created in the 1830s, needs a savior, and Cardus offered to use its financial power to restore and maintain the place in return for use of office space in the mansion.  This required the support of Hamilton City Council as well as that of the Ontario Heretage Trust, the trustee of the property.  This piece below was written in response the the SP&R op-ed.  It is notable that members of city council argued in support of the Cardus application along lines like those below.  As of 28 Feb 20, city council voted to support the Cardus application.

Community activists Cameron Kroetsch and Graham Crawford are entirely lacking in self-awareness.  They demand the city not do business with the Cardus group in preserving the Balfour estate on the grounds that Cardus, being fundamentalist Christians, stands contrary to the city’s policy on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Kroetsch and Crawford find intolerable Cardus’ intolerance and want Cardus excluded on the grounds that Cardus is exclusionary.

Kroetsch and Crawford decry Cardus for saying, “Homosexuals are working towards a radical redefinition of public mores regarding sexuality, marriage, and the family.”  But save for the indelicate use of the word homosexual for LGBTQ+, aren’t they?  Under different circumstances, wouldn’t Kroetsch and Crawford stand up and plead guilty?

Continuing with the boogie-man argument, Cardus must be bad because they are associated with the Fraser Institute, and an outfit with the ominous-sounding name of “Focus on the Family.”  I’m already shaking.

What K & C don’t get is that within the city’s policy of diversity and inclusion stands the requirement to include Christians.  An LGBTQ+ approved monoculture is the opposite of diversity.  It is the city’s job to be accommodative, not the diverse individual groups that may be polar opposites on policy.


The opposition to the Cardus proposal has had its say and failed miserably.  Time for the city to take advantage of Cardus’ financial strength to the benefit of both.
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