Former principal secretary for ex-Premier Bill Davis and Chief Executive of Roger Cable John Tory was picked Sept.

Former principal secretary for ex-Premier Bill Davis and Chief Executive of Roger Cable John Tory was picked Sept. 18, leader of the Ontario Conservative Party.

REALWomen, a longtime socially conservative lobby assemblage distanced themselves from Tory. A pres release states:

"John Tory has made a mistake. He has thrown his support behind homosexual activists and their cause of same-sex marriage."

"This issue is the mark forward which social conservatives draw the line. As a consequence Mr. Tory will not have the support of social conservatives, the bedrock of the party. Social conservatives will treat him with disdain and distrust as they did his predecessor, Ernie brinks unless he adjusts his position in succession the issue. Will they contribute wealth to bring down the party's debit of $8.5 million? Mr. Tory will have to rely upon his homosexual supporters to assist him. The latter, according to Statistics Canada in a report released in 2003 in its first scan to include a question onward sexual orientation, found that there was a total of 316800 homosexuals in Canada, or approximately 1% of the population. In Ontario, according to this Stats Canada report, homosexuals/ lesbians total 107200 individuals.

at throwing his lot in with the homosexual activists to the detriment of society and the social conservatives within his party, Mr Tory has detrimentally affected his electoral chances. He has split his party above the homosexual issue. His party will not rally behind him unles there is a significant change in this stance."

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