on the
A other hand

HAVE YOU ever

4 wondered why
homosexuality is
pushed so hard by
the media? Wonder
no longer. They

‘form a powerful

j phalanx in print and

4 broadcasting.

‘~~ J have made that point
before. But Reality, the
newsietter published by

EAL Women of Canada
has now made it more
specifically.

REAL Women is a group
dedicated to the preserva-

: tion of the traditional fami-
sly, which is under threat.
‘from homosexuals, govern-
‘ment, and its many minions.

.. Unlike the radical femi-
nists they receive little or no
‘government funding and

hey try to keep Ottawa

_ Straight. In both senses., Z

“The current Reality has, a
section headed
‘Homosexuals In The

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and the gay

Media™ that déals with the
Canadian affiliate of the
National Lesbian and Gay
Journalists Association
(NLGJA), the parent body
of which is based in the
US,

it reports that homosexu-
al and lesbian activists in
the Canadian media held a
conference in April in
Toronto, and that chat was
the first media conference
devoted exclusively to
homosexual interests.

“There are 56 paid mem-
bers in the Toronte chapter
of the NLGJA” and 40
members in the Vancouver
chapter, including the
Vancouver Sun's Peter
O'Neil... it was stated.

The mention of O'Neil is
interesting because he was
the one who broke the story
on Reform MP Bob
Ringma, who daréd to say
that if he owned a store and
had a homosexual on staff
to whom customers object-
ed, he would put him at the
back of the shop.

There was nothing new
in the item. Ringma had
made the remark two years
ago and it was reported in
the Vancouver Island press.
But O'Neil fastened on it
and raised it with Ringma at
a crucial moment in Reform
party affairs.

Reform was opposing

’ “gay rights” in the

Commons and the national
party conference. was loom-
ing. Right away, the media
jumped on the item like

at

2 |

Tateates.

starving wolves, Preston
Manning panicked and
Ringma was suspended
from caucus,

Pious editorials poured
forth, most of which gave
Manning a pat on the head
for doing the right thing,
But there ts good reason to
believe that most Canadians
felt he did the wrong thing.

I have no persona!
knowledge of what O'Neil
is, or isn't, or of what he
belongs to. What { do know
is that he reports extensive-
ly on affairs affecting
homosexuals.

“Lesbian rights promised
by Canada on world stage,”
was the headline over one
of his stories, “A Victorian
dares 10 challenge Reform's
view of homosexuality,”
was another, and “Fry
pushed PM over gay rights”
was a third. He has written
many others in similar
strain,

The Sua is of course sec-
ond only to the Globe &
Mail in promoting the
homosexual cause.

Earlier this year a feature
headed “The unbearable
normalcy of being queer,”

No need for the NAC

Dear Editor:

I totally agree with Trevor Lautens*
column, “The foul odor of NAC racism.”

As a. white

married middle-class

woman, | don’t feel this organization rep-

resents me at all,

T can just imagine the uproar and cry of
racism if any woman dared get up in their
meeting and suggest that white woman should be elected as

president!

I resent my tax money going to support this group, who
feed at the trough, while damning the hand that feeds them.
Should we dare ask what this group does for the ordinary
woman? Who are they actually representing? I know it’s not
me, and not any other woman [ know!

Carol Paterson
North Vancouver

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Wednesday, July 10, 1996 — North Shore News — 7

iedia

was given the whole of the
front page of the Sua‘s
Saturday Review, plus two
inside pages.

Trevor Lautens is some-
Uimes permitted to take an
opposite tack but he has
deen reduced to one column
a week from three.

Nationally, the media got
their socks ina knot when
Dr. Grant Hill, a Reform
MP, stated that the homo-
sexual tifestyle was
unhealthy. Which is demon-
strably true, But from al} the
fuss that ensucd you might
have thought he had raped
Sheila Copps. That sort of
stuff is in line with the pur-
pose of NLGJA. which is to
promote homosexual and
lesbian issues.

Reality reported from the
NLGIJA agenda that those

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issues include “opening
communication and raising
awareness,” “acting as a
catalyst for homosexual and
non-honiwsexual journalists
to focus on attitudes, work-
ing conditions and news
contem,” and “developing
writing and style guides to
ensure fair portrayals and
references to homosexuals
and others.”

Translation: to act as
propagandists for the homo
cause and to censor, as far
as possible, anything that is
hostile to that cause.

Judging from what we
read and hear, muinstream |
media bosses seem to accept
that.

My question: why not
hire NDPers to report on the
NDP, Liberals to report on
the Liberals, Ken Georgetti
to report on the B.C.
Federation of Labor, and
Allan Dutton the state-subi-
sidized “anti-racist” to
report on race issues?

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