The question to ask about Andrew Scheer and abortion   
      
   Michael Coren: His religion says abortion is homicide and a ‘grave sin.’   
   Can we believe Scheer when he says that, given the power to stop it, he simply   
   won’t do so?   
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   I’m listening to the Liberals because I look at Andrew Scheer and can’t   
   quite take the measure of the man. Other people I speak with can’t either.   
   Call us Red Tories. Call us whatever. We’re the people who believed it when   
   Harper said the social    
   conservative bits were permanently off the agenda but can’t quite buy the   
   same lines coming out of Scheer’s kisser.   
      
   Perhaps it’s because that kisser looks uncomfortable when it’s talking   
   about gays.   
      
   What you thought about same-sex marriage in 1993 or 1999 or 2005 isn’t as   
   important as what you think about same-sex marriage now. I’m not asking   
   anyone   
   — especially Scheer — to renounce their Christian faith, only to admit   
   that Sodom and Gomorrah didn’t appear on Canadian shores because two dudes   
   or two women were granted the ability to get hitched. A Canadian Prime   
   Minister shouldn’t have    
   difficulty celebrating peoples’ happiness.   
      
   I get that none of this is central to most Canadians’ concerns at the   
   moment. I have absolutely no doubt the Tory braintrust have their finger on   
   the pulse with their message about affordability and helping people get ahead.   
   I just wish Scheer could be    
   more at ease telling people he’s not bigoted toward gay people. Because the   
   lack of comfort is giving the Liberals the room they need to keep the   
   conversation on Trudeau’s one strength, and away from his many, many   
   weaknesses. A little candor from    
   Scheer on the topic would go a long way to introducing him to Canadians.   
      
   Because rest assured: Trudeau and Team Liberal will keep hammering on doubts   
   about Scheer in the days and weeks ahead. At least until the writs are issued.   
      
   Once things get started the Liberals could well flip to positivity because   
   they need to excite the country again; a low turnout election would favour the   
   Tories and their more committed base.   
      
   If the Tory base were big enough to win a majority on its own the question of   
   how desperate and shameless the Liberals are being with their negative   
   politics would be academic. But it’s not. Scheer needs to rustle up another   
   7 to 10 per cent of the    
   vote to seize power.   
      
   Sticking to legalese on gay marriage might not lose Scheer the election, but   
   it might prevent him from forming a government if people like me stay home on   
   election day.   
      
      
   Macleans - Michael Coren   
   August 28th, 2019   
      
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