Darrel Reid Gets Government Gig

Conservative Environment Minister Rona Ambrose quietly appointed the president of a notorious anti-gay lobby group as her new Chief of Staff last week.

Darrel Reid, former head of Focus on the Family Canada, actively lobbied against equal marriage and the adding of sexual orientation to the list of minority groups protected from hate crimes in Canada. And now he has a spiffy new environment gig!

So, where does Darrel’s new-found love of the environment come from? My guess: There are no gay trees. Although, come to think of it… Don’t hermaphroditic organisms only mate with the same gender?

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