SPENCER, LARRY (politician; Canadian Alliance Party MP)
Pardon me, but your agenda is showing... [author's reaction to homophobic
comments of Larry Spencer, a Saskatchewan member of Parliament for
the Canadian Alliance Party; Spencer was removed as party's family
issues critic and from caucus by leader, Stephen Harper; one-paragraph
reference also to the Pope's commitment to pray for people with AIDS,
in the face of his condemnation of homosexuals, condom use, and
masturbation]. By Jeff Dodds.
P165 (v21n8)(Dec. 3, 2003): 6 (44cm.)
At it again [detailed report of the homophobic comments of Larry Spencer, the
Canadian Alliance Party MP for Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre riding in
Saskatchewan; reactions to his comments, including Stephen Harper's
firing of him as party's family issues critic].
P165 (v21n8)(Dec. 3, 2003): 8 (61cm.)
Out in the cold [newly-formed Conservative Party voted in early February not to
allow MP Larry Spencer to join the party; Spencer had made anti-gay
remarks; details, including reactions of Spencer].
P167 (v22n2)[misnumbered v22n1 on contents page]
(March 10, 2004): 11 (38cm.)
Bigot loses [Larry Spencer, who earlier made homophobic comments and was
disciplined by Stephen Harper's Conservative Party, received the
"ringing endorsement of two conservative Christian organizations before
the recent federal election"; Spencer ran as an Independent candidate and
lost, placing fourth of five].
P170 (v22n5)(July 21, 2004): 20 (22cm.)